Enrollment
264
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OCEANSIDE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362157004527
SCHOOL 4
3210 OCEANSIDE RD, OCEANSIDE, NY 11572 · (516) 678-7581 · Nassau County
GRADES 01–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL264 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of New York public elementary schools
- A-Test 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
10.8:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 223.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
50 students
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 50 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 41 | 16% |
| Ungraded | 13 | 5% |
This year's 1st grade class (50) is 22% larger than its 6th grade class (41).
Student demographics
59%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 4→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
75.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
80.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 80.0% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 72.0% |
% 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
71.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% 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 SCHOOL 4
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHOOL 4 this school | 264 | 18.9% | 71.2% |
| DANIEL WARREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MAMARONECK | 288 | 18.1% | N/A |
| NASSAU SCHOOL POUGHKEEPSIE | 292 | 19.9% | N/A |
| WOOD PARK SCHOOL COMMACK | 280 | 16.8% | N/A |
| WEST PATENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BEDFORD HILLS | 250 | 20.0% | 76.8% |
| LOUDONVILLE SCHOOL LOUDONVILLE | 270 | 17.8% | 68.9% |
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 4 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.2% | #362 of 2,335 | #67 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #359 of 2,342 ▲ 157 | #65 of 172 ▲ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #383 of 2,343 ▲ 27 | #62 of 172 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 264 | #2,176 of 2,585 | #174 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #731 of 2,338 | #62 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.2% | #740 of 2,388 | #73 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.9% | #2,263 of 2,534 | #113 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.4% | #1,058 of 1,757 | #50 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
264
-21 (-7%) vs 2020
+147% since 1990-91, when it was 107
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 8.6:1
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 | 264 | 24.5 | 10.8:1 | 19% (50) |
| 2023-24 | 271 | 24.5 | 11.1:1 | 20% (54) |
| 2022-23 | 298 | 25.4 | 11.7:1 | 20% (61) |
| 2020-21 | 285 | 33 | 8.6:1 | 18% (50) |
| 2017-18 | 298 | 18 | 16.6:1 | 14% (43) |
| 2015-16 | 295 | 19 | 15.5:1 | 17% (49) |
| 2010-11 | 322 | 25 | 12.9:1 | 13% (42) |
| 2000-01 | 386 | 24 | 16.1:1 | 7% (26) |
| 1990-91 | 107 | 5 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SCHOOL 4.
About SCHOOL 4
SCHOOL 4 is a small elementary school in OCEANSIDE, New York, (ZIP code 11572). It educates 264 students in grades 1 through 6. The typical figure for elementary schools in New York is about 443 students.
SCHOOL 4 is one of 10 schools in OCEANSIDE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which enrolls 5,465 students in total.
A majority of students at SCHOOL 4, 59%, are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 21% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 6% Black, and 5% multiracial. That is close to the 57% White share among all Nassau County residents. SCHOOL 4 has a diversity index of 59%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The teaching staff at SCHOOL 4 is 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 10.8:1. That ratio is under the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 19%. That is lower than the 31% average for public schools in Nassau County.
allk12 grades SCHOOL 4 an A-. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, SCHOOL 4 falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 71.2% actual against 68.0% predicted.
Census estimates describe Nassau County this way: 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. The public schools of Nassau County number 315 and enroll about 200,775.
Nearest public school: SCHOOL 7-OCEANSIDE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.5 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, SCHOOL 4 ranks 1st of 8 on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, SCHOOL 4 went from 285 students to 264. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 8.6:1 to 10.8:1.
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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
Nearby schools
- SCHOOL 7-OCEANSIDE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 1,668
- SCHOOL 80.5 mi · 433
- SCHOOL 9M-OCEANSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 801
- CASTLETON ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL OF OCEANSIDE0.8 mi · 35
- SCHOOL 6-KINDERGARTEN CENTER0.8 mi · 625
- SCHOOL 9E-BOARDMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 333
Frequently asked questions
About SCHOOL 4How large is SCHOOL 4?
SCHOOL 4 enrolls approximately 264 students in grades 01-06.
What grades does SCHOOL 4 serve?
SCHOOL 4 serves grades 01-06.
How many teachers does SCHOOL 4 have?
SCHOOL 4 employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SCHOOL 4?
At SCHOOL 4, the student body is approximately 59% White, 21% Hispanic, 6% Black, 9% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees SCHOOL 4?
SCHOOL 4 is overseen by OCEANSIDE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Nassau County.
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