NORMAN J LEVY LAKESIDE SCHOOL

Set in MERRICK, New York, NORMAN J LEVY LAKESIDE SCHOOL is a mid-tier elementary-level community, operated by MERRICK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. It teaches 644 students across grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 45% larger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

NORMAN J LEVY LAKESIDE SCHOOL is one of 3 schools operated by MERRICK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that instructs 1,683 students overall.

Demographically, NORMAN J LEVY LAKESIDE SCHOOL records that nearly all students (84%) are White. The remainder reads as 9% Hispanic, 5% Asian. By comparison, Nassau County as a whole is about 57% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 6% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Nassau County (around 31%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), NORMAN J LEVY LAKESIDE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 72.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 75.8%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Nassau County indicate median household earnings sit near $146,202, roughly 50% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. NORMAN J LEVY LAKESIDE SCHOOL is one of 315 public schools in Nassau County (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students).

BIRCH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, NORMAN J LEVY LAKESIDE SCHOOL comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 76.1%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NORMAN J LEVY LAKESIDE SCHOOL has climbed 20%, going from 538 students in 2018 to 644 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 92% to 84% across the same window.

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