POWELLS LANE SCHOOL

Located at 603 POWELLS LN, in WESTBURY, New York, POWELLS LANE SCHOOL is a medium-sized primary school that enrolls 476 students (grades 1 through 5), run under WESTBURY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WESTBURY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 4,480 students; POWELLS LANE SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, POWELLS LANE SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 71% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 20% Black, 7% White. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Nassau County (around 31%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, POWELLS LANE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.7%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Nassau County) shows that median household income runs about $146,202, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. POWELLS LANE SCHOOL is one of 315 public schools in Nassau County (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students).

The closest other public school is WESTBURY MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts POWELLS LANE SCHOOL at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 58.2%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 13%: 550 students in 2018 compared to 476 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 26% to 20% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

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