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Enrollment
570
Elementary
DISTRICT 708 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST MEADOW UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360984000760
PARKWAY SCHOOL
465 BELLMORE RD, EAST MEADOW, NY 11554 · (516) 679-3500 · Nassau County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL570 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 86% of New York public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
10.8:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
158 students
DISTRICT 28% · 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 | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
80.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +19.0pp since 2023
Math
91.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 91 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 19 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.0% | 91.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 81.0% |
% 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
75.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 PARKWAY SCHOOL
PARKWAY SCHOOL's state test result (75.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARKWAY SCHOOL this school | 570 | 27.7% | 75.2% |
| ACADEMY FOR EXCELLENCE THROUGH THE ARTS (THE) FOREST HILLS | 573 | 23.7% | 91.4% |
| PARSONS MEMORIAL SCHOOL HARRISON | 480 | 22.9% | 59.3% |
| NORTHSIDE SCHOOL LEVITTOWN | 560 | 32.3% | 56.4% |
| RIVER SCHOOL (THE) NEW YORK | 499 | 22.0% | 79.8% |
| MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EAST MEADOW | 442 | 29.6% | 77.7% |
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 PARKWAY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.2% | #258 of 2,335 | #53 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 91.0% | #120 of 2,342 ▲ 161 | #13 of 172 ▲ 37 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #256 of 2,343 ▲ 233 | #41 of 172 ▲ 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 570 | #567 of 2,585 | #37 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #734 of 2,338 | #63 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.6% | #239 of 2,388 | #23 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.7% | #2,034 of 2,534 | #74 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.5% | #153 of 606 | #10 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
570
+56 (+11%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 503
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 570 | 52.9 | 10.8:1 | 28% (158) |
| 2023-24 | 586 | 50.7 | 11.6:1 | 26% (155) |
| 2022-23 | 568 | 50 | 11.4:1 | 29% (167) |
| 2020-21 | 514 | 40 | 12.8:1 | 24% (124) |
| 2017-18 | 481 | 32 | 15.0:1 | 19% (89) |
| 2015-16 | 511 | 33 | 15.5:1 | 23% (115) |
| 2010-11 | 539 | 35 | 15.4:1 | 9% (51) |
| 2000-01 | 547 | 37 | 14.8:1 | 8% (44) |
| 1990-91 | 503 | 29 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PARKWAY SCHOOL.
About PARKWAY SCHOOL
PARKWAY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in New York, located in EAST MEADOW. The school's 570 students are in kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 29% higher than the average for elementary schools in New York, which is about 443.
The district for PARKWAY SCHOOL is EAST MEADOW UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 9 schools and 7,793 students.
The most common group at PARKWAY SCHOOL is Asian students, at 37%. The school is also 35% White, 20% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. The Asian share of the county population is lower, at 12%. PARKWAY SCHOOL's diversity index is 70%, against a US figure of 70%.
At PARKWAY SCHOOL, 52.9 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 10.8:1. That is lower than the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Roughly 28% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
allk12 grades PARKWAY SCHOOL an A. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with New York schools that have similar shares of low-income students, PARKWAY SCHOOL's results are 10.4 points above predicted: 75.2% against 64.8%.
In Nassau County (population about 1,389,591), the median household income is $146,202, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. PARKWAY SCHOOL is one of 315 public schools in the county.
The closest public school to PARKWAY SCHOOL is WISDOM LANE MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.5 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, PARKWAY SCHOOL is ahead of the 66.8% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 9.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show an 11% enrollment increase, from 514 in 2020-21 to 570 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 12.8:1 to 10.8:1.
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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 EAST MEADOW UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- EAST MEADOW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,549 students
- WOODLAND MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,141 students
- W TRESPER CLARKE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 898 students
- BOWLING GREEN SCHOOLElementary · 895 students
- MCVEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 838 students
- BARNUM WOODS SCHOOLElementary · 797 students
Other schools in EAST MEADOW
- EAST MEADOW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,549 students
- WOODLAND MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,141 students
- MCVEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 838 students
- BARNUM WOODS SCHOOLElementary · 797 students
- MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 442 students
- COUNTY OF NASSAU/CORRECTIONAL CENTERElementary
Other Parkway schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Parkway. PARKWAY SCHOOL is the largest of the 3.
- Parkway SchoolEPHRATA, WA · 407 students
- Parkway SchoolGreenwich, CT · 249 students
Nearby schools
- WISDOM LANE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 765
- LEE ROAD SCHOOL0.9 mi · 312
- GARDINERS AVENUE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 542
- ABBEY LANE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 607
- DIVISION AVENUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.2 mi · 1,044
- SUMMIT LANE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 376
Frequently asked questions
About PARKWAY SCHOOLHow large is PARKWAY SCHOOL?
PARKWAY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 570 students in grades KG-05.
Is PARKWAY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PARKWAY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at PARKWAY SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.8:1 students per teacher at PARKWAY SCHOOL.
How diverse is PARKWAY SCHOOL?
PARKWAY SCHOOL reports a student body of 35% White, 20% Hispanic, 3% Black, 37% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is PARKWAY SCHOOL in?
PARKWAY SCHOOL is part of EAST MEADOW UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.