SCHOOL 3

As a mid-tier primary school in OCEANSIDE, New York, SCHOOL 3 serves 447 students from grades 1 through 6, part of OCEANSIDE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

OCEANSIDE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 5,465 students; SCHOOL 3 is among them.

On the student-mix side, SCHOOL 3 reports that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment; the rest reads as 21% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 16% of students at SCHOOL 3 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Nassau County's rate of about 31%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SCHOOL 3 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.2%; this one delivers 69.1%.

In the broader community, census data for Nassau County shows median household income runs about $146,202, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Nassau County runs 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), of which SCHOOL 3 is one.

SCHOOL 7-OCEANSIDE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SCHOOL 3. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SCHOOL 3 at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 63.1%.

SCHOOL 3 operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 17%: 540 students in 2018 compared to 447 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 74% to 67% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.