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Enrollment
771
Elementary
DISTRICT 436 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIDDLE COUNTRY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361920001741
NEW LANE MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
15 NEW LN, SELDEN, NY 11784 · (631) 285-8900 · Suffolk County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL771 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% of New York public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
17.7:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
427 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 150 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 148 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 165 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 142 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 166 | 22% |
This year's 1st grade class (150) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (166).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
36.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +13.0pp since 2023
Math
37.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +12.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.0% | 37.0% |
| 2023-24 | 23.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
30.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-24.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 55% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 NEW LANE MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NEW LANE MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (30.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEW LANE MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 771 | 55.4% | 30.3% |
| ELLENVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ELLENVILLE | 730 | 56.3% | 31.5% |
| PS/IS 113 ANTHONY J PRANZO GLENDALE | 771 | 56.3% | 67.2% |
| PS 31 SAMUEL F DUPONT BROOKLYN | 644 | 48.3% | 88.7% |
| PS 19 JUDITH K WEISS BRONX | 679 | 62.6% | 63.9% |
| SHEAFE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAPPINGERS FALLS | 612 | 55.6% | 53.9% |
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 NEW LANE MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #2,004 of 2,335 | #152 of 168 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #1,944 of 2,342 ▲ 196 | #150 of 169 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #1,959 of 2,343 ▲ 116 | #145 of 169 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 771 | #180 of 2,585 | #13 of 209 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #2,250 of 2,338 | #192 of 196 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.8% | #371 of 2,388 | #19 of 197 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.4% | #1,263 of 2,534 | #29 of 200 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.2% | #1,133 of 1,757 | #71 of 137 |
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
771
-45 (-6%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 1,114
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
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 | 771 | 43.5 | 17.7:1 | 55% (427) |
| 2023-24 | 783 | 42.5 | 18.4:1 | 46% (364) |
| 2022-23 | 789 | 43.5 | 18.1:1 | 44% (345) |
| 2020-21 | 816 | 76 | 10.7:1 | 25% (206) |
| 2017-18 | 859 | 50 | 17.2:1 | 32% (279) |
| 2015-16 | 748 | 46 | 16.3:1 | 40% (300) |
| 2010-11 | 999 | 56 | 17.8:1 | 27% (271) |
| 2000-01 | 1,145 | 72 | 15.9:1 | 14% (155) |
| 1990-91 | 1,114 | 67 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NEW LANE MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About NEW LANE MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NEW LANE MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a large elementary school in MIDDLE COUNTRY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, located in SELDEN, New York. In all, 771 students attend the school in grades 1 through 5. The school is 74% bigger than the average for elementary schools in New York.
MIDDLE COUNTRY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT has 9,410 students in 14 schools, and NEW LANE MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
About 44% of students at NEW LANE MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are White, the largest single group. It is also 35% Hispanic, 9% Black, 8% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Suffolk County's residents are about 66% White, 22 points above the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 67, compared with 70 nationally.
NEW LANE MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reported 43.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 17.7:1. The school's 17.7:1 compares with an average of 12.8:1 for elementary schools in New York. Roughly 55% of students at NEW LANE MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 39% average among public schools in Suffolk County.
On the allk12 Grade, NEW LANE MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at D, ahead of 8% of New York public elementary schools.
Test results at NEW LANE MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are 24.4 points below what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate across its state test results is 30.3%, compared with a predicted 54.6%, which ranks in the bottom 10% in New York.
In Suffolk County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $130,686 a year, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Public schools in Suffolk County number 343, with about 222,439 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, BICYCLE PATH KINDERGARTEN-PRE K CENTER, is about 0.8 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, NEW LANE MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 8th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put NEW LANE MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment figures show a decrease of 45 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 10.7:1 to 17.7:1 over the same years.
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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 MIDDLE COUNTRY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- NEWFIELD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,553 students
- CENTEREACH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,467 students
- SELDEN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,080 students
- DAWNWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 967 students
- UNITY DRIVE KINDERGARTEN-PRE K CENTERElementary · 478 students
- BICYCLE PATH KINDERGARTEN-PRE K CENTERElementary · 449 students
Other schools in SELDEN
- NEWFIELD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,553 students
- BICYCLE PATH KINDERGARTEN-PRE K CENTERElementary · 449 students
- HAWKINS PATH SCHOOLElementary · 385 students
- STAGECOACH SCHOOLElementary · 351 students
Nearby schools
- BICYCLE PATH KINDERGARTEN-PRE K CENTER0.8 mi · 449
- STAGECOACH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 351
- SACHEM HIGH SCHOOL EAST1.6 mi · 1,984
- CORAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 951
- HAWKINS PATH SCHOOL2.1 mi · 385
- NEWFIELD HIGH SCHOOL2.2 mi · 1,553
Frequently asked questions
About NEW LANE MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is NEW LANE MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
NEW LANE MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 771 students in grades 01-05.
Is NEW LANE MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
NEW LANE MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades 01-05.
How many teachers does NEW LANE MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
NEW LANE MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at NEW LANE MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At NEW LANE MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 44% White, 35% Hispanic, 9% Black, 8% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is NEW LANE MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
NEW LANE MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MIDDLE COUNTRY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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