PASADENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PASADENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary campus of middle-of-the-pack scale in PLAINVIEW, New York, part of PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, enrolling 455 students in grades K through 4.

PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 5,406 students. PASADENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, PASADENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is Asian at 51%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 39% White, 7% Hispanic. That is visibly more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.

Looking at school resources, PASADENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.1:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 17% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Nassau County's rate of about 31%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PASADENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 68.8%; this one delivers 83.7%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Nassau County indicate median household income runs about $146,202, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Nassau County runs 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), of which PASADENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is KRAMER LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PASADENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 73.0%.

PASADENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PASADENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has held roughly steady, going from 464 students in 2018 to 455 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 68% to 39% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 in 2025.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.