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Enrollment
519
Elementary
DISTRICT 535 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREAT NECK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361251001023
SADDLE ROCK SCHOOL
10 HAWTHORNE LN, GREAT NECK, NY 11023 · (516) 441-4400 · Nassau County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL519 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% of New York public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
10.6:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
110 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 17% |
| Ungraded | 5 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
61%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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
79.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
89.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 89.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 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
78.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 SADDLE ROCK SCHOOL
SADDLE ROCK SCHOOL's state test result (78.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SADDLE ROCK SCHOOL this school | 519 | 21.2% | 78.4% |
| STRATFORD ROAD SCHOOL PLAINVIEW | 621 | 16.9% | 79.9% |
| PASADENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PLAINVIEW | 455 | 16.7% | 83.7% |
| ACADEMY FOR EXCELLENCE THROUGH THE ARTS (THE) FOREST HILLS | 573 | 23.7% | 91.4% |
| 30TH AVENUE SCHOOL (THE) (G & T CITYWIDE) ASTORIA | 525 | 27.6% | 98.2% |
| BAYLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PLAINVIEW | 416 | 17.3% | 80.1% |
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 SADDLE ROCK SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.4% | #194 of 2,335 | #37 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #151 of 2,342 ▲ 78 | #23 of 172 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #274 of 2,343 ▼ 30 | #44 of 172 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 519 | #739 of 2,585 | #51 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #658 of 2,338 | #52 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.9% | #676 of 2,388 | #66 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.2% | #2,207 of 2,534 | #99 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.0% | #1,343 of 1,757 | #75 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
519
-8 (-2%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 477
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 9.8:1
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 | 519 | 48.8 | 10.6:1 | 21% (110) |
| 2023-24 | 547 | 46.7 | 11.7:1 | 15% (81) |
| 2022-23 | 542 | 47 | 11.5:1 | 16% (89) |
| 2020-21 | 527 | 54 | 9.8:1 | 15% (81) |
| 2017-18 | 558 | 52.8 | 10.6:1 | 14% (80) |
| 2015-16 | 547 | 52 | 10.5:1 | 9% (50) |
| 2010-11 | 540 | 48 | 11.3:1 | 9% (50) |
| 2000-01 | 494 | 40 | 12.3:1 | 9% (43) |
| 1990-91 | 477 | 43 | 11.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SADDLE ROCK SCHOOL.
About SADDLE ROCK SCHOOL
At 10 HAWTHORNE LN in GREAT NECK, New York, SADDLE ROCK SCHOOL operates as a mid-sized elementary school. Enrollment stands at 519 students, covering kindergarten through 5.
District-wide, GREAT NECK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT has 10 schools and 6,798 students.
Of every 100 students at SADDLE ROCK SCHOOL, about 46 are Asian, the largest group. Smaller groups are 41% White, 8% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Nassau County is roughly 12% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 61%.
SADDLE ROCK SCHOOL has 48.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 10.6:1. The school's 10.6:1 compares with an average of 12.8:1 for elementary schools in New York. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 21%. That rate is below the 31% average among public schools in Nassau County.
On the allk12 Grade, SADDLE ROCK SCHOOL lands at A, ahead of 89% of New York public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For SADDLE ROCK SCHOOL, the prediction is 67.2% and the result is 78.4%.
In Nassau County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $146,202 a year, roughly 50% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Public schools in Nassau County number 315, with about 200,775 students.
SADDLE ROCK SCHOOL is about 0.6 miles from GREAT NECK NORTH HIGH SCHOOL, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. SADDLE ROCK SCHOOL ranks 7th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 78.4% against a local average of 85.7%.
SADDLE ROCK SCHOOL has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 527 to 519, a small change.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at SADDLE ROCK SCHOOL. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 GREAT NECK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- GREAT NECK SOUTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,362 students
- GREAT NECK NORTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,155 students
- GREAT NECK SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 832 students
- LAKEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 772 students
- GREAT NECK NORTH MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 728 students
- E M BAKER SCHOOLElementary · 651 students
Other schools in GREAT NECK
- GREAT NECK SOUTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,362 students
- GREAT NECK NORTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,155 students
- GREAT NECK SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 832 students
- LAKEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 772 students
- GREAT NECK NORTH MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 728 students
- E M BAKER SCHOOLElementary · 651 students
Nearby schools
- GREAT NECK NORTH HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 1,155
- GREAT NECK NORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 728
- VILLAGE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 48
- E M BAKER SCHOOL1.1 mi · 651
- JOHN F KENNEDY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 427
- PS 94 DAVID D PORTER1.5 mi · 353
Frequently asked questions
About SADDLE ROCK SCHOOLHow large is SADDLE ROCK SCHOOL?
SADDLE ROCK SCHOOL enrolls approximately 519 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does SADDLE ROCK SCHOOL serve?
SADDLE ROCK SCHOOL serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SADDLE ROCK SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SADDLE ROCK SCHOOL is approximately 10.6:1 (49 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at SADDLE ROCK SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SADDLE ROCK SCHOOL are roughly 41% White, 8% Hispanic, 0% Black, 46% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is SADDLE ROCK SCHOOL in?
SADDLE ROCK SCHOOL is part of GREAT NECK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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