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NORTHSIDE SCHOOL
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About NORTHSIDE SCHOOL
As an average-sized K-5 school in LEVITTOWN, New York, NORTHSIDE SCHOOL serves 560 students from grades K through 5, run under LEVITTOWN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so NORTHSIDE SCHOOL sits 26% above that benchmark.
NORTHSIDE SCHOOL is one of 10 schools operated by LEVITTOWN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that serves 7,062 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, NORTHSIDE SCHOOL reports that the most-represented group is White (34%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 33% Asian, 28% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 57% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.5:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 32% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), NORTHSIDE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.1%, the actual is 56.4%, a residual of -6.7 points.
Around the school, Nassau County reports that the typical household earns roughly $146,202 per year, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Nassau County's 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), NORTHSIDE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is FORK LANE SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NORTHSIDE SCHOOL at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 60.1%.
The school occupies a residential site.
Over the past 7-year window. NORTHSIDE SCHOOL's enrollment has rose 4% since 2018, when it stood at 539 (now 560). White enrollment moved from 54% to 34% across the same window.
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