PARK AVENUE SCHOOL

PARK AVENUE SCHOOL is one of the tight-knit elementary campuss in NORTH MERRICK, New York, operated by NORTH BELLMORE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 324 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 27% leaner than the state mean of about 443.

Across the 5 schools in NORTH BELLMORE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (2,128 students total), PARK AVENUE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, PARK AVENUE SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 57% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, PARK AVENUE SCHOOL lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 17% of students at PARK AVENUE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Nassau County's rate of about 31%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PARK AVENUE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 68.9%; this one delivers 59.3%.

Across the wider county, Nassau County reports that median household earnings sit near $146,202, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Nassau County's 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), PARK AVENUE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is WELLINGTON C MEPHAM HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PARK AVENUE SCHOOL comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 74.5%.

PARK AVENUE SCHOOL operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. PARK AVENUE SCHOOL's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 325 (now 324). Over the same period, the White share declined from 81% to 67%.

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