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What's the most underrated thing about LINCOLN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
428
Elementary
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAYVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362592003556
LINCOLN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
440 LINCOLN AVE, SAYVILLE, NY 11782 · (631) 244-6725 · Suffolk County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL428 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% of New York public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
12.2:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
51 students
DISTRICT 12% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 72 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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 SAYVILLE 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
69.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +17.0pp since 2023
Math
71.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +15.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.0% | 71.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 56.0% |
% 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
64.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 LINCOLN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LINCOLN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (64.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LINCOLN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 428 | 11.9% | 64.8% |
| BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST ISLIP | 440 | 10.9% | 46.6% |
| PAUL J BELLEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST ISLIP | 463 | 10.4% | 64.8% |
| NORWOOD AVENUE SCHOOL NORTHPORT | 416 | 13.9% | 39.3% |
| SUNRISE DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SAYVILLE | 388 | 13.1% | 59.4% |
| PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KINGS PARK | 425 | 11.3% | 70.0% |
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 LINCOLN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.8% | #568 of 2,335 | #29 of 168 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #686 of 2,342 ▲ 392 | #36 of 169 ▲ 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #581 of 2,343 ▲ 217 | #25 of 169 ▲ 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 428 | #1,217 of 2,585 | #112 of 209 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #1,332 of 2,338 | #119 of 196 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.4% | #1,875 of 2,388 | #174 of 197 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.9% | #2,403 of 2,534 | #178 of 200 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.7% | #580 of 606 | #55 of 57 |
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
428
+54 (+14%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 617
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 428 | 35.2 | 12.2:1 | 12% (51) |
| 2023-24 | 414 | 37.2 | 11.1:1 | 14% (60) |
| 2022-23 | 453 | 37.7 | 12.0:1 | 13% (61) |
| 2020-21 | 374 | 30 | 12.5:1 | 11% (40) |
| 2017-18 | 425 | 31.1 | 13.7:1 | 13% (54) |
| 2015-16 | 439 | 30 | 14.6:1 | 15% (65) |
| 2010-11 | 537 | 33 | 16.3:1 | 12% (62) |
| 2000-01 | 624 | 39 | 16.0:1 | 5% (32) |
| 1990-91 | 617 | 33 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LINCOLN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About LINCOLN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LINCOLN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school based in SAYVILLE, New York. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 428 students.
LINCOLN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls under SAYVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 5 schools enrolling 2,586 students.
The large majority of students at LINCOLN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 83%, are White. Other reported shares: 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Suffolk County's residents are about 66% White, 17 points below the school's share. LINCOLN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 30%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
At LINCOLN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 35.2 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 12.2:1. Across elementary schools in New York, the average ratio is about 12.8:1. Roughly 12% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 39% average among public schools in Suffolk County.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, LINCOLN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, LINCOLN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 64.8% actual against 70.6% predicted.
Among Suffolk County residents, median household income is about $130,686, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 343 public schools in Suffolk County, with a combined enrollment of about 222,439.
SAYVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is located about 0.5 miles from LINCOLN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 72.3% proficiency; LINCOLN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 64.8%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, LINCOLN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL went from 374 students to 428.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Suffolk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,530,146
Census ACS
Median income
$130,686
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
343
222,439 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SAYVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SAYVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 814 students
- SAYVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 582 students
- SUNRISE DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 388 students
- CHERRY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 374 students
Other schools in SAYVILLE
- SAYVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 582 students
- SUNRISE DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 388 students
Other Lincoln Avenue Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Lincoln Avenue Elementary. LINCOLN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Lincoln Avenue Elementary SchoolORANGE, NJ · 728 students
- Lincoln Avenue ElementaryMilwaukee, WI · 427 students
Nearby schools
- SAYVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 582
- SUNRISE DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 388
- CHERRY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 374
- EDWARD J BOSTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 269
- SAYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 814
- ACADEMY STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 317
Frequently asked questions
About LINCOLN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at LINCOLN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LINCOLN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 428 students in grades PK-05.
Is LINCOLN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
LINCOLN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does LINCOLN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
LINCOLN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
What is the student diversity at LINCOLN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at LINCOLN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 83% White, 10% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is LINCOLN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
LINCOLN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of SAYVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.