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Enrollment
476
Elementary
DISTRICT 490 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTBURY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363096004160
POWELLS LANE SCHOOL
603 POWELLS LN, WESTBURY, NY 11590 · (516) 876-5125 · Nassau County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL476 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 28% of New York public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
13.7:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
292 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 116 | 24% |
This year's 1st grade class (75) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (116).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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 WESTBURY 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
41.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
42.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 47.0% |
% 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
39.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 POWELLS LANE SCHOOL
POWELLS LANE SCHOOL's state test result (39.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| POWELLS LANE SCHOOL this school | 476 | 61.3% | 39.7% |
| VAILS GATE STEAM ACADEMY NEW WINDSOR | 500 | 58.2% | 39.2% |
| DEAUVILLE GARDENS EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COPIAGUE | 465 | 57.4% | 57.2% |
| BAYVIEW AVENUE SCHOOL FREEPORT | 515 | 63.3% | 68.6% |
| LEO F GIBLYN SCHOOL FREEPORT | 519 | 66.5% | 61.9% |
| GREAT NECK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COPIAGUE | 428 | 66.4% | 54.1% |
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 POWELLS LANE SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #1,638 of 2,335 | #159 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #1,783 of 2,342 ▼ 339 | #164 of 172 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #1,766 of 2,343 ▼ 298 | #161 of 172 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 476 | #941 of 2,585 | #67 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #1,802 of 2,338 | #156 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.9% | #1,434 of 2,388 | #140 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.3% | #1,134 of 2,534 | #21 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.5% | #936 of 1,757 | #40 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
476
-36 (-7%) vs 2020
+22% since 1990-91, when it was 390
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 476 | 34.8 | 13.7:1 | 61% (292) |
| 2023-24 | 455 | 38 | 12.0:1 | 62% (282) |
| 2022-23 | 486 | 40 | 12.2:1 | 60% (290) |
| 2020-21 | 512 | 40 | 12.8:1 | 63% (323) |
| 2017-18 | 550 | 48 | 11.5:1 | 70% (387) |
| 2015-16 | 565 | 38 | 14.9:1 | 85% (482) |
| 2010-11 | 492 | 38 | 12.9:1 | 83% (407) |
| 2000-01 | 477 | 36 | 13.3:1 | 80% (381) |
| 1990-91 | 390 | 27 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for POWELLS LANE SCHOOL.
About POWELLS LANE SCHOOL
Among the schools in WESTBURY, New York, is POWELLS LANE SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary school. Its grade span covers grades 1 through 5, with 476 students on the rolls.
The 6 schools of WESTBURY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, including POWELLS LANE SCHOOL, enroll 4,480 students.
The largest group at POWELLS LANE SCHOOL is Hispanic students, at 71%. Other groups include 20% Black and 7% White. By comparison, Nassau County residents are about 19% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, POWELLS LANE SCHOOL scores 45%.
There are about 13.7 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at POWELLS LANE SCHOOL, which has 34.8. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at POWELLS LANE SCHOOL is about 61%. That rate is above the 31% average among public schools in Nassau County.
Among New York public elementary schools, POWELLS LANE SCHOOL outscored 28%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for POWELLS LANE SCHOOL is -12.8 points: 39.7% actual, 52.4% predicted.
The county, Nassau County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $146,202, about 50% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. The county has 315 public schools and about 200,775 students.
Among nearby public schools, WESTBURY MIDDLE SCHOOL is closest at about 0.5 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of POWELLS LANE SCHOOL. POWELLS LANE SCHOOL places 7th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 512 (2020-21) to 476 (2024-25).
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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 WESTBURY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WESTBURY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,574 students
- WESTBURY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 945 students
- PARK AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 557 students
- DREXEL AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 513 students
- DRYDEN STREET SCHOOLElementary · 415 students
- NASSAU CO JUVENILE DETENTION CENTERElementary
Other schools in WESTBURY
- WESTBURY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 945 students
- W TRESPER CLARKE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 898 students
- BOWLING GREEN SCHOOLElementary · 895 students
- CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 663 students
- PARK AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 557 students
- DREXEL AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 513 students
Nearby schools
- WESTBURY MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 945
- WESTBURY HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 1,574
- PARK AVENUE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 557
- DRYDEN STREET SCHOOL0.9 mi · 415
- DREXEL AVENUE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 513
- CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.5 mi · 663
Frequently asked questions
About POWELLS LANE SCHOOLHow large is POWELLS LANE SCHOOL?
POWELLS LANE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 476 students in grades 01-05.
What age range does POWELLS LANE SCHOOL serve?
POWELLS LANE SCHOOL serves students from grade 01 through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at POWELLS LANE SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at POWELLS LANE SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at POWELLS LANE SCHOOL?
At POWELLS LANE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 7% White, 71% Hispanic, 20% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees POWELLS LANE SCHOOL?
POWELLS LANE SCHOOL is overseen by WESTBURY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Nassau County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.