RHODES ACADEMY OF HUMANITIES AND THE ARTS

RHODES ACADEMY OF HUMANITIES AND THE ARTS operates as a reasonably sized elementary campus in HEMPSTEAD, New York, part of HEMPSTEAD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 631 students spanning grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 42% above the state mean of about 443.

HEMPSTEAD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 5,321 students. RHODES ACADEMY OF HUMANITIES AND THE ARTS is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, RHODES ACADEMY OF HUMANITIES AND THE ARTS lists that nearly all students (82%) are Hispanic. The remainder consists of 16% Black, 2% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

On the income-and-resources front, RHODES ACADEMY OF HUMANITIES AND THE ARTS logs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.8:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 76% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Nassau County's rate of about 31%.

With demographic context factored in, RHODES ACADEMY OF HUMANITIES AND THE ARTS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.9%, the actual is 31.1%, a residual of -15.8 points.

Across the wider county, Nassau County reports that the typical household earns roughly $146,202 per year, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Nassau County runs 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), of which RHODES ACADEMY OF HUMANITIES AND THE ARTS is one.

Nearest neighbor: JACKSON MAIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RHODES ACADEMY OF HUMANITIES AND THE ARTS. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RHODES ACADEMY OF HUMANITIES AND THE ARTS ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 47.5%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.