LEO F GIBLYN SCHOOL

LEO F GIBLYN SCHOOL is one of the moderately sized elementary-level communitys in FREEPORT, New York, one of the schools within FREEPORT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 519 students on its rolls from grades K through 4.

Within FREEPORT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 8 schools and 6,125 students, LEO F GIBLYN SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, LEO F GIBLYN SCHOOL records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 68%; the rest reads as 21% Black, 6% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, LEO F GIBLYN SCHOOL records 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.6:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. 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), LEO F GIBLYN SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 61.9%.

Zooming out to the county, Nassau County reports that median household income runs about $146,202, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Nassau County runs 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), of which LEO F GIBLYN SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: ARCHER STREET SCHOOL, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LEO F GIBLYN SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, LEO F GIBLYN SCHOOL comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 57.4%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LEO F GIBLYN SCHOOL has ticked down 18%, going from 636 students in 2018 to 519 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 13% to 6% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.

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