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Enrollment
407
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362322003253
OLD BETHPAGE SCHOOL
1159 ROUND SWAMP RD, OLD BETHPAGE, NY 11804 · (516) 434-3419 · Nassau County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL407 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
31 students
DISTRICT 14% · 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 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 24% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 35% smaller than its 4th grade class (97).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
82.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
88.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.0pp 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 88 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.0% | 88.0% |
| 2023-24 | 68.0% | 85.0% |
% 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
80.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% 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 OLD BETHPAGE SCHOOL
OLD BETHPAGE SCHOOL's state test result (80.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| OLD BETHPAGE SCHOOL this school | 407 | 7.6% | 80.8% |
| WALT WHITMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WOODBURY | 391 | 11.0% | 83.7% |
| BERRY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SYOSSET | 450 | 9.1% | 75.4% |
| TESAGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLIFTON PARK | 361 | 14.7% | 80.6% |
| SEELY PLACE SCHOOL SCARSDALE | 391 | 0.8% | 87.9% |
| JUDY JACOBS PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PLAINVIEW | 467 | 10.1% | 82.8% |
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 OLD BETHPAGE SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.8% | #156 of 2,335 | #26 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #180 of 2,342 ▲ 18 | #32 of 172 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #213 of 2,343 ▲ 93 | #31 of 172 ▲ 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 407 | #1,324 of 2,585 | #113 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #1,831 of 2,338 | #159 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.3% | #851 of 2,388 | #86 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 7.6% | #2,464 of 2,534 | #166 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.4% | #418 of 606 | #50 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
407
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 451
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 9.7:1
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 | 407 | 29.5 | 13.8:1 | 8% (31) |
| 2023-24 | 426 | 33.6 | 12.7:1 | 7% (30) |
| 2022-23 | 435 | 38.9 | 11.2:1 | 6% (27) |
| 2020-21 | 406 | 42 | 9.7:1 | 7% (29) |
| 2017-18 | 390 | 31 | 12.6:1 | 5% (21) |
| 2015-16 | 329 | 23 | 14.3:1 | 5% (16) |
| 2010-11 | 369 | 32 | 11.5:1 | 2% (8) |
| 2000-01 | 395 | 30 | 13.2:1 | 1% (4) |
| 1990-91 | 451 | 30 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for OLD BETHPAGE SCHOOL.
About OLD BETHPAGE SCHOOL
OLD BETHPAGE SCHOOL operates as a mid-sized elementary school in OLD BETHPAGE, New York. The school offers kindergarten through 4 and enrolls 407 students.
OLD BETHPAGE SCHOOL falls under PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 7 schools enrolling 5,406 students.
More than half of the students at OLD BETHPAGE SCHOOL are White (57%). The rest of enrollment is 30% Asian, 7% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. That is in line with Nassau County, where about 57% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, OLD BETHPAGE SCHOOL scores 57%.
OLD BETHPAGE SCHOOL has a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1, with 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in New York, 12.8:1, is lower. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 8% at OLD BETHPAGE SCHOOL. Compared with the 31% average for public schools in Nassau County, the school's rate is lower.
Test results at OLD BETHPAGE SCHOOL are 8.6 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (80.8% actual, 72.2% predicted).
The school is in Nassau County, where the median household earns about $146,202 a year, about 50% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. OLD BETHPAGE SCHOOL shares Nassau County with 314 other public schools.
OLD BETHPAGE SCHOOL is about 1.0 miles from H B MATTLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL, its nearest public school. OLD BETHPAGE SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 75.9% on proficiency, and OLD BETHPAGE SCHOOL is above that at 80.8%.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 406 to 407. The ratio was 9.7:1 in 2020-21 and 13.8:1 in 2024-25.
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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 PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE/JFK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,720 students
- PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 953 students
- H B MATTLIN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 783 students
- STRATFORD ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 621 students
- JUDY JACOBS PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 467 students
- PASADENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 455 students
Nearby schools
- H B MATTLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 783
- PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE/JFK HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 1,720
- CHARLES CAMPAGNE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 354
- PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.8 mi · 953
- KRAMER LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 358
- JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL1.9 mi · 759
Frequently asked questions
About OLD BETHPAGE SCHOOLHow many students attend OLD BETHPAGE SCHOOL?
OLD BETHPAGE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 407 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does OLD BETHPAGE SCHOOL serve?
OLD BETHPAGE SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at OLD BETHPAGE SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at OLD BETHPAGE SCHOOL.
How diverse is OLD BETHPAGE SCHOOL?
OLD BETHPAGE SCHOOL reports a student body of 57% White, 7% Hispanic, 0% Black, 30% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is OLD BETHPAGE SCHOOL in?
OLD BETHPAGE SCHOOL is part of PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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