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Enrollment
452
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OCEANSIDE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362157003062
SCHOOL 5
2440 N OCEANSIDE RD, OCEANSIDE, NY 11572 · (516) 678-7585 · Nassau County
GRADES 01–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL452 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% 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.
- 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
14.3:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 223.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
76 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 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 18% |
| Grade 6 | 93 | 21% |
This year's 1st grade class (65) is 30% smaller than its 6th grade class (93).
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 5→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
67.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +13.0pp since 2023
Math
69.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 69.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 68.0% |
% 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
62.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 5
SCHOOL 5's state test result (62.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHOOL 5 this school | 452 | 16.8% | 62.7% |
| SCHOOL 8 OCEANSIDE | 433 | 17.8% | 65.7% |
| FULMAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MAHOPAC | 485 | 16.9% | 50.3% |
| SCHOOL 3 OCEANSIDE | 447 | 15.9% | 69.1% |
| MARION STREET SCHOOL LYNBROOK | 435 | 19.1% | 70.9% |
| BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL YORKTOWN HEIGHTS | 466 | 21.7% | 66.5% |
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 5 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.7% | #650 of 2,335 | #99 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #748 of 2,342 ▼ 116 | #111 of 172 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #656 of 2,343 ▲ 70 | #96 of 172 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 452 | #1,065 of 2,585 | #82 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #1,926 of 2,338 | #166 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.9% | #1,013 of 2,388 | #101 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.8% | #2,309 of 2,534 | #127 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.9% | #1,029 of 1,757 | #46 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
452
-28 (-6%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 515
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 452 | 31.6 | 14.3:1 | 17% (76) |
| 2023-24 | 450 | 33.1 | 13.6:1 | 17% (75) |
| 2022-23 | 448 | 32 | 14.0:1 | 15% (67) |
| 2020-21 | 480 | 39 | 12.3:1 | 17% (81) |
| 2017-18 | 513 | 28 | 18.3:1 | 22% (115) |
| 2015-16 | 562 | 33 | 17.0:1 | 22% (125) |
| 2010-11 | 561 | 41 | 13.7:1 | 19% (104) |
| 2000-01 | 483 | 34 | 14.2:1 | 11% (55) |
| 1990-91 | 515 | 29 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SCHOOL 5.
About SCHOOL 5
SCHOOL 5 is an elementary school in OCEANSIDE, New York, according to federal school records. Classes run from 1 through 6, and the school has 452 students.
Enrollment across the 10 schools in OCEANSIDE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT totals 5,465 students.
White students make up a majority at SCHOOL 5, at 62%. Other students are 26% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 2% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 55% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 31.6 full-time positions, a ratio of 14.3:1. That is higher than the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 17%. The gap from the 31% average for public schools in Nassau County is 14 points.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, SCHOOL 5 receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
SCHOOL 5's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (62.7%) and its predicted rate (68.8%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
Among Nassau County residents, the median household income is $146,202, roughly 50% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. SCHOOL 5 is one of 315 public schools in the county.
SCHOOL 6-KINDERGARTEN CENTER is located about 0.6 miles from SCHOOL 5. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, SCHOOL 5 is 5th of 8 on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 452 students in 2024-25, 28 fewer than the 480 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 12.3:1 to 14.3:1.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 3Elementary · 447 students
- SCHOOL 8Elementary · 433 students
- SCHOOL 2Elementary · 407 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 3Elementary · 447 students
- SCHOOL 8Elementary · 433 students
- SCHOOL 2Elementary · 407 students
Other School 5 schools
3 other US public schools in 2 states are named School 5. SCHOOL 5 is the 3rd largest of the 4.
Nearby schools
- SCHOOL 6-KINDERGARTEN CENTER0.6 mi · 625
- CASTLETON ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL OF OCEANSIDE0.6 mi · 35
- SCHOOL 30.8 mi · 447
- SCHOOL 20.9 mi · 407
- SOUTH SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 806
- SCHOOL 7-OCEANSIDE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 1,668
Frequently asked questions
About SCHOOL 5What is the total enrollment at SCHOOL 5?
SCHOOL 5 enrolls approximately 452 students in grades 01-06.
What grades does SCHOOL 5 serve?
SCHOOL 5 serves grades 01-06.
How many students per teacher at SCHOOL 5?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at SCHOOL 5.
How diverse is SCHOOL 5?
SCHOOL 5 reports a student body of 62% White, 26% Hispanic, 2% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees SCHOOL 5?
SCHOOL 5 is overseen by OCEANSIDE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Nassau County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.