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Enrollment
560
Elementary
DISTRICT 510 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEVITTOWN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361716001529
NORTHSIDE SCHOOL
35 PELICAN RD, LEVITTOWN, NY 11756 · (516) 434-7502 · Nassau County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL560 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
181 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 111 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 108 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
47.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
65.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 10 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 65.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 75.0% |
% 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
56.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 NORTHSIDE SCHOOL
NORTHSIDE SCHOOL's state test result (56.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTHSIDE SCHOOL this school | 560 | 32.3% | 56.4% |
| ABBEY LANE SCHOOL LEVITTOWN | 607 | 34.4% | 62.0% |
| PARKWAY SCHOOL EAST MEADOW | 570 | 27.7% | 75.2% |
| MICHAEL F STOKES SCHOOL LEVITTOWN | 511 | 36.2% | 67.1% |
| MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EAST MEADOW | 442 | 29.6% | 77.7% |
| PS 101 SCHOOL IN THE GARDENS FOREST HILLS | 605 | 25.8% | 84.7% |
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 NORTHSIDE SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.4% | #912 of 2,335 | #128 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #892 of 2,342 ▼ 455 | #127 of 172 ▼ 50 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #1,468 of 2,343 ▼ 69 | #149 of 172 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 560 | #602 of 2,585 | #39 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #1,072 of 2,338 | #87 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.6% | #236 of 2,388 | #22 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.3% | #1,917 of 2,534 | #61 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.9% | #438 of 606 | #52 of 70 |
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
560
+31 (+6%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 513
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 560 | 48.6 | 11.5:1 | 32% (181) |
| 2023-24 | 585 | 48.7 | 12.0:1 | 20% (119) |
| 2022-23 | 574 | 40.7 | 14.1:1 | 22% (128) |
| 2020-21 | 529 | 46 | 11.5:1 | 23% (122) |
| 2017-18 | 539 | 45 | 12.0:1 | 19% (103) |
| 2015-16 | 533 | 41 | 13.0:1 | 24% (130) |
| 2010-11 | 558 | 47 | 11.9:1 | 18% (103) |
| 2000-01 | 629 | 38 | 16.6:1 | 8% (49) |
| 1990-91 | 513 | 32 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NORTHSIDE SCHOOL.
About NORTHSIDE SCHOOL
A medium-sized elementary school in LEVITTOWN, New York, NORTHSIDE SCHOOL is part of LEVITTOWN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school counts 560 students across kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in New York is about 443 students.
LEVITTOWN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT operates 10 schools. Combined enrollment is 7,062 students.
NORTHSIDE SCHOOL has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 34%. Other students are 33% Asian, 28% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Nassau County residents are about 57% White. The school's diversity index is 70%, meaning two students picked at random have a 70% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its 48.6 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 11.5:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The school's lunch program data list 32% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That tracks the 31% average for public schools in Nassau County.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 63.1% for NORTHSIDE SCHOOL. The school posts 56.4%, 6.7 points below the prediction.
Within Nassau County, the median household income is $146,202, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 50% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. In all, Nassau County has 315 public schools and roughly 200,775 students.
The next-closest public school is FORK LANE SCHOOL, about 0.5 miles away. NORTHSIDE SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. NORTHSIDE SCHOOL ranks 4th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 56.4% against a local average of 60.1%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has grown by 31 students since 2020-21, to 560.
Community posts for NORTHSIDE SCHOOL can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 LEVITTOWN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- GEN DOUGLAS MACARTHUR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,295 students
- DIVISION AVENUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,044 students
- JONAS E SALK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 899 students
- WISDOM LANE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 765 students
- EAST BROADWAY SCHOOLElementary · 662 students
- ABBEY LANE SCHOOLElementary · 607 students
Other schools in LEVITTOWN
- GEN DOUGLAS MACARTHUR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,295 students
- DIVISION AVENUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,044 students
- JONAS E SALK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 899 students
- WISDOM LANE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 765 students
- ISLAND TREES MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 725 students
- ISLAND TREES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 701 students
Other Northside schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Northside. NORTHSIDE SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 6.
- NORTHSIDE SCHOOLFAIRPORT, NY · 580 students
- Northside SchoolOpelika, AL · 464 students
- Northside SchoolMorrison, IL · 264 students
- Northside SchoolVERNON, TX · 227 students
- Northside SchoolWolf Point, MT · 158 students
Nearby schools
- FORK LANE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 270
- DIVISION AVENUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 1,044
- SUMMIT LANE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 376
- DUTCH LANE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 216
- MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 442
- J FRED SPARKE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 323
Frequently asked questions
About NORTHSIDE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at NORTHSIDE SCHOOL?
NORTHSIDE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 560 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does NORTHSIDE SCHOOL serve?
NORTHSIDE SCHOOL serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at NORTHSIDE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at NORTHSIDE SCHOOL is approximately 11.5:1 (49 FTE teachers).
How diverse is NORTHSIDE SCHOOL?
NORTHSIDE SCHOOL reports a student body of 34% White, 28% Hispanic, 2% Black, 33% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees NORTHSIDE SCHOOL?
NORTHSIDE SCHOOL is overseen by LEVITTOWN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Nassau County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.