MCVEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

MCVEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a high-enrollment elementary school in EAST MEADOW, New York, part of EAST MEADOW UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school works with 838 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 89% larger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

EAST MEADOW UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 7,793 students; MCVEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, MCVEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the most-represented group is Asian (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 29% White, 26% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Nassau County as a whole is about 12% Asian, so the school skews meaningfully more Asian than its surroundings.

On the resource side, MCVEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 78 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting MCVEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 31% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MCVEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 63.8%; this one delivers 85.0%, a residual of +21.3 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Nassau County) records that median household income runs about $146,202, roughly 50% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. MCVEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 315 public schools in Nassau County (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students).

Nearest neighbor: EAST MEADOW HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MCVEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MCVEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 71.7%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 18%: 710 students in 2018 compared to 838 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 53% to 29% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 in 2025.

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