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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HICKSVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361434001188

OLD COUNTRY ROAD SCHOOL

49 RHODES LN, HICKSVILLE, NY 11801 · (516) 733-2302 · Nassau County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL394 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 53% of New York public elementary schools
  • B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • BBeats 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
394
Elementary
DISTRICT 321 · STATE 443
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
271 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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
Kindergarten5213%
Grade 16617%
Grade 27218%
Grade 36817%
Grade 47218%
Grade 56416%

This year's kindergarten class (52) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (64).

Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 72% · US 70%
White
328%
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
23560%
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
103%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
9524%
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
185%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
31%
DISTRICT 0% · 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
20251%
Female
19249%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
OLD COUNTRY ROAD SCHOOL→HICKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL→HICKSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within HICKSVILLE 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
51.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +17.0pp since 2023
Math
65.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +13.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 51 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2551.0%65.0%
2023-2434.0%52.0%
% 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
49.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.2pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 COUNTRY ROAD SCHOOL

OLD COUNTRY ROAD SCHOOL's state test result (49.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
OLD COUNTRY ROAD SCHOOL this school39468.8%49.5%
CHILDREN'S LAB SCHOOL (THE)
LONG ISLAND CITY
45670.2%57.0%
S.T.A.R. LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
RICHMOND HILL
50772.0%51.5%
PS 212
JACKSON HEIGHTS
56265.8%61.0%
WOODSIDE COMMUNITY SCHOOL (THE)
FLUSHING
50470.8%63.6%
PS 56 HARRY EICHLER
RICHMOND HILL
36082.2%52.5%
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 OLD COUNTRY ROAD SCHOOL ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn Nassau County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
49.5%#1,178 of 2,335#147 of 172
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
65.0%#887 of 2,342
▲ 325
#126 of 172
▲ 23
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
51.0%#1,303 of 2,343
▲ 263
#143 of 172
▲ 12
Enrollment
ranked largest first
394#1,398 of 2,585#115 of 193
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
13.9:1#1,844 of 2,338#160 of 184
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
57.7%#825 of 2,388#83 of 184
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
68.8%#998 of 2,534#9 of 193
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+21.6%#129 of 606#5 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 2024-25
Enrollment
394
+65 (+20%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 338
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 13.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2539428.413.9:169% (271)
2023-2436328.312.8:157% (208)
2022-233632813.0:168% (247)
2020-213292513.2:145% (149)
2017-183242314.1:152% (169)
2015-163092114.7:151% (157)
2010-113362513.4:139% (131)
2000-013422215.6:118% (63)
1990-913382016.9:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for OLD COUNTRY ROAD SCHOOL.

About OLD COUNTRY ROAD SCHOOL

OLD COUNTRY ROAD SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school in HICKSVILLE, New York, under HICKSVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 394 students in 2024-25.

HICKSVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT is made up of 9 schools with 5,285 students in all.

Federal enrollment data show OLD COUNTRY ROAD SCHOOL is 60% Hispanic. Next come 24% Asian, 8% White, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. The county population is about 19% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 58%.

OLD COUNTRY ROAD SCHOOL has a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1, with 28.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 69% at OLD COUNTRY ROAD SCHOOL. Across public schools in Nassau County, the average is 31%.

On the allk12 Grade, OLD COUNTRY ROAD SCHOOL lands at B-, ahead of 53% of New York public elementary schools.

Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 49.7%. OLD COUNTRY ROAD SCHOOL scores 49.5%.

In Nassau County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $146,202, about 50% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. The county has 315 public schools and about 200,775 students.

Of the public schools around it, OLD COUNTRY ROAD SCHOOL is closest to DUTCH LANE SCHOOL, about 0.6 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, OLD COUNTRY ROAD SCHOOL ranks 7th of 9 on average proficiency.

On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.

In 2020-21, OLD COUNTRY ROAD SCHOOL enrolled 329 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 394.

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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
OLD COUNTRY ROAD SCHOOL
District
HICKSVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
Address
49 RHODES LN, HICKSVILLE, NY 11801
Phone
(516) 733-2302
County
Nassau County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
394
Teachers (FTE)
28
Student–teacher ratio
13.9:1
Free and reduced lunch
271 (69%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
361434001188
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About OLD COUNTRY ROAD SCHOOL
What is the total enrollment at OLD COUNTRY ROAD SCHOOL?
OLD COUNTRY ROAD SCHOOL enrolls approximately 394 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does OLD COUNTRY ROAD SCHOOL serve?
OLD COUNTRY ROAD SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does OLD COUNTRY ROAD SCHOOL have?
OLD COUNTRY ROAD SCHOOL employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at OLD COUNTRY ROAD SCHOOL?
At OLD COUNTRY ROAD SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 8% White, 60% Hispanic, 3% Black, 24% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is OLD COUNTRY ROAD SCHOOL public or private?
OLD COUNTRY ROAD SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by HICKSVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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