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Enrollment
407
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARLE PLACE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360654000437
RUSHMORE AVENUE SCHOOL
251 RUSHMORE AVE, CARLE PLACE, NY 11514 · (516) 622-6410 · Nassau County
GRADES 03–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL407 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of New York public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
10.2:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
97 students
DISTRICT 23% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 90 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 23% |
| Grade 5 | 112 | 28% |
| Grade 6 | 101 | 25% |
| Ungraded | 12 | 3% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
RUSHMORE AVENUE SCHOOL→CARLE PLACE MIDDLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within CARLE PLACE 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
69.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
79.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.0% | 79.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 83.0% |
% 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
70.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 RUSHMORE AVENUE SCHOOL
RUSHMORE AVENUE SCHOOL's state test result (70.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUSHMORE AVENUE SCHOOL this school | 407 | 23.8% | 70.8% |
| WOODGLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW CITY | 398 | 24.9% | 52.9% |
| WEST END SCHOOL LYNBROOK | 386 | 23.1% | 75.5% |
| LINK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW CITY | 366 | 19.7% | 49.8% |
| PS 527 EAST SIDE SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL ACTION NEW YORK | 378 | 22.0% | 81.4% |
| HEWLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HEWLETT | 369 | 26.3% | 64.8% |
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 RUSHMORE AVENUE SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.8% | #375 of 2,335 | #69 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #375 of 2,342 ▼ 147 | #66 of 172 ▼ 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #563 of 2,343 ▼ 129 | #85 of 172 ▼ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 407 | #1,319 of 2,585 | #111 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #497 of 2,338 | #32 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.5% | #493 of 2,388 | #48 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.8% | #2,128 of 2,534 | #83 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.1% | #1,595 of 1,757 | #100 of 116 |
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
407
-23 (-5%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 426
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 10.2:1
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 | 407 | 39.9 | 10.2:1 | 24% (97) |
| 2023-24 | 404 | 44.5 | 9.1:1 | 21% (83) |
| 2022-23 | 401 | 44 | 9.1:1 | 18% (71) |
| 2020-21 | 430 | 42 | 10.2:1 | 15% (66) |
| 2017-18 | 420 | 41.3 | 10.2:1 | 16% (69) |
| 2015-16 | 395 | 39 | 10.1:1 | 16% (65) |
| 2010-11 | 449 | 43 | 10.4:1 | 14% (65) |
| 2000-01 | 491 | 38 | 12.9:1 | 7% (35) |
| 1990-91 | 426 | 28 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RUSHMORE AVENUE SCHOOL.
About RUSHMORE AVENUE SCHOOL
RUSHMORE AVENUE SCHOOL is an elementary school in CARLE PLACE, New York, according to federal school records. The school's 407 students are in grades 3 through 6.
The district, CARLE PLACE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, operates 3 schools serving 1,307 students.
RUSHMORE AVENUE SCHOOL's enrollment is 50% White. Other groups include 28% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 3% multiracial, and 3% Black. By the diversity index, RUSHMORE AVENUE SCHOOL comes in at 65%.
The school reports 39.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 10.2 students per teacher. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 24% of students.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, RUSHMORE AVENUE SCHOOL receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, RUSHMORE AVENUE SCHOOL is 4.6 points above its prediction. Actual: 70.8%. Predicted: 66.2%.
County data help place the school in context: in Nassau County, median household income is about $146,202, roughly 50% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. The public schools of Nassau County number 315 and enroll about 200,775.
CHERRY LANE SCHOOL is the closest public school, about 0.1 miles away in a straight line. RUSHMORE AVENUE SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 66.4%, lower than RUSHMORE AVENUE SCHOOL's 70.8%.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 430 in 2020-21 and 407 in 2024-25, a decrease of 23 students.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 CARLE PLACE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CARLE PLACE MIDDLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 617 students
- CHERRY LANE SCHOOLElementary · 283 students
Other schools in CARLE PLACE
- CARLE PLACE MIDDLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 617 students
- CHERRY LANE SCHOOLElementary · 283 students
Nearby schools
- CHERRY LANE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 283
- CARLE PLACE MIDDLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 617
- WHEATLEY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 689
- DREXEL AVENUE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 513
- NORTH SIDE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 510
- HEMLOCK SCHOOL1.2 mi · 184
Frequently asked questions
About RUSHMORE AVENUE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at RUSHMORE AVENUE SCHOOL?
RUSHMORE AVENUE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 407 students in grades 03-06.
Is RUSHMORE AVENUE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
RUSHMORE AVENUE SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades 03-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at RUSHMORE AVENUE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at RUSHMORE AVENUE SCHOOL is approximately 10.2:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at RUSHMORE AVENUE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at RUSHMORE AVENUE SCHOOL are roughly 50% White, 28% Hispanic, 3% Black, 16% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is RUSHMORE AVENUE SCHOOL public or private?
RUSHMORE AVENUE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by CARLE PLACE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.