MANDALAY SCHOOL

MANDALAY SCHOOL, a cozy primary school in WANTAGH, New York, part of WANTAGH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, serves 321 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so MANDALAY SCHOOL sits 28% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 5 schools in WANTAGH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (2,854 students total), MANDALAY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, MANDALAY SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment; the rest looks like 15% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 15% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Nassau County's rate of about 31%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MANDALAY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 69.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 72.4%.

In the area at large, Nassau County reports that the typical household earns roughly $146,202 per year, roughly 50% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Nassau County runs 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), of which MANDALAY SCHOOL is one.

JOHN F KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, MANDALAY SCHOOL comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 70.5%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 23%: 262 students in 2018 compared to 321 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 86% to 78% across the same window.

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