LEE ROAD SCHOOL

LEE ROAD SCHOOL is one of the small primary schools in WANTAGH, New York, run under LEVITTOWN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 312 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so LEE ROAD SCHOOL sits 30% smaller than that benchmark.

LEVITTOWN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 7,062 students; LEE ROAD SCHOOL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, LEE ROAD SCHOOL lists that White students make up the majority at 70%. Beyond that, the school reports 18% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 57% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, LEE ROAD SCHOOL has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.7:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 14% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Nassau County runs at roughly 31%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, LEE ROAD SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 69.9%, the actual is 66.4%, a residual of -3.5 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Nassau County indicate the typical household earns roughly $146,202 per year, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Nassau County's 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), LEE ROAD SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

SAW MILL ROAD SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LEE ROAD SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LEE ROAD SCHOOL at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 71.4%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LEE ROAD SCHOOL has edged up 8%, going from 289 students in 2018 to 312 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 81% to 70% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.

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