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Enrollment
463
Elementary
DISTRICT 459 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST ISLIP UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363069004131
PAUL J BELLEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
25 HIGBIE LN, WEST ISLIP, NY 11795 · (631) 504-5680 · Suffolk County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL463 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of New York public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
12.0:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
48 students
DISTRICT 16% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 15% |
| Ungraded | 8 | 2% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 21% larger than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · 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
67.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
71.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 71.0% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 76.0% |
% 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
64.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% 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 PAUL J BELLEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PAUL J BELLEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (64.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAUL J BELLEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 463 | 10.4% | 64.8% |
| BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST ISLIP | 440 | 10.9% | 46.6% |
| MCKENNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MASSAPEQUA PARK | 485 | 7.8% | 53.8% |
| LINCOLN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SAYVILLE | 428 | 11.9% | 64.8% |
| FAIRFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MASSAPEQUA | 513 | 9.2% | 55.4% |
| INCREASE MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GOLDENS BRIDGE | 479 | 6.7% | 82.0% |
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 PAUL J BELLEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.8% | #569 of 2,335 | #30 of 168 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #691 of 2,342 ▼ 278 | #38 of 169 ▼ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #665 of 2,343 ▼ 41 | #35 of 169 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 463 | #1,011 of 2,585 | #96 of 209 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #1,255 of 2,338 | #113 of 196 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.4% | #1,972 of 2,388 | #183 of 197 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.4% | #2,428 of 2,534 | #185 of 200 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.9% | #468 of 606 | #41 of 57 |
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
463
+23 (+5%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 460
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 463 | 38.7 | 12.0:1 | 10% (48) |
| 2023-24 | 468 | 37.6 | 12.4:1 | 10% (48) |
| 2022-23 | 456 | 36 | 12.7:1 | 10% (47) |
| 2020-21 | 440 | 38 | 11.6:1 | 10% (42) |
| 2017-18 | 450 | 31 | 14.5:1 | 11% (48) |
| 2015-16 | 466 | 29 | 16.1:1 | 11% (49) |
| 2010-11 | 362 | 25 | 14.5:1 | 6% (21) |
| 2000-01 | 481 | 25 | 19.2:1 | 2% (10) |
| 1990-91 | 460 | 22 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PAUL J BELLEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PAUL J BELLEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PAUL J BELLEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in WEST ISLIP, New York. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 463 students.
Federal data list 7 schools in WEST ISLIP UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 3,816 students enrolled.
The share of students at PAUL J BELLEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL who are White is 85%. Other reported shares: 11% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Suffolk County's residents are about 66% White, 19 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 26%.
Its staff includes 38.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 12.0 students per teacher. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is 0.9 students per teacher. Roughly 10% of students at PAUL J BELLEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Suffolk County is 39%.
On the allk12 Grade, PAUL J BELLEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at B, ahead of 63% of New York public elementary schools.
PAUL J BELLEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 64.8% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 71.2%.
The school's county is Suffolk County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $130,686, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. There are 343 public schools in the county, enrolling about 222,439, PAUL J BELLEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
WEST ISLIP SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, PAUL J BELLEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 3rd on average proficiency.
PAUL J BELLEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The school's enrollment rose 5% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at PAUL J BELLEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 WEST ISLIP UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WEST ISLIP SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,163 students
- MANETUCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 514 students
- BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 440 students
- UDALL ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 438 students
- OQUENOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 418 students
- BEACH STREET MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 380 students
Other schools in WEST ISLIP
- WEST ISLIP SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,163 students
- MANETUCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 514 students
- BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 440 students
- UDALL ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 438 students
- OQUENOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 418 students
- BEACH STREET MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 380 students
Nearby schools
- WEST ISLIP SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 1,163
- BEACH STREET MIDDLE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 380
- BABYLON JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 662
- BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 440
- BABYLON MEMORIAL GRADE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 490
- OQUENOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 418
Frequently asked questions
About PAUL J BELLEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is PAUL J BELLEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PAUL J BELLEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 463 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PAUL J BELLEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
PAUL J BELLEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PAUL J BELLEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PAUL J BELLEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 12.0:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at PAUL J BELLEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PAUL J BELLEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 85% White, 11% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is PAUL J BELLEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
PAUL J BELLEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by WEST ISLIP UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.