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What's the most underrated thing about SCHOOL 2 that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
407
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OCEANSIDE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362157003060
SCHOOL 2
2745 TERRELL AVE, OCEANSIDE, NY 11572 · (516) 678-7557 · Nassau County
GRADES 01–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL407 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of New York public elementary schools
- B+Test 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
13.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 223.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
89 students
DISTRICT 20% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 20% |
| Grade 6 | 65 | 16% |
This year's 1st grade class (61) is 6% smaller than its 6th grade class (65).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
SCHOOL 2→SCHOOL 9M-OCEANSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within OCEANSIDE 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
62.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
64.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 64.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 57.0% |
% 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
59.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% 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 SCHOOL 2
SCHOOL 2's state test result (59.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHOOL 2 this school | 407 | 21.9% | 59.5% |
| VERNON SCHOOL EAST NORWICH | 419 | 22.7% | 67.8% |
| BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL YORKTOWN HEIGHTS | 466 | 21.7% | 66.5% |
| EAST QUOGUE SCHOOL EAST QUOGUE | 381 | 20.2% | 62.4% |
| SCHOOL 8 OCEANSIDE | 433 | 17.8% | 65.7% |
| SAG HARBOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SAG HARBOR | 431 | 23.9% | 65.2% |
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 SCHOOL 2 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #774 of 2,335 | #115 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #938 of 2,342 ▲ 110 | #132 of 172 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #864 of 2,343 ▲ 100 | #119 of 172 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 407 | #1,323 of 2,585 | #112 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #1,623 of 2,338 | #142 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.5% | #985 of 2,388 | #99 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.9% | #2,186 of 2,534 | #95 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.9% | #1,481 of 1,757 | #88 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
407
-16 (-4%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 461
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 10.3:1
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 | 407 | 31.4 | 13.0:1 | 22% (89) |
| 2023-24 | 412 | 32 | 12.9:1 | 19% (77) |
| 2022-23 | 430 | 34.1 | 12.6:1 | 17% (73) |
| 2020-21 | 423 | 41 | 10.3:1 | 18% (77) |
| 2017-18 | 428 | 28.3 | 15.1:1 | 21% (91) |
| 2015-16 | 392 | 25 | 15.7:1 | 20% (79) |
| 2010-11 | 439 | 30 | 14.6:1 | 9% (41) |
| 2000-01 | 534 | 35 | 15.3:1 | 10% (51) |
| 1990-91 | 461 | 30 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SCHOOL 2.
About SCHOOL 2
SCHOOL 2 is a medium-sized elementary school that serves part of OCEANSIDE, New York. The school counts 407 students across grades 1 through 6.
OCEANSIDE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT is made up of 10 schools with 5,465 students in all.
At 61%, White students outnumber all other groups at SCHOOL 2 combined. The remaining students are 27% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 3% Black. The county population is about 57% White, within a few points of the school. By the diversity index, SCHOOL 2 comes in at 55%.
The school employs the equivalent of 31.4 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 13.0:1. Elementary schools in New York average about 12.8:1, a similar figure. About 22% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Public schools in Nassau County average 31%.
SCHOOL 2 is graded B by allk12, scoring above 57% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Test results at SCHOOL 2 are 7.5 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (59.5% actual, 67.0% predicted).
Nassau County has these Census figures: median household income is about $146,202, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 50%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. SCHOOL 2 is among the 315 public schools in Nassau County.
CASTLETON ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL OF OCEANSIDE is the closest public school, about 0.5 miles away in a straight line. SCHOOL 2 is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 64.2%, higher than SCHOOL 2's 59.5%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 407, 4% below the 423 of 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 10.3:1 to 13.0:1.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 OCEANSIDE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SCHOOL 7-OCEANSIDE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,668 students
- SCHOOL 9M-OCEANSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 801 students
- SCHOOL 6-KINDERGARTEN CENTERElementary · 625 students
- SCHOOL 5Elementary · 452 students
- SCHOOL 3Elementary · 447 students
- SCHOOL 8Elementary · 433 students
Other schools in OCEANSIDE
- SCHOOL 7-OCEANSIDE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,668 students
- SCHOOL 9M-OCEANSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 801 students
- SCHOOL 6-KINDERGARTEN CENTERElementary · 625 students
- SCHOOL 5Elementary · 452 students
- SCHOOL 3Elementary · 447 students
- SCHOOL 8Elementary · 433 students
Other School 2 schools
One other US public school is named School 2. SCHOOL 2 is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- School 2PATERSON, NJ · 473 students
Nearby schools
- CASTLETON ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL OF OCEANSIDE0.5 mi · 35
- SCHOOL 6-KINDERGARTEN CENTER0.5 mi · 625
- EAST ROCKAWAY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 557
- RIVERSIDE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 149
- SCHOOL 80.9 mi · 433
- SCHOOL 50.9 mi · 452
Frequently asked questions
About SCHOOL 2How many students attend SCHOOL 2?
SCHOOL 2 enrolls approximately 407 students in grades 01-06.
What grades does SCHOOL 2 serve?
SCHOOL 2 serves grades 01-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SCHOOL 2?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SCHOOL 2 is approximately 13.0:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at SCHOOL 2?
At SCHOOL 2, the student body is approximately 61% White, 27% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is SCHOOL 2 public or private?
SCHOOL 2 is a public K-12 school, overseen by OCEANSIDE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.