SCHOOL 4

SCHOOL 4 operates as a low-enrollment elementary school in OCEANSIDE, New York, operated by OCEANSIDE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 264 students spanning grades 1 through 6. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 40% leaner than typical.

OCEANSIDE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 5,465 students; SCHOOL 4 is among them.

Looking at the student body, SCHOOL 4 reports that White students make up the majority at 59%. Beyond that, the school reports 21% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 6% Black, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Nassau County as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, SCHOOL 4 has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 19% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Nassau County runs at roughly 31%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SCHOOL 4 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.0%, the actual is 71.2%, a residual of +3.1 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Nassau County shows median household earnings sit near $146,202, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Nassau County's 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), SCHOOL 4 is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SCHOOL 7-OCEANSIDE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SCHOOL 4 comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 65.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Looking at the recent track record. SCHOOL 4's enrollment has shrank 11% since 2018, when it stood at 298 (now 264). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 73% to 59%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.