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What's the biggest difference between RUSHMORE AVENUE SCHOOL and what you expected?
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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
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
407
-13 (-3%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 10.2:1
% White
50%
was 72%
% Hispanic
28%
was 19%
% Black
3%
was 2%
% Asian
16%
was 7%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About RUSHMORE AVENUE SCHOOL
Set in CARLE PLACE, New York, RUSHMORE AVENUE SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus, operated by CARLE PLACE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. It instructs 407 students across grades 3 through 6.
CARLE PLACE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,307 students. RUSHMORE AVENUE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, RUSHMORE AVENUE SCHOOL records that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 28% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 3% multiracial, 3% Black.
On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 24% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, RUSHMORE AVENUE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.2%, the actual is 70.8%, a residual of +4.6 points.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Nassau County indicate median household earnings sit near $146,202, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Nassau County's 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), RUSHMORE AVENUE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
CHERRY LANE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RUSHMORE AVENUE SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 66.4%.
RUSHMORE AVENUE SCHOOL operates from an outer-ring location.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RUSHMORE AVENUE SCHOOL has declined 3%, going from 420 students in 2018 to 407 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 72% to 50%.
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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 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.