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SCHOOL 6-KINDERGARTEN CENTER
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About SCHOOL 6-KINDERGARTEN CENTER
As a medium-sized K-5 school in OCEANSIDE, New York, SCHOOL 6-KINDERGARTEN CENTER caters to 625 students from grades pre-K through K, run under OCEANSIDE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so SCHOOL 6-KINDERGARTEN CENTER sits 41% larger than that benchmark.
SCHOOL 6-KINDERGARTEN CENTER is one of 10 schools operated by OCEANSIDE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that teaches 5,465 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, SCHOOL 6-KINDERGARTEN CENTER lists that 66% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 22% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 0 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 1488.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 6% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Nassau County (around 31%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.
Across the wider county, Nassau County reports that median household earnings sit near $146,202, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. SCHOOL 6-KINDERGARTEN CENTER is one of 315 public schools in Nassau County (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students).
CASTLETON ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL OF OCEANSIDE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SCHOOL 6-KINDERGARTEN CENTER.
The campus sits in a residential setting.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SCHOOL 6-KINDERGARTEN CENTER has expanded 65%, going from 379 students in 2018 to 625 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 74% to 66% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 1488.1:1 today.
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