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Enrollment
700
Elementary
DISTRICT 426 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH BELLMORE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362094002976
SAW MILL ROAD SCHOOL
2801 SAW MILL RD, NORTH BELLMORE, NY 11710 · (516) 992-3118 · Nassau County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL700 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% 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.
- C+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
13.3:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
131 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 | 92 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 106 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 95 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (95).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
64.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +16.0pp since 2023
Math
66.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 66.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 60.0% |
% 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
58.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 SAW MILL ROAD SCHOOL
SAW MILL ROAD SCHOOL's state test result (58.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAW MILL ROAD SCHOOL this school | 700 | 18.7% | 58.3% |
| SIGNAL HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DIX HILLS | 672 | 20.1% | 65.9% |
| PS 166 RICHARD ROGERS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS & SCIENCE (THE) NEW YORK | 607 | 19.4% | 90.3% |
| WASHINGTON STREET SCHOOL FRANKLIN SQUARE | 782 | 23.0% | 53.4% |
| ARROWHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EAST SETAUKET | 562 | 19.8% | 55.0% |
| COTTAGE LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BLAUVELT | 636 | 19.2% | 55.6% |
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 SAW MILL ROAD SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.3% | #823 of 2,335 | #121 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #858 of 2,342 ▲ 84 | #124 of 172 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #773 of 2,343 ▲ 188 | #110 of 172 ▲ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 700 | #268 of 2,585 | #13 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #1,717 of 2,338 | #148 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.8% | #681 of 2,388 | #67 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.7% | #2,264 of 2,534 | #114 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.9% | #1,287 of 1,757 | #70 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
700
-23 (-3%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 602
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 700 | 52.5 | 13.3:1 | 19% (131) |
| 2023-24 | 691 | 49.8 | 13.9:1 | 16% (110) |
| 2022-23 | 686 | 50.8 | 13.5:1 | 13% (91) |
| 2020-21 | 723 | 50 | 14.5:1 | 9% (63) |
| 2017-18 | 760 | 58.5 | 13.0:1 | 9% (66) |
| 2015-16 | 714 | 55 | 13.0:1 | 18% (126) |
| 2010-11 | 497 | 52 | 9.6:1 | 12% (60) |
| 2000-01 | 803 | 40 | 20.1:1 | 2% (19) |
| 1990-91 | 602 | 31 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SAW MILL ROAD SCHOOL.
About SAW MILL ROAD SCHOOL
SAW MILL ROAD SCHOOL is a large elementary school found in NORTH BELLMORE, New York. Total enrollment is 700 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 6. By comparison, elementary schools in New York enroll about 443 students on average.
SAW MILL ROAD SCHOOL is one school in a 5-school district, NORTH BELLMORE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which enrolls 2,128 students.
Of every 100 students at SAW MILL ROAD SCHOOL, about 57 are White. The rest of enrollment is 20% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 5% Black, and 3% multiracial. Among Nassau County residents, the White share is about 57%. The diversity index for SAW MILL ROAD SCHOOL is 61%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 13.3 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at SAW MILL ROAD SCHOOL, which has 52.5. The average for elementary schools in New York is about 12.8:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 19%. The rate at public schools in Nassau County averages 31%, higher than here.
On the allk12 Grade, SAW MILL ROAD SCHOOL lands at B-, ahead of 53% of New York public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, SAW MILL ROAD SCHOOL is 9.8 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New York schools.
Nassau County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $146,202, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 50%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. There are 315 public schools in the county, enrolling about 200,775, SAW MILL ROAD SCHOOL among them.
SAW MILL ROAD SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is NEWBRIDGE ROAD SCHOOL, about 0.7 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 72.0% on proficiency, and SAW MILL ROAD SCHOOL is below that at 58.3%.
NCES describes the area around SAW MILL ROAD SCHOOL as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 23 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio was 14.5:1 in 2020-21 and 13.3:1 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at SAW MILL ROAD SCHOOL. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 NORTH BELLMORE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- JOHN G DINKELMEYER SCHOOLElementary · 440 students
- NEWBRIDGE ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 336 students
- MARTIN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 328 students
- PARK AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 324 students
Other schools in NORTH BELLMORE
- JOHN G DINKELMEYER SCHOOLElementary · 440 students
- NEWBRIDGE ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 336 students
Nearby schools
- NEWBRIDGE ROAD SCHOOL0.7 mi · 336
- FOREST LAKE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 390
- LEE ROAD SCHOOL0.8 mi · 312
- WANTAGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 826
- WANTAGH MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 645
- MARTIN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 328
Frequently asked questions
About SAW MILL ROAD SCHOOLHow many students attend SAW MILL ROAD SCHOOL?
SAW MILL ROAD SCHOOL enrolls approximately 700 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does SAW MILL ROAD SCHOOL serve?
SAW MILL ROAD SCHOOL serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SAW MILL ROAD SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SAW MILL ROAD SCHOOL is approximately 13.3:1 (52 FTE teachers).
How diverse is SAW MILL ROAD SCHOOL?
SAW MILL ROAD SCHOOL reports a student body of 57% White, 20% Hispanic, 5% Black, 15% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is SAW MILL ROAD SCHOOL in?
SAW MILL ROAD SCHOOL is part of NORTH BELLMORE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.