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Enrollment
395
Elementary
DISTRICT 507 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIVERHEAD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362469003360
ROANOKE AVENUE SCHOOL
549 ROANOKE AVE, RIVERHEAD, NY 11901 · (631) 369-6813 · Suffolk County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL395 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% 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.
- FBeats 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
11.2:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
205 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 80 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (83).
Student demographics
38%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
ROANOKE 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
26.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
22.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.0% | 22.0% |
| 2023-24 | 23.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
23.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-32.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 56% 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 ROANOKE AVENUE SCHOOL
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROANOKE AVENUE SCHOOL this school | 395 | 51.9% | 23.3% |
| KING STREET SCHOOL PORT CHESTER | 374 | 48.7% | 39.0% |
| GREENPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GREENPORT | 327 | 51.7% | 29.1% |
| JUSTICE SONIA SOTOMAYER COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT YONKERS | 423 | 53.7% | N/A |
| GRIBBIN SCHOOL GLEN COVE | 334 | 50.3% | N/A |
| DEASY SCHOOL GLEN COVE | 367 | 47.1% | N/A |
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 ROANOKE AVENUE SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.3% | #2,185 of 2,335 | #166 of 168 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #2,235 of 2,342 ▼ 48 | #167 of 169 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #2,200 of 2,343 ▼ 108 | #166 of 169 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 395 | #1,391 of 2,585 | #128 of 209 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #922 of 2,338 | #81 of 196 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.4% | #1,657 of 2,388 | #153 of 197 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.9% | #1,348 of 2,534 | #37 of 200 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.8% | #401 of 606 | #35 of 57 |
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
395
+30 (+8%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 295
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 10.7:1
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 | 395 | 35.3 | 11.2:1 | 52% (205) |
| 2023-24 | 401 | 41.1 | 9.8:1 | 52% (207) |
| 2022-23 | 408 | 38.1 | 10.7:1 | 46% (187) |
| 2020-21 | 365 | 34 | 10.7:1 | 49% (180) |
| 2017-18 | 377 | 28 | 13.5:1 | 5% (20) |
| 2015-16 | 396 | 27 | 14.7:1 | 56% (223) |
| 2010-11 | 357 | 28 | 12.8:1 | 42% (150) |
| 2000-01 | 401 | 26 | 15.4:1 | 56% (226) |
| 1990-91 | 295 | 19 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ROANOKE AVENUE SCHOOL.
About ROANOKE AVENUE SCHOOL
ROANOKE AVENUE SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school for students in RIVERHEAD, New York. Enrollment totals 395 students across pre-K through 4.
RIVERHEAD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT has 5,547 students spread across 8 schools.
More than half of the students at ROANOKE AVENUE SCHOOL are Hispanic (77%). The rest of enrollment is 12% White, 7% Black, and 2% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Suffolk County's population at about 23%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, ROANOKE AVENUE SCHOOL scores 38%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at ROANOKE AVENUE SCHOOL is 11.2:1, based on 35.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Lunch program data show 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in Suffolk County report 39%.
Among New York public elementary schools, ROANOKE AVENUE SCHOOL outscored 3%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
ROANOKE AVENUE SCHOOL scores 32.7 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 23.3% actual versus 55.9% predicted. That puts it in the bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
The school is in Suffolk County, where the median household earns about $130,686 a year, about 40% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. ROANOKE AVENUE SCHOOL shares Suffolk County with 342 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, ROANOKE AVENUE SCHOOL is closest to PULASKI STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, ROANOKE AVENUE SCHOOL ranks 7th of 8 on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Small, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased from 365 to 395, an 8% rise.
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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
- RILEY AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 520 students
- AQUEBOGUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 458 students
Other schools in RIVERHEAD
- RIVERHEAD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,927 students
- PULASKI STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMiddle · 797 students
- RIVERHEAD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 793 students
- PHILLIPS AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 656 students
- SUFFOLK COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICEHigh · 1 students
Nearby schools
- PULASKI STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 797
- SUFFOLK COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE0.6 mi · 1
- RIVERHEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 793
- RIVERHEAD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 1,927
- PHILLIPS AVENUE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 656
- AQUEBOGUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 458
Frequently asked questions
About ROANOKE AVENUE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at ROANOKE AVENUE SCHOOL?
ROANOKE AVENUE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 395 students in grades PK-04.
Is ROANOKE AVENUE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
ROANOKE AVENUE SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does ROANOKE AVENUE SCHOOL have?
ROANOKE AVENUE SCHOOL employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at ROANOKE AVENUE SCHOOL?
At ROANOKE AVENUE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 12% White, 77% Hispanic, 7% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees ROANOKE AVENUE SCHOOL?
ROANOKE 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.