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Enrollment
461
Elementary
DISTRICT 413 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH MERRICK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362112002990
OLD MILL ROAD SCHOOL
1775 OLD MILL RD, MERRICK, NY 11566 · (516) 379-0945 · Nassau County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL461 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 48% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
51 students
DISTRICT 9% · 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 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 67 | 15% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (67).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
65.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +22.0pp since 2023
Math
67.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 22 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 67.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 62.0% |
% 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
57.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 MILL ROAD SCHOOL
OLD MILL ROAD SCHOOL's state test result (57.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| OLD MILL ROAD SCHOOL this school | 461 | 11.1% | 57.8% |
| PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SMITHTOWN | 498 | 14.1% | 66.8% |
| DOWS LANE (K-3) SCHOOL IRVINGTON | 493 | 9.1% | 81.3% |
| CHATTERTON SCHOOL MERRICK | 451 | 8.4% | 78.2% |
| HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAWTHORNE | 417 | 9.8% | N/A |
| MOHANSIC SCHOOL YORKTOWN HEIGHTS | 476 | 12.8% | 73.8% |
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 MILL ROAD SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #853 of 2,335 | #122 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #819 of 2,342 ▲ 42 | #120 of 172 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #733 of 2,343 ▲ 416 | #104 of 172 ▲ 31 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 461 | #1,019 of 2,585 | #77 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #2,029 of 2,338 | #171 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.5% | #1,170 of 2,388 | #113 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.1% | #2,415 of 2,534 | #147 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.5% | #537 of 606 | #63 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
461
+39 (+9%) vs 2020
+41% since 1990-91, when it was 327
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 461 | 30.8 | 15.0:1 | 11% (51) |
| 2023-24 | 452 | 30.9 | 14.6:1 | 13% (59) |
| 2022-23 | 454 | 29.4 | 15.4:1 | 11% (49) |
| 2020-21 | 422 | 26 | 16.2:1 | 10% (43) |
| 2017-18 | 454 | 35.7 | 12.7:1 | 10% (44) |
| 2015-16 | 446 | 32 | 13.9:1 | 4% (19) |
| 2010-11 | 484 | 39 | 12.4:1 | 3% (14) |
| 2000-01 | 483 | 34 | 14.2:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 327 | 20 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for OLD MILL ROAD SCHOOL.
About OLD MILL ROAD SCHOOL
Families in MERRICK, New York, are served by OLD MILL ROAD SCHOOL, a medium-sized elementary school. Enrolled students number 461 students, in kindergarten through 6.
OLD MILL ROAD SCHOOL is one of 3 schools in NORTH MERRICK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which enrolls 1,238 students in total.
Roughly 66% of students at OLD MILL ROAD SCHOOL are White. The rest of enrollment is 19% Hispanic, 11% Asian, and 2% Black. Among all residents of Nassau County, the White share is about 57%. The school's diversity index is 51%, meaning two students picked at random have a 51% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its teaching staff equals 30.8 full-time positions, a ratio of 15.0:1. On average, elementary schools in New York have 12.8:1, compared with 15.0:1 here. Around 11% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is below the 31% average among public schools in Nassau County.
The allk12 Grade for OLD MILL ROAD SCHOOL is B-. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 48% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 70.9% at OLD MILL ROAD SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 57.8%.
Across 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.
ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL is the public school closest to OLD MILL ROAD SCHOOL, about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: OLD MILL ROAD SCHOOL ranks 5th of 9 nearby schools, at 57.8% versus a 57.1% average.
For locale, NCES codes OLD MILL ROAD SCHOOL as Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, OLD MILL ROAD SCHOOL's enrollment climbed 9%, to 461. By 2024-25, the school had 15.0 students per teacher, compared with 16.2 in 2020-21.
Discussion on this page can cover school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 NORTH MERRICK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CAMP AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 491 students
- HAROLD D FAYETTE SCHOOLElementary · 286 students
Other schools in MERRICK
- SANFORD H CALHOUN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,219 students
- MERRICK AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOLHigh · 848 students
- NORMAN J LEVY LAKESIDE SCHOOLElementary · 644 students
- BIRCH SCHOOLElementary · 588 students
- CAMP AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 491 students
- CHATTERTON SCHOOLElementary · 451 students
Nearby schools
- ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 441
- HAROLD D FAYETTE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 286
- CAMP AVENUE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 491
- ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 1,127
- SANFORD H CALHOUN HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 1,219
- SMITH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 476
Frequently asked questions
About OLD MILL ROAD SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at OLD MILL ROAD SCHOOL?
OLD MILL ROAD SCHOOL enrolls approximately 461 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does OLD MILL ROAD SCHOOL serve?
OLD MILL ROAD SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at OLD MILL ROAD SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at OLD MILL ROAD SCHOOL is approximately 15.0:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at OLD MILL ROAD SCHOOL?
At OLD MILL ROAD SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 66% White, 19% Hispanic, 2% Black, 11% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is OLD MILL ROAD SCHOOL in?
OLD MILL ROAD SCHOOL is part of NORTH MERRICK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.