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Alumni: what's one memory from NORTH SIDE SCHOOL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
510
Elementary
DISTRICT 524 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST WILLISTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361005000780
NORTH SIDE SCHOOL
110 E WILLISTON AVE, EAST WILLISTON, NY 11596 · (516) 333-6860 · Nassau County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL510 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% of New York public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
10.3:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
7%
35 students
DISTRICT 6% · 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 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 110 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 109 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 21% smaller than its 4th grade class (109).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
Based on grade levels within EAST WILLISTON 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
82.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
90.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 90 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.0% | 90.0% |
| 2023-24 | 74.0% | 94.0% |
% 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
84.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% 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 NORTH SIDE SCHOOL
NORTH SIDE SCHOOL's state test result (84.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTH SIDE SCHOOL this school | 510 | 6.9% | 84.8% |
| JUDY JACOBS PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PLAINVIEW | 467 | 10.1% | 82.8% |
| BERRY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SYOSSET | 450 | 9.1% | 75.4% |
| ANDERSON SCHOOL (THE) NEW YORK | 521 | 9.2% | 98.3% |
| SHELTER ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MANHASSET | 631 | 10.0% | 85.2% |
| OLD BETHPAGE SCHOOL OLD BETHPAGE | 407 | 7.6% | 80.8% |
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 NORTH SIDE SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.8% | #100 of 2,335 | #11 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 90.0% | #137 of 2,342 ▼ 62 | #17 of 172 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #208 of 2,343 ▼ 21 | #29 of 172 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 510 | #776 of 2,585 | #57 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #536 of 2,338 | #37 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.1% | #702 of 2,388 | #69 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 6.9% | #2,469 of 2,534 | #169 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.1% | #1,084 of 1,757 | #53 of 116 |
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
510
-29 (-5%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 469
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 8.2:1
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 | 510 | 49.6 | 10.3:1 | 7% (35) |
| 2023-24 | 537 | 53 | 10.1:1 | 11% (60) |
| 2022-23 | 526 | 52.9 | 9.9:1 | 8% (42) |
| 2020-21 | 539 | 66 | 8.2:1 | 7% (38) |
| 2017-18 | 574 | 49 | 11.7:1 | 5% (31) |
| 2015-16 | 574 | 43 | 13.3:1 | 4% (25) |
| 2010-11 | 604 | 48 | 12.6:1 | 1% (4) |
| 2000-01 | 573 | 39 | 14.7:1 | 1% (8) |
| 1990-91 | 469 | 35 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NORTH SIDE SCHOOL.
About NORTH SIDE SCHOOL
NORTH SIDE SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in EAST WILLISTON, New York. Enrollment totals 510 students across pre-K through 4.
EAST WILLISTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT counts 3 schools and 1,571 students, including NORTH SIDE SCHOOL.
At NORTH SIDE SCHOOL, 50% of students are White. The school is also 37% Asian, 7% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 60%.
For every teacher at NORTH SIDE SCHOOL, there are about 10.3 students; the school has 49.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York, this school's ratio is lower. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 7%. The average for public schools in Nassau County is 31%.
NORTH SIDE SCHOOL earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 92% of New York public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for NORTH SIDE SCHOOL is +12.3 points: 84.8% actual, 72.5% predicted.
The school's county is Nassau County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $146,202, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. There are 315 public schools in the county, enrolling about 200,775, NORTH SIDE SCHOOL among them.
The closest school to NORTH SIDE SCHOOL is WHEATLEY SCHOOL, located about 0.8 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of NORTH SIDE SCHOOL. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, NORTH SIDE SCHOOL ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies NORTH SIDE SCHOOL's location as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment fell 5% over 4 years, reaching 510 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 8.2:1 in 2020-21, and 10.3:1 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at NORTH SIDE SCHOOL. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 EAST WILLISTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WHEATLEY SCHOOLHigh · 689 students
- WILLETS ROAD SCHOOLMiddle · 372 students
Nearby schools
- WHEATLEY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 689
- WILLETS ROAD SCHOOL0.9 mi · 372
- HAMPTON STREET SCHOOL0.9 mi · 323
- RUSHMORE AVENUE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 407
- MEADOW DRIVE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 309
- CARLE PLACE MIDDLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 617
Frequently asked questions
About NORTH SIDE SCHOOLHow large is NORTH SIDE SCHOOL?
NORTH SIDE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 510 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does NORTH SIDE SCHOOL serve?
NORTH SIDE SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at NORTH SIDE SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.3:1 students per teacher at NORTH SIDE SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at NORTH SIDE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at NORTH SIDE SCHOOL are roughly 50% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 37% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is NORTH SIDE SCHOOL in?
NORTH SIDE SCHOOL is part of EAST WILLISTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.