POLK STREET SCHOOL

As a reasonably sized elementary school in FRANKLIN SQUARE, New York, POLK STREET SCHOOL caters to 594 students from grades pre-K through 6, overseen by FRANKLIN SQUARE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. That puts it 34% above the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

Within FRANKLIN SQUARE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 3 schools and 1,859 students, POLK STREET SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, POLK STREET SCHOOL shows that 42% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 33% Hispanic, 19% Asian, 4% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Nassau County as a whole is about 57% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 29% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), POLK STREET SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.3%, the actual is 57.7%, a residual of -6.7 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Nassau County put median household earnings sit near $146,202, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Nassau County's 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), POLK STREET SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

VALLEY STREAM NORTH HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts POLK STREET SCHOOL at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 58.8%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at POLK STREET SCHOOL has shrank 12%, going from 677 students in 2018 to 594 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 61% to 42% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

On allk12, members of the POLK STREET SCHOOL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.