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Enrollment
594
Elementary
DISTRICT 620 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRANKLIN SQUARE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361146000902
POLK STREET SCHOOL
960 POLK AVE, FRANKLIN SQUARE, NY 11010 · (516) 352-6300 · Nassau County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL594 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest 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
13.0:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
172 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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 | 36 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 91 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 29% smaller than its 6th grade class (91).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
63.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
63.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 63.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 60.0% |
% 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
57.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 POLK STREET SCHOOL
POLK STREET SCHOOL's state test result (57.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLK STREET SCHOOL this school | 594 | 29.0% | 57.7% |
| PS 11 SARAH J GARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE) NEW YORK | 662 | 34.6% | 79.7% |
| JACKSON AVENUE SCHOOL MINEOLA | 436 | 30.0% | 51.2% |
| PS 199 JESSIE ISADOR STRAUS NEW YORK | 570 | 23.9% | 78.6% |
| HUNTERS POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LONG ISLAND CITY | 497 | 28.0% | 76.0% |
| LAKEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CONGERS | 441 | 25.4% | 62.7% |
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 POLK STREET SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #862 of 2,335 | #124 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #973 of 2,342 ▼ 40 | #135 of 172 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #803 of 2,343 ▲ 32 | #112 of 172 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 594 | #491 of 2,585 | #34 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #1,616 of 2,338 | #140 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.1% | #315 of 2,388 | #30 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.0% | #1,999 of 2,534 | #72 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.3% | #1,001 of 1,757 | #45 of 116 |
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
594
-134 (-18%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 511
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 594 | 45.8 | 13.0:1 | 29% (172) |
| 2023-24 | 624 | 50.5 | 12.4:1 | 25% (158) |
| 2022-23 | 647 | 46 | 14.1:1 | 21% (137) |
| 2020-21 | 728 | 42 | 17.3:1 | 16% (119) |
| 2017-18 | 677 | 42 | 16.1:1 | 15% (103) |
| 2015-16 | 685 | 41 | 16.7:1 | 14% (96) |
| 2010-11 | 690 | 42 | 16.4:1 | 10% (68) |
| 2000-01 | 607 | 39 | 15.6:1 | 7% (42) |
| 1990-91 | 511 | 36 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for POLK STREET SCHOOL.
About POLK STREET SCHOOL
POLK STREET SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in New York, located in FRANKLIN SQUARE. The school's enrollment of 594 students covers pre-K through 6. Enrollment is 34% higher than the average for elementary schools in New York, which is about 443.
FRANKLIN SQUARE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT oversees POLK STREET SCHOOL and 2 other schools, with 1,859 students in total.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at POLK STREET SCHOOL is White (42%). Other groups include 33% Hispanic, 19% Asian, 4% Black, and 2% multiracial. The county population is about 57% White. By the diversity index, POLK STREET SCHOOL comes in at 68%.
Teachers at the school number 45.8 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.0:1. Elementary schools in New York have a similar average ratio of 12.8:1. Roughly 29% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Nassau County, the average is about the same, 31%.
POLK STREET SCHOOL is graded B by allk12, scoring above 56% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
POLK STREET SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 57.7% and a predicted 64.3%.
Within Nassau County, median household income is about $146,202, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Nassau County number 315 and enroll about 200,775.
The closest other public school is VALLEY STREAM NORTH HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.7 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, POLK STREET SCHOOL ranks 5th on average proficiency.
POLK STREET 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.
Enrollment was 728 in 2020-21 and 594 in 2024-25, a decrease of 134 students. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.0:1) than in 2020-21 (17.3:1).
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for POLK STREET SCHOOL covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 FRANKLIN SQUARE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WASHINGTON STREET SCHOOLElementary · 782 students
- JOHN STREET SCHOOLElementary · 483 students
Other schools in FRANKLIN SQUARE
- H FRANK CAREY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,644 students
- VALLEY STREAM NORTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,260 students
- WASHINGTON STREET SCHOOLElementary · 782 students
- JOHN STREET SCHOOLElementary · 483 students
- WILLOW ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 410 students
Other Polk Street schools
One other US public school is named Polk Street. POLK STREET SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Polk Street SchoolNorth Bergen, NJ · 213 students
Nearby schools
- VALLEY STREAM NORTH HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 1,260
- WILLOW ROAD SCHOOL0.9 mi · 410
- WEST HEMPSTEAD SECONDARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 806
- JOHN STREET SCHOOL1.0 mi · 483
- CORNWELL AVENUE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 331
- COVERT AVENUE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 646
Frequently asked questions
About POLK STREET SCHOOLHow many students attend POLK STREET SCHOOL?
POLK STREET SCHOOL enrolls approximately 594 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does POLK STREET SCHOOL serve?
POLK STREET SCHOOL serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at POLK STREET SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.0:1 students per teacher at POLK STREET SCHOOL.
How diverse is POLK STREET SCHOOL?
POLK STREET SCHOOL reports a student body of 42% White, 33% Hispanic, 4% Black, 19% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees POLK STREET SCHOOL?
POLK STREET SCHOOL is overseen by FRANKLIN SQUARE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Nassau County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.