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REINHARD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About REINHARD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER
Located at 2750 S ST MARK'S AVE, in BELLMORE, New York, REINHARD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER is a mid-tier K-5 school that caters to 550 students (grades pre-K through 2), run under BELLMORE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so REINHARD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER sits 24% larger than that benchmark.
BELLMORE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,135 students. REINHARD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER is one of those campuses.
Demographically, REINHARD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER logs that 68% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 18% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.
In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting REINHARD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER higher than the state norm the norm. About 13% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Nassau County (around 31%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Nassau County put the typical household earns roughly $146,202 per year, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. REINHARD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER is one of 315 public schools in Nassau County (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students).
The closest other public school is JOHN F KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around REINHARD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER.
REINHARD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER operates from a commuter-belt location.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at REINHARD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER has grew 17%, going from 472 students in 2018 to 550 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 79% to 68% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 20.9:1 in 2025.
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