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Which teacher or staff member at MCKENNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
485
Elementary
DISTRICT 512 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MASSAPEQUA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361863000131
MCKENNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
210 SPRUCE ST, MASSAPEQUA PARK, NY 11762 · (516) 308-5501 · Nassau County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL485 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 39% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
9.4:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
38 students
DISTRICT 9% · 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 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 14% |
| Ungraded | 15 | 3% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
MCKENNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→BERNER MIDDLE SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within MASSAPEQUA 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
56.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +15.0pp since 2023
Math
67.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 67.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 65.0% |
% 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
53.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 MCKENNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MCKENNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (53.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCKENNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 485 | 7.8% | 53.8% |
| INCREASE MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GOLDENS BRIDGE | 479 | 6.7% | 82.0% |
| UNQUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MASSAPEQUA | 496 | 6.0% | 61.5% |
| PAUL J BELLEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST ISLIP | 463 | 10.4% | 64.8% |
| FAIRFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MASSAPEQUA | 513 | 9.2% | 55.4% |
| EAST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MASSAPEQUA PARK | 523 | 7.1% | 56.6% |
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 MCKENNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #1,008 of 2,335 | #136 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #814 of 2,342 ▼ 75 | #119 of 172 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,110 of 2,343 ▲ 136 | #135 of 172 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 485 | #900 of 2,585 | #63 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.4:1 | #261 of 2,338 | #17 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.7% | #1,937 of 2,388 | #180 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 7.8% | #2,463 of 2,534 | #165 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.5% | #411 of 606 | #48 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
485
+20 (+4%) vs 2020
-24% since 2000-01, when it was 641
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
was 6.7:1
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 | 485 | 51.7 | 9.4:1 | 8% (38) |
| 2023-24 | 467 | 48.1 | 9.7:1 | 7% (33) |
| 2022-23 | 438 | 43.7 | 10.0:1 | 6% (25) |
| 2020-21 | 465 | 69 | 6.7:1 | 5% (24) |
| 2017-18 | 464 | 38.4 | 12.1:1 | 7% (31) |
| 2015-16 | 536 | 44 | 12.2:1 | 5% (29) |
| 2010-11 | 600 | 63 | 9.5:1 | 5% (28) |
| 2000-01 | 641 | 52 | 12.3:1 | 5% (32) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MCKENNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About MCKENNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MCKENNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public elementary school in MASSAPEQUA PARK, New York. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 485 students.
MCKENNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls under MASSAPEQUA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 9 schools enrolling 6,461 students.
MCKENNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment is 84% White. It is also 10% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Nassau County is roughly 57% White. MCKENNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 28%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school has about 9.4 students per teacher and 51.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 3.5 below the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 8% in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in Nassau County average 31%.
The allk12 Grade for MCKENNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is C+. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 39% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Test results at MCKENNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are 18.3 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (53.8% actual, 72.1% predicted).
Federal survey data for Nassau County show that the median household income is $146,202, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 50% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Nassau County is home to 315 public schools and about 200,775 public school students.
Nearest public school: EAST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. MCKENNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 8th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The federal government classifies MCKENNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's location as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment at MCKENNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL climbed 4% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 465 to 485 students. The ratio of students to teachers went from 6.7:1 to 9.4:1 over the same years.
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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 MASSAPEQUA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- BERNER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,487 students
- MASSAPEQUA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,407 students
- BIRCH LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 696 students
- EAST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 523 students
- FAIRFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 513 students
- UNQUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 496 students
Other schools in MASSAPEQUA PARK
- BIRCH LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 696 students
- EAST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 523 students
Other Mckenna Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Mckenna Elementary. MCKENNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- McKenna ElementaryMcKenna, WA · 418 students
Nearby schools
- EAST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 523
- MHS AMES CAMPUS0.9 mi · 495
- LOCKHART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 359
- NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 525
- UNQUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 496
- FARMINGDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 1,704
Frequently asked questions
About MCKENNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is MCKENNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MCKENNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 485 students in grades KG-05.
Is MCKENNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
MCKENNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at MCKENNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 9.4:1 students per teacher at MCKENNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is MCKENNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MCKENNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 84% White, 10% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees MCKENNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MCKENNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by MASSAPEQUA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Nassau County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.