Enrollment
321
Elementary
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WANTAGH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362985004008
MANDALAY SCHOOL
2667 BAYVIEW AVE, WANTAGH, NY 11793 · (516) 679-6390 · Nassau County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL321 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 78% of New York public elementary schools
- ATest 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
16.1:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
48 students
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 36 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 12% |
| Ungraded | 14 | 4% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 23% larger than its 5th grade class (39).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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 WANTAGH 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
79.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +23.0pp since 2023
Math
87.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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 23 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 87.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 80.0% |
% 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
72.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 MANDALAY SCHOOL
MANDALAY SCHOOL's state test result (72.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MANDALAY SCHOOL this school | 321 | 15.0% | 72.4% |
| SYLVAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BAYPORT | 318 | 13.8% | 70.8% |
| DOGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SMITHTOWN | 350 | 13.1% | 62.1% |
| HALDANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COLD SPRING | 293 | 12.3% | 73.3% |
| OCEAN AVENUE SCHOOL NORTHPORT | 346 | 12.1% | 69.4% |
| EVANS PARK SCHOOL PEARL RIVER | 291 | 13.7% | 74.3% |
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 MANDALAY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.4% | #318 of 2,335 | #64 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #204 of 2,342 ▲ 105 | #39 of 172 ▲ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #285 of 2,343 ▲ 375 | #51 of 172 ▲ 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 321 | #1,864 of 2,585 | #154 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #2,176 of 2,338 | #177 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.9% | #1,693 of 2,388 | #159 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.0% | #2,344 of 2,534 | #137 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +22.5% | #120 of 606 | #4 of 70 |
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
321
+65 (+25%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 271
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 10.7:1
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 | 321 | 20 | 16.1:1 | 15% (48) |
| 2023-24 | 305 | 26.2 | 11.7:1 | 13% (40) |
| 2022-23 | 285 | 11.9 | 23.9:1 | 10% (28) |
| 2020-21 | 256 | 24 | 10.7:1 | 4% (9) |
| 2017-18 | 262 | 16 | 16.4:1 | 6% (17) |
| 2015-16 | 260 | 15 | 17.3:1 | 8% (20) |
| 2010-11 | 302 | 21 | 14.4:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 373 | 24 | 15.5:1 | 2% (7) |
| 1990-91 | 271 | 19 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MANDALAY SCHOOL.
About MANDALAY SCHOOL
The public elementary school MANDALAY SCHOOL is located in WANTAGH, New York. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 321 students on the rolls. That compares with an average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
WANTAGH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT includes 5 schools. Together they enroll 2,854 students.
Federal enrollment data show MANDALAY SCHOOL is 78% White. Other groups include 15% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. The county population is about 57% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 37%.
MANDALAY SCHOOL has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.1:1. The school's 16.1:1 compares with an average of 12.8:1 for elementary schools in New York. The school has 15% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 31% average among public schools in Nassau County.
MANDALAY SCHOOL holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 78% of New York public elementary schools.
A school with MANDALAY SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in New York is predicted to score 69.5%. MANDALAY SCHOOL scores 72.4%, 2.9 points above that line.
In the surrounding county, Nassau County, the median household earns about $146,202 a year, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Nassau County has 315 public schools with about 200,775 students, including MANDALAY SCHOOL.
MANDALAY SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is JOHN F KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles of MANDALAY SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, MANDALAY SCHOOL ranks 4th on average proficiency.
MANDALAY SCHOOL falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 321, compared with 256 in 2020-21. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.1:1) than in 2020-21 (10.7:1).
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at MANDALAY SCHOOL. 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 WANTAGH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WANTAGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 826 students
- WANTAGH SCHOOLElementary · 672 students
- WANTAGH MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 645 students
- FOREST LAKE SCHOOLElementary · 390 students
Other schools in WANTAGH
- WANTAGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 826 students
- WANTAGH SCHOOLElementary · 672 students
- WANTAGH MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 645 students
- FOREST LAKE SCHOOLElementary · 390 students
- LEE ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 312 students
Nearby schools
- JOHN F KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 1,089
- REINHARD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER0.6 mi · 550
- SEAFORD HARBOR SCHOOL0.8 mi · 544
- SHORE ROAD SCHOOL0.9 mi · 273
- WINTHROP AVENUE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 312
- MARTIN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 328
Frequently asked questions
About MANDALAY SCHOOLHow many students attend MANDALAY SCHOOL?
MANDALAY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 321 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does MANDALAY SCHOOL serve?
MANDALAY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does MANDALAY SCHOOL have?
MANDALAY SCHOOL employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at MANDALAY SCHOOL?
At MANDALAY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 78% White, 15% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees MANDALAY SCHOOL?
MANDALAY SCHOOL is overseen by WANTAGH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Nassau County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.