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Enrollment
604
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AMITYVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360294000066
PARK AVENUE SCHOOL
140 PARK AVE, AMITYVILLE, NY 11701 · (631) 565-6300 · Suffolk County
GRADES 02–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL604 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of New York public elementary schools
- C-Test 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
13.0:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
448 students
DISTRICT 70% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 5 | 1% |
| Grade 3 | 207 | 34% |
| Grade 4 | 173 | 29% |
| Grade 5 | 204 | 34% |
| Ungraded | 15 | 2% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within AMITYVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
39.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
39.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 27.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
33.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 PARK AVENUE SCHOOL
PARK AVENUE SCHOOL's state test result (33.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARK AVENUE SCHOOL this school | 604 | 74.2% | 33.8% |
| SCHOOL 28-HENRY HUDSON ROCHESTER | 567 | 79.5% | 17.6% |
| SCHOOL 17-ENRICO FERMI ROCHESTER | 525 | 75.6% | 4.3% |
| NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AMITYVILLE | 525 | 71.0% | N/A |
| GRAND CONCOURSE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 698 | 76.9% | 65.5% |
| LAFRANCIS HARDIMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WYANDANCH | 538 | 75.5% | N/A |
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 PARK AVENUE SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #1,885 of 2,335 | #144 of 168 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #1,877 of 2,342 ▼ 201 | #142 of 169 ▼ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #1,828 of 2,343 ▲ 76 | #127 of 169 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 604 | #449 of 2,585 | #38 of 209 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #1,629 of 2,338 | #144 of 196 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.1% | #999 of 2,388 | #96 of 197 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.2% | #911 of 2,534 | #14 of 200 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.1% | #1,016 of 1,757 | #56 of 137 |
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
604
-72 (-11%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 676
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 604 | 46.5 | 13.0:1 | 74% (448) |
| 2023-24 | 578 | 59.4 | 9.7:1 | 73% (421) |
| 2022-23 | 614 | 60.2 | 10.2:1 | 76% (469) |
| 2020-21 | 676 | 47 | 14.4:1 | 80% (541) |
| 2017-18 | 687 | 60 | 11.4:1 | 81% (554) |
| 2015-16 | 635 | 61 | 10.4:1 | 82% (523) |
| 2010-11 | 834 | 78 | 10.7:1 | 70% (587) |
| 2000-01 | 837 | 56 | 14.9:1 | 59% (494) |
| 1990-91 | 676 | 58 | 11.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PARK AVENUE SCHOOL.
About PARK AVENUE SCHOOL
PARK AVENUE SCHOOL is an elementary school with a street address in AMITYVILLE, New York. It educates 604 students in grades 2 through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in New York is about 443 students.
In AMITYVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, 5 schools enroll a combined 2,802 students.
Hispanic students are the majority at PARK AVENUE SCHOOL, with 59% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 30% Black, 4% White, and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of Suffolk County, the Hispanic share is about 23%. The school's diversity index is 55%, meaning two students picked at random have a 55% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reported 46.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 13.0:1. That is close to the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 74%. That is 35 points above the 39% average for public schools in Suffolk County.
allk12 grades PARK AVENUE SCHOOL a C-. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for PARK AVENUE SCHOOL is 47.7%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 33.8%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Suffolk County, the median household income is $130,686, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. PARK AVENUE SCHOOL is one of 343 public schools in the county.
The closest public school to PARK AVENUE SCHOOL is AMITYVILLE MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, PARK AVENUE SCHOOL is 8th of 8 on proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 72 fewer students in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.0:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at PARK AVENUE SCHOOL. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Suffolk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,530,146
Census ACS
Median income
$130,686
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
343
222,439 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in AMITYVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- AMITYVILLE MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 936 students
- EDMUND W MILES MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 592 students
- NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 525 students
- NORTHEAST SCHOOLElementary · 145 students
Other schools in AMITYVILLE
- AMITYVILLE MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 936 students
- EDMUND W MILES MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 592 students
- NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 525 students
- NORTHEAST SCHOOLElementary · 145 students
Other Park Avenue schools
4 other US public schools in 2 states are named Park Avenue. PARK AVENUE SCHOOL is the largest of the 5.
- PARK AVENUE SCHOOLWESTBURY, NY · 557 students
- PARK AVENUE SCHOOLPORT CHESTER, NY · 432 students
- PARK AVENUE SCHOOLNORTH MERRICK, NY · 324 students
- Park Avenue SchoolDanbury, CT · 562 students
Nearby schools
- AMITYVILLE MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 936
- BERNER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 1,487
- EDMUND W MILES MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 592
- DEAUVILLE GARDENS EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 465
- DEAUVILLE GARDENS WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 427
- UNQUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 496
Frequently asked questions
About PARK AVENUE SCHOOLHow large is PARK AVENUE SCHOOL?
PARK AVENUE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 604 students in grades 02-05.
Is PARK AVENUE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PARK AVENUE SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades 02-05.
How many teachers does PARK AVENUE SCHOOL have?
PARK AVENUE SCHOOL employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
What is the student diversity at PARK AVENUE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PARK AVENUE SCHOOL are roughly 4% White, 59% Hispanic, 30% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is PARK AVENUE SCHOOL in?
PARK AVENUE SCHOOL is part of AMITYVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.