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What's the most underrated thing about RHODES ACADEMY OF HUMANITIES AND THE ARTS that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
631
Elementary
DISTRICT 449 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HEMPSTEAD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361413006733
RHODES ACADEMY OF HUMANITIES AND THE ARTS
270 WASHINGTON ST, HEMPSTEAD, NY 11550 · (516) 434-4801 · Nassau County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL631 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% of New York public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
15.8:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
482 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 65 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 108 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 83 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 22% smaller than its 6th grade class (83).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
RHODES ACADEMY OF HUMANITIES AND THE ARTS→ALVERTA B GRAY SCHULTZ MIDDLE SCHOOL→HEMPSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within HEMPSTEAD 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
39.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +13.0pp since 2023
Math
39.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +15.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
31.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 RHODES ACADEMY OF HUMANITIES AND THE ARTS
RHODES ACADEMY OF HUMANITIES AND THE ARTS's state test result (31.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHODES ACADEMY OF HUMANITIES AND THE ARTS this school | 631 | 76.4% | 31.1% |
| FRANCIS J O'NEILL SCHOOL CENTRAL ISLIP | 600 | 75.2% | 36.8% |
| CESAR E CHAVEZ SCHOOL YONKERS | 574 | 80.1% | 36.0% |
| LAS HERMANAS MIRABAL COMMUNITY SCHOOL YONKERS | 594 | 80.0% | 35.0% |
| SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-BUSHWICK BROOKLYN | 558 | 77.8% | 97.8% |
| EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS MICROSOCIETY SCHOOL YONKERS | 590 | 79.5% | 42.1% |
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 RHODES ACADEMY OF HUMANITIES AND THE ARTS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.1% | #1,979 of 2,335 | #168 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #1,884 of 2,342 ▲ 264 | #167 of 172 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #1,840 of 2,343 ▲ 118 | #165 of 172 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 631 | #388 of 2,585 | #24 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #2,144 of 2,338 | #176 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.6% | #1,869 of 2,388 | #176 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.4% | #864 of 2,534 | #5 of 193 |
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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 631 | 40 | 15.8:1 | 76% (482) |
| 2023-24 | 756 | 39 | 19.4:1 | 69% (519) |
| 2022-23 | 739 | 39.4 | 18.8:1 | 58% (430) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RHODES ACADEMY OF HUMANITIES AND THE ARTS.
About RHODES ACADEMY OF HUMANITIES AND THE ARTS
RHODES ACADEMY OF HUMANITIES AND THE ARTS is one of the public schools in HEMPSTEAD, New York. It is a medium-sized elementary school. It educates 631 students in kindergarten through 6. The typical figure for elementary schools in New York is about 443 students.
District-wide, HEMPSTEAD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT has 8 schools and 5,321 students.
The large majority of students at RHODES ACADEMY OF HUMANITIES AND THE ARTS, 82%, are Hispanic. The remaining shares are 16% Black and 2% Asian. Nassau County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at RHODES ACADEMY OF HUMANITIES AND THE ARTS belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 31%.
The school employs the equivalent of 40 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 15.8:1. Among elementary schools in New York, the typical ratio is 12.8:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 76%. Public schools in Nassau County average 31%.
The allk12 Grade for RHODES ACADEMY OF HUMANITIES AND THE ARTS is C-. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 15% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
RHODES ACADEMY OF HUMANITIES AND THE ARTS scores 31.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 46.9%.
Census estimates describe Nassau County this way: median household income is about $146,202, about 50% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 315 public schools in Nassau County, with a combined enrollment of about 200,775.
JACKSON MAIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the public school closest to RHODES ACADEMY OF HUMANITIES AND THE ARTS, about 0.5 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, RHODES ACADEMY OF HUMANITIES AND THE ARTS places 4th out of 6 schools in its immediate area.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
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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 HEMPSTEAD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HEMPSTEAD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,879 students
- ALVERTA B GRAY SCHULTZ MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 748 students
- PROSPECT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 441 students
- BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 439 students
- JACKSON MAIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 436 students
- DAVID PATERSON SCHOOLElementary · 388 students
Other schools in HEMPSTEAD
- ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 2,003 students
- HEMPSTEAD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,879 students
- EVERGREEN CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 1,144 students
- ALVERTA B GRAY SCHULTZ MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 748 students
- LAWRENCE ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 623 students
- PROSPECT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 441 students
Nearby schools
- JACKSON MAIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 436
- ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.5 mi · 2,003
- PROSPECT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 441
- LOCUST SCHOOL0.8 mi · 151
- ALVERTA B GRAY SCHULTZ MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 748
- NASSAU BOCES0.9 mi · 1,797
Frequently asked questions
About RHODES ACADEMY OF HUMANITIES AND THE ARTSHow many students attend RHODES ACADEMY OF HUMANITIES AND THE ARTS?
RHODES ACADEMY OF HUMANITIES AND THE ARTS enrolls approximately 631 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does RHODES ACADEMY OF HUMANITIES AND THE ARTS serve?
RHODES ACADEMY OF HUMANITIES AND THE ARTS serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at RHODES ACADEMY OF HUMANITIES AND THE ARTS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at RHODES ACADEMY OF HUMANITIES AND THE ARTS is approximately 15.8:1 (40 FTE teachers).
How diverse is RHODES ACADEMY OF HUMANITIES AND THE ARTS?
RHODES ACADEMY OF HUMANITIES AND THE ARTS reports a student body of 82% Hispanic, 16% Black, 2% Asian.
What district is RHODES ACADEMY OF HUMANITIES AND THE ARTS in?
RHODES ACADEMY OF HUMANITIES AND THE ARTS is part of HEMPSTEAD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.