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Enrollment
520
Elementary
DISTRICT 507 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIVERHEAD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362469003357
RILEY AVENUE SCHOOL
374 RILEY AVE, CALVERTON, NY 11933 · (631) 369-6804 · Suffolk County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL520 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of New York public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
12.1:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
170 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 42 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 17% smaller than its 4th grade class (92).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
RILEY AVENUE SCHOOL→PULASKI STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within RIVERHEAD CENTRAL 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
35.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
46.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.0% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
42.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 63% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 RILEY AVENUE SCHOOL
RILEY AVENUE SCHOOL's state test result (42.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RILEY AVENUE SCHOOL this school | 520 | 32.7% | 42.5% |
| VAN CORTLANDTVILLE SCHOOL MOHEGAN LAKE | 568 | 34.0% | 48.2% |
| CANAAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PATCHOGUE | 596 | 34.9% | 35.7% |
| BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PATCHOGUE | 515 | 31.8% | 45.8% |
| PATRICIA A DICHIARO SCHOOL YONKERS | 536 | 31.7% | 74.8% |
| GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOL KINGSTON | 492 | 37.8% | 31.3% |
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 RILEY AVENUE SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #1,500 of 2,335 | #101 of 168 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,622 of 2,342 ▼ 310 | #116 of 169 ▼ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #2,007 of 2,343 ▼ 643 | #152 of 169 ▼ 67 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 520 | #736 of 2,585 | #68 of 209 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #1,307 of 2,338 | #118 of 196 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.3% | #790 of 2,388 | #73 of 197 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.7% | #1,908 of 2,534 | #102 of 200 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.9% | #1,552 of 1,757 | #112 of 137 |
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
520
+51 (+11%) vs 2020
+46% since 1990-91, when it was 355
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 9.6:1
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 | 520 | 43 | 12.1:1 | 33% (170) |
| 2023-24 | 495 | 47.6 | 10.4:1 | 33% (161) |
| 2022-23 | 461 | 42.3 | 10.9:1 | 34% (157) |
| 2020-21 | 469 | 49 | 9.6:1 | 41% (194) |
| 2017-18 | 541 | 38.9 | 13.9:1 | 30% (162) |
| 2015-16 | 590 | 34 | 17.4:1 | 30% (178) |
| 2010-11 | 620 | 40 | 15.5:1 | 20% (122) |
| 2000-01 | 468 | 26 | 18.0:1 | 15% (71) |
| 1990-91 | 355 | 22 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RILEY AVENUE SCHOOL.
About RILEY AVENUE SCHOOL
RILEY AVENUE SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in CALVERTON, New York. It covers pre-K through 4, with a total enrollment of 520 students.
RIVERHEAD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT is made up of 8 schools with 5,547 students in all.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at RILEY AVENUE SCHOOL is Hispanic (47%). Enrollment also includes 43% White, 6% Black, and 2% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 25 points above the 23% share among Suffolk County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at RILEY AVENUE SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 58%.
The school has about 12.1 students per teacher and 43 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is under the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 33%.
RILEY AVENUE SCHOOL is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 23% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, RILEY AVENUE SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of New York schools: 42.5% actual against 63.0% predicted.
Census estimates describe Suffolk County this way: median household income is about $130,686, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Suffolk County number 343 and enroll about 222,439.
Of nearby public schools, RIVERHEAD CHARTER SCHOOL is the closest, at about 1.0 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is 6. Among its closest neighbors with test data, RILEY AVENUE SCHOOL is 5th of 8 on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment was 469 in 2020-21 and 520 in 2024-25, a rise of 51 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 9.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.1:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at RILEY AVENUE SCHOOL. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Suffolk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,530,146
Census ACS
Median income
$130,686
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
343
222,439 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in RIVERHEAD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- RIVERHEAD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,927 students
- PULASKI STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMiddle · 797 students
- RIVERHEAD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 793 students
- PHILLIPS AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 656 students
- AQUEBOGUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 458 students
- ROANOKE AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 395 students
Nearby schools
- RIVERHEAD CHARTER SCHOOL1.0 mi · 972
- RIVERHEAD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL3.4 mi · 1,927
- RIVERHEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL3.5 mi · 793
- PULASKI STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.8 mi · 797
- SUFFOLK COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE3.9 mi · 1
- ROANOKE AVENUE SCHOOL4.1 mi · 395
Frequently asked questions
About RILEY AVENUE SCHOOLHow large is RILEY AVENUE SCHOOL?
RILEY AVENUE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 520 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does RILEY AVENUE SCHOOL serve?
RILEY AVENUE SCHOOL serves grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at RILEY AVENUE SCHOOL?
Approximately 12.1:1 students per teacher at RILEY AVENUE SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at RILEY AVENUE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at RILEY AVENUE SCHOOL are roughly 43% White, 47% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees RILEY AVENUE SCHOOL?
RILEY AVENUE SCHOOL is overseen by RIVERHEAD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Suffolk County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.