SALTZMAN EAST MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SALTZMAN EAST MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school of middle-of-the-pack scale in FARMINGDALE, New York, run under FARMINGDALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, caters to 592 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 34% bigger than the state mean of about 443.

FARMINGDALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 5,180 students; SALTZMAN EAST MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, SALTZMAN EAST MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 28% White, 10% Black, 9% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, SALTZMAN EAST MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.0:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 42% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, SALTZMAN EAST MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.6%; this one delivers 55.0%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Suffolk County indicate median household income runs about $130,686, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Suffolk County's 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), SALTZMAN EAST MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

WOODWARD PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SALTZMAN EAST MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 56.9%.

SALTZMAN EAST MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SALTZMAN EAST MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has showed little movement, going from 578 students in 2018 to 592 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 36% to 28% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 9.0:1 in 2025.

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