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Enrollment
592
Elementary
DISTRICT 574 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FARMINGDALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361098000876
SALTZMAN EAST MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
25 MILL LN, FARMINGDALE, NY 11735 · (516) 434-5710 · Suffolk County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL592 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest 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
9.0:1
66 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
248 students
DISTRICT 26% · 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 | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 110 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (109).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
Based on grade levels within FARMINGDALE 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
56.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
59.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 59.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 58.0% |
% 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
55.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 SALTZMAN EAST MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SALTZMAN EAST MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (55.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SALTZMAN EAST MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 592 | 41.9% | 55.0% |
| CASIMIR PULASKI SCHOOL SCARSDALE | 579 | 43.4% | 67.0% |
| COUNTRYWOOD PRIMARY CENTER HUNTINGTON STATION | 572 | 44.8% | N/A |
| MAPLEWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL HUNTINGTON STATION | 594 | 45.5% | 41.0% |
| PS 81 ROBERT J CHRISTEN BRONX | 715 | 42.9% | 75.2% |
| PAIDEIA SCHOOL 15 YONKERS | 583 | 46.3% | 46.6% |
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 SALTZMAN EAST MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #963 of 2,335 | #66 of 168 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #1,105 of 2,342 ▼ 99 | #74 of 169 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,104 of 2,343 ▼ 227 | #67 of 169 ▼ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 592 | #499 of 2,585 | #45 of 209 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.0:1 | #177 of 2,338 | #19 of 196 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.7% | #331 of 2,388 | #17 of 197 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.9% | #1,643 of 2,534 | #73 of 200 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.4% | #489 of 606 | #44 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
592
+2 (+0%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 622
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
was 10.5:1
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 | 592 | 65.6 | 9.0:1 | 42% (248) |
| 2023-24 | 623 | 59.7 | 10.4:1 | 54% (337) |
| 2022-23 | 599 | 58.6 | 10.2:1 | 40% (242) |
| 2020-21 | 590 | 56 | 10.5:1 | 5% (27) |
| 2017-18 | 578 | 44 | 13.1:1 | 41% (239) |
| 2015-16 | 585 | 39 | 15.0:1 | 42% (246) |
| 2010-11 | 597 | 52 | 11.5:1 | 29% (175) |
| 2000-01 | 901 | 62 | 14.5:1 | 23% (211) |
| 1990-91 | 622 | 47 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SALTZMAN EAST MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SALTZMAN EAST MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SALTZMAN EAST MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public elementary school in FARMINGDALE, New York. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend, and enrollment is 592 students. The school's enrollment is 34% larger than the 443 average for elementary schools in New York.
FARMINGDALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 5,180 students, and its 6 schools include SALTZMAN EAST MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
The most common group at SALTZMAN EAST MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Hispanic students, at 47%. Enrollment also includes 28% White, 10% Black, 9% Asian, and 4% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 24 points above the 23% share among Suffolk County residents. SALTZMAN EAST MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 68%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at the school number 65.6 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 9.0:1. This ratio sits 3.8 below the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Roughly 42% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. That tracks the 39% average for public schools in Suffolk County.
SALTZMAN EAST MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded B by allk12, scoring above 55% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, SALTZMAN EAST MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would score about 59.6%. It scores 55.0%, 4.6 points below that figure.
Federal survey data for Suffolk County show that the median household income is $130,686, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. There are 343 public schools in Suffolk County, enrolling about 222,439 students in all.
The shortest distance from SALTZMAN EAST MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL to another public school is about 0.9 miles, to WOODWARD PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, SALTZMAN EAST MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 6th among 7 schools close by.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 590 in 2020-21 and 592 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 10.5:1 in 2020-21 to 9.0:1 in 2024-25.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at SALTZMAN EAST MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 FARMINGDALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- FARMINGDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,704 students
- HOWITT SCHOOLMiddle · 1,180 students
- WOODWARD PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 815 students
- ALBANY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 536 students
- NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 353 students
Other schools in FARMINGDALE
- FARMINGDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,704 students
- HOWITT SCHOOLMiddle · 1,180 students
- WOODWARD PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 815 students
- NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 353 students
Nearby schools
- WOODWARD PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 815
- FARMINGDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 1,704
- HOWITT SCHOOL1.1 mi · 1,180
- ALBANY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 536
- NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 353
- NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 525
Frequently asked questions
About SALTZMAN EAST MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SALTZMAN EAST MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SALTZMAN EAST MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 592 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does SALTZMAN EAST MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SALTZMAN EAST MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at SALTZMAN EAST MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 9.0:1 students per teacher at SALTZMAN EAST MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SALTZMAN EAST MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At SALTZMAN EAST MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 28% White, 47% Hispanic, 10% Black, 9% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is SALTZMAN EAST MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
SALTZMAN EAST MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by FARMINGDALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.