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Alumni: what's one memory from PLAZA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
429
Elementary
DISTRICT 366 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALDWIN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360384000135
PLAZA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
501 SEAMAN AVE, BALDWIN, NY 11510 · (516) 434-6600 · Nassau County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL429 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% 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
11.4:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
178 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
Based on grade levels within BALDWIN 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
71.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
75.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 up about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.0% | 75.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 69.0% |
% 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
66.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 PLAZA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PLAZA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (66.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLAZA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 429 | 41.5% | 66.0% |
| PENNINGTON SCHOOL MOUNT VERNON | 409 | 44.0% | 49.3% |
| STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BALDWIN | 293 | 42.0% | 67.4% |
| MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BALDWIN | 613 | 40.1% | 47.5% |
| WILLIAM E DELUCA JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH BABYLON | 401 | 51.6% | 18.8% |
| PAKANASINK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CIRCLEVILLE | 412 | 45.9% | 40.6% |
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 PLAZA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #525 of 2,335 | #90 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #529 of 2,342 ▲ 65 | #85 of 172 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #489 of 2,343 ▲ 49 | #71 of 172 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 429 | #1,207 of 2,585 | #104 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #1,001 of 2,338 | #82 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.6% | #386 of 2,388 | #39 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.5% | #1,651 of 2,534 | #47 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.4% | #540 of 606 | #65 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
429
-9 (-2%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 525
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 10.7:1
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 | 429 | 37.7 | 11.4:1 | 41% (178) |
| 2023-24 | 426 | 39.3 | 10.8:1 | 45% (190) |
| 2022-23 | 441 | 38.1 | 11.6:1 | 48% (210) |
| 2020-21 | 438 | 41 | 10.7:1 | 40% (174) |
| 2017-18 | 423 | 35.5 | 11.9:1 | 24% (102) |
| 2015-16 | 419 | 31 | 13.5:1 | 20% (84) |
| 2010-11 | 476 | 36 | 13.2:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 511 | 26 | 19.6:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 525 | 27 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PLAZA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PLAZA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BALDWIN, New York, is home to PLAZA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary school. It teaches 429 students in kindergarten through 5.
BALDWIN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (7 schools, 4,309 students) runs PLAZA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Hispanic students make up 40% of enrollment at PLAZA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the largest share of any group. Next come 40% Black, 11% White, 7% Asian, and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 19% Hispanic among all Nassau County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 67%.
The school had 37.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 11.4:1. The school's 11.4:1 compares with an average of 12.8:1 for elementary schools in New York. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 41%. The 31% average for public schools in Nassau County is 10 points lower.
Among New York public elementary schools, PLAZA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 76%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, PLAZA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 66.0% actual against 59.7% predicted.
In Nassau County, home to about 1,389,591 people, the median household earns about $146,202 a year, roughly 50% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Nassau County number 315, with about 200,775 students.
PLAZA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is SOUTH SIDE HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles of PLAZA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 66.0% is below the 67.4% average for nearby schools.
The NCES locale for PLAZA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 438 to 429, a small change.
People who know PLAZA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 BALDWIN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- BALDWIN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,470 students
- BALDWIN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,007 students
- MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 613 students
- STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 293 students
- LENOX ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 261 students
- BROOKSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 236 students
Other schools in BALDWIN
- BALDWIN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,470 students
- BALDWIN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,007 students
- MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 613 students
- STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 293 students
- LENOX ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 261 students
- BROOKSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 236 students
Other Plaza Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Plaza Elementary. PLAZA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Plaza ElementaryOrland, CA · 215 students
Nearby schools
- SOUTH SIDE HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 959
- WILSON SCHOOL0.6 mi · 387
- BALDWIN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 1,470
- BROOKSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 236
- FREEPORT HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 2,244
- LENOX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 261
Frequently asked questions
About PLAZA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is PLAZA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PLAZA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 429 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does PLAZA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
PLAZA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PLAZA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.4:1 students per teacher at PLAZA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PLAZA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At PLAZA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 11% White, 40% Hispanic, 40% Black, 7% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is PLAZA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
PLAZA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of BALDWIN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.