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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HEWLETT-WOODMERE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363171004229

OGDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

875 LONGVIEW AVE, VALLEY STREAM, NY 11581 · (516) 792-4700 · Nassau County
GRADES 02–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL295 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 73% 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.
  • B+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

Enrollment
295
Elementary
DISTRICT 350 · STATE 443
Student : Teacher
7.0:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
90 students
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 27224%
Grade 37124%
Grade 47024%
Grade 58027%
Ungraded21%
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 72% · US 70%
White
14449%
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
7425%
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
3913%
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
3010%
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
62%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
15854%
Female
13746%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
OGDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→WOODMERE MIDDLE SCHOOL→GEORGE W HEWLETT HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within HEWLETT-WOODMERE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
72.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +17.0pp since 2023
Math
75.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +8.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2572.0%75.0%
2023-2455.0%67.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
66.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 OGDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

OGDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (66.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
OGDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school29530.5%66.5%
YORKVILLE COMMUNITY SCHOOL
NEW YORK
32029.4%67.3%
VASSAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
POUGHKEEPSIE
29427.2%N/A
PECK SLIP SCHOOL (THE)
NEW YORK
30732.6%68.8%
SIXTH AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NEW YORK
29923.7%76.6%
COMPASS CHARTER SCHOOL
BROOKLYN
29635.1%73.5%
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 OGDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn Nassau County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
66.5%#510 of 2,335#87 of 172
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
75.0%#544 of 2,342
▲ 129
#90 of 172
▲ 14
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
72.0%#472 of 2,343
▲ 217
#70 of 172
▲ 24
Enrollment
ranked largest first
295#2,028 of 2,585#165 of 193
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
7.0:1#26 of 2,338#1 of 184
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
67.1%#360 of 2,388#37 of 184
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
30.5%#1,961 of 2,534#66 of 193
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-17.6%#729 of 1,757#22 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 2024-25
Enrollment
295
-45 (-13%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 487
Student : Teacher
7.0:1
was 8.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2529542.17.0:131% (90)
2023-2430938.18.1:134% (106)
2022-23322359.2:132% (104)
2020-21340388.9:130% (101)
2017-183583410.5:123% (83)
2015-163703012.3:129% (106)
2010-113763610.4:116% (59)
2000-014483114.4:111% (48)
1990-914873215.2:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for OGDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

About OGDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

OGDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school in VALLEY STREAM, New York. It teaches 295 students in grades 2 through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in New York enroll about 443 students on average.

Besides OGDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, HEWLETT-WOODMERE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 4 other schools. The district enrolls 2,745 students.

The biggest share of students at OGDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 49%, is White. The remaining shares are 25% Hispanic, 13% Black, 10% Asian, and 2% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, OGDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 67%.

OGDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 42.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 7.0 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1. About 31% of students at OGDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Nassau County is similar, at 31%.

On the allk12 Grade, OGDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at B+, ahead of 73% of New York public elementary schools.

The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for OGDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is +2.7 points: 66.5% actual, 63.8% predicted.

Nassau County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $146,202, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 50%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. There are 315 public schools in the county, enrolling about 200,775, OGDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.

VALLEY STREAM SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. OGDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 4th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.

Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

The school's enrollment fell 13% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (7.0:1) than in 2020-21 (8.9:1).

Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at OGDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. You can also rate the school on this page.

Nassau County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
OGDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
District
HEWLETT-WOODMERE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
Address
875 LONGVIEW AVE, VALLEY STREAM, NY 11581
Phone
(516) 792-4700
County
Nassau County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
02–05
Total enrollment
295
Teachers (FTE)
42
Student–teacher ratio
7.0:1
Free and reduced lunch
90 (31%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
363171004229
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in HEWLETT-WOODMERE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
Other schools in VALLEY STREAM
Other Ogden Elementary schools

6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Ogden Elementary. OGDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 6th largest of the 7.

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Frequently asked questions

About OGDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
How large is OGDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
OGDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 295 students in grades 02-05.
Is OGDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
OGDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades 02-05.
How many teachers does OGDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
OGDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.0:1.
What is the student diversity at OGDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at OGDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 49% White, 25% Hispanic, 13% Black, 10% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is OGDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
OGDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of HEWLETT-WOODMERE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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