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Enrollment
519
Elementary
DISTRICT 415 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FREEPORT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361155000916
LEO F GIBLYN SCHOOL
450 S OCEAN AVE, FREEPORT, NY 11520 · (516) 867-5260 · Nassau County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL519 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of New York public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
345 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 106 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 130 | 25% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 111 | 21% |
| Ungraded | 4 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 43% smaller than its 4th grade class (111).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within FREEPORT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
65.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +24.0pp since 2023
Math
73.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 24 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 73.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 69.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
61.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like LEO F GIBLYN SCHOOL
LEO F GIBLYN SCHOOL's state test result (61.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEO F GIBLYN SCHOOL this school | 519 | 66.5% | 61.9% |
| SCHOOL 16 YONKERS | 582 | 67.9% | 44.0% |
| PARK AVENUE SCHOOL WESTBURY | 557 | 67.9% | 26.7% |
| BAYVIEW AVENUE SCHOOL FREEPORT | 515 | 63.3% | 68.6% |
| WALNUT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UNIONDALE | 505 | 66.9% | 53.1% |
| GREAT NECK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COPIAGUE | 428 | 66.4% | 54.1% |
Matched among New York elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where LEO F GIBLYN SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.9% | #677 of 2,335 | #101 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #597 of 2,342 no change | #95 of 172 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #727 of 2,343 ▲ 502 | #102 of 172 ▲ 38 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 519 | #738 of 2,585 | #50 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #641 of 2,338 | #50 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.4% | #1,264 of 2,388 | #125 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.5% | #1,043 of 2,534 | #15 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.4% | #689 of 1,757 | #21 of 116 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
519
-46 (-8%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 679
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 14.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 519 | 49 | 10.6:1 | 66% (345) |
| 2023-24 | 526 | 47.3 | 11.1:1 | 59% (309) |
| 2022-23 | 541 | 45.5 | 11.9:1 | 65% (354) |
| 2020-21 | 565 | 38 | 14.9:1 | 62% (353) |
| 2017-18 | 636 | 45 | 14.1:1 | 70% (444) |
| 2015-16 | 696 | 43 | 16.2:1 | 74% (514) |
| 2010-11 | 519 | 47 | 11.0:1 | 66% (342) |
| 2000-01 | 711 | 49 | 14.5:1 | 49% (350) |
| 1990-91 | 679 | 53 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LEO F GIBLYN SCHOOL.
About LEO F GIBLYN SCHOOL
LEO F GIBLYN SCHOOL is one of the public schools in FREEPORT, New York. It is a mid-sized elementary school. It has an enrollment of 519 students in kindergarten through 4.
LEO F GIBLYN SCHOOL is run by FREEPORT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, whose 8 schools enroll 6,125 students.
About 68% of the student body at LEO F GIBLYN SCHOOL is Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 21% Black, 6% White, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Among people living in Nassau County, the Hispanic share is about 19%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 49%.
LEO F GIBLYN SCHOOL has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1. At LEO F GIBLYN SCHOOL, 66% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The 31% average for public schools in Nassau County is 35 points lower.
On the allk12 Grade, LEO F GIBLYN SCHOOL lands at A-, ahead of 76% of New York public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, LEO F GIBLYN SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 61.9% actual against 50.5% predicted.
For Nassau County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $146,202, about 50% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. The county has 315 public schools and about 200,775 students.
LEO F GIBLYN SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is ARCHER STREET SCHOOL, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, LEO F GIBLYN SCHOOL is 4th of 9 on proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school's enrollment fell 8% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 14.9:1 to 10.6:1.
LEO F GIBLYN SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Nassau County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,389,591
Census ACS
Median income
$146,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
315
200,775 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FREEPORT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- FREEPORT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,244 students
- JOHN W DODD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 924 students
- CAROLINE G ATKINSON SCHOOLMiddle · 882 students
- BAYVIEW AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 515 students
- ARCHER STREET SCHOOLElementary · 433 students
- NEW VISIONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 433 students
Other schools in FREEPORT
- FREEPORT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,244 students
- JOHN W DODD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 924 students
- CAROLINE G ATKINSON SCHOOLMiddle · 882 students
- BAYVIEW AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 515 students
- ARCHER STREET SCHOOLElementary · 433 students
- NEW VISIONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 433 students
Nearby schools
- ARCHER STREET SCHOOL0.4 mi · 433
- NEW VISIONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 433
- BAYVIEW AVENUE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 515
- JOHN W DODD MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 924
- FREEPORT HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 2,244
- STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 293
Frequently asked questions
About LEO F GIBLYN SCHOOLHow large is LEO F GIBLYN SCHOOL?
LEO F GIBLYN SCHOOL enrolls approximately 519 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does LEO F GIBLYN SCHOOL serve?
LEO F GIBLYN SCHOOL serves grades KG-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at LEO F GIBLYN SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at LEO F GIBLYN SCHOOL is approximately 10.6:1 (49 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at LEO F GIBLYN SCHOOL?
At LEO F GIBLYN SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 6% White, 68% Hispanic, 21% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is LEO F GIBLYN SCHOOL in?
LEO F GIBLYN SCHOOL is part of FREEPORT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.