LENOX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

LENOX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the modestly sized K-5 schools in BALDWIN, New York, one of the schools within BALDWIN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 261 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so LENOX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 41% leaner than that benchmark.

BALDWIN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 4,309 students. LENOX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, LENOX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 54% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 34% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 3% multiracial, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 11% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, LENOX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.5:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Nassau County (around 31%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), LENOX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.5%, the actual is 60.3%, a residual of +0.8 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Nassau County shows median household earnings sit near $146,202, roughly 50% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Nassau County runs 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), of which LENOX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

WILLIAM S COVERT SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LENOX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LENOX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 68.7%.

LENOX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 17%: 315 students in 2018 compared to 261 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.