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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the SCHOOL 8 administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
433
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OCEANSIDE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362157003064
SCHOOL 8
3252 FULTON AVE, OCEANSIDE, NY 11572 · (516) 678-8503 · Nassau County
GRADES 01–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL433 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% 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
13.7:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 223.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
77 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 | 88 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 20% |
| Grade 6 | 75 | 17% |
This year's 1st grade class (88) is 17% larger than its 6th grade class (75).
Student demographics
57%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 8→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
66.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
73.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 73.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 75.0% |
% 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
65.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% 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 8
SCHOOL 8's state test result (65.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHOOL 8 this school | 433 | 17.8% | 65.7% |
| SCHOOL 5 OCEANSIDE | 452 | 16.8% | 62.7% |
| BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL YORKTOWN HEIGHTS | 466 | 21.7% | 66.5% |
| FULMAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MAHOPAC | 485 | 16.9% | 50.3% |
| SCHOOL 2 OCEANSIDE | 407 | 21.9% | 59.5% |
| VERNON SCHOOL EAST NORWICH | 419 | 22.7% | 67.8% |
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 8 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #538 of 2,335 | #92 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #604 of 2,342 ▼ 169 | #96 of 172 ▼ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #698 of 2,343 ▼ 118 | #99 of 172 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 433 | #1,179 of 2,585 | #101 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #1,811 of 2,338 | #157 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.8% | #886 of 2,388 | #90 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.8% | #2,285 of 2,534 | #121 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.6% | #407 of 606 | #47 of 70 |
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
433
+11 (+3%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 526
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 433 | 31.6 | 13.7:1 | 18% (77) |
| 2023-24 | 419 | 27.1 | 15.5:1 | 14% (59) |
| 2022-23 | 406 | 32.1 | 12.6:1 | 12% (48) |
| 2020-21 | 422 | 37 | 11.4:1 | 14% (61) |
| 2017-18 | 414 | 26.2 | 15.8:1 | 16% (67) |
| 2015-16 | 427 | 28 | 15.3:1 | 15% (62) |
| 2010-11 | 481 | 34 | 14.2:1 | 5% (25) |
| 2000-01 | 563 | 32 | 17.6:1 | 7% (38) |
| 1990-91 | 526 | 28 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SCHOOL 8.
About SCHOOL 8
Families in OCEANSIDE, New York, are served by SCHOOL 8, a mid-sized elementary school. It reported 433 students in grades 1 through 6 in 2024-25.
The 10 schools of OCEANSIDE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, including SCHOOL 8, enroll 5,465 students.
White students are 58% of those enrolled at SCHOOL 8. Other reported shares: 30% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. That is in line with Nassau County, where about 57% of residents are White. A diversity index of 57% means there is a 57% chance two randomly chosen students at SCHOOL 8 are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 13.7:1. The school has 31.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in New York, the average ratio is 12.8:1. Federal data show 18% of students (77) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 31% average for public schools in Nassau County is 13 points higher.
On the allk12 Grade, SCHOOL 8 lands at B+, ahead of 68% of New York public elementary schools.
SCHOOL 8's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (65.7%) and its predicted rate (68.5%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
The school's county is Nassau County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $146,202 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 50% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. SCHOOL 8 shares Nassau County with 314 other public schools.
About 0.5 miles separate SCHOOL 8 from the closest public school, SCHOOL 4. The five-mile area around SCHOOL 8 holds at least 8 other public schools. SCHOOL 8's average proficiency of 65.7% compares with 62.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 433, up from 422 in 2020-21. The school's ratio increased from 11.4:1 to 13.7:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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 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 5Elementary · 452 students
- SCHOOL 3Elementary · 447 students
- SCHOOL 2Elementary · 407 students
Other School 8 schools
One other US public school is named School 8. SCHOOL 8 is the largest of the 2.
- School 8PATERSON, NJ · 411 students
Nearby schools
- SCHOOL 40.5 mi · 264
- SCHOOL 20.9 mi · 407
- SCHOOL 7-OCEANSIDE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 1,668
- CASTLETON ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL OF OCEANSIDE1.0 mi · 35
- SCHOOL 9M-OCEANSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 801
- SCHOOL 6-KINDERGARTEN CENTER1.0 mi · 625
Frequently asked questions
About SCHOOL 8What is the total enrollment at SCHOOL 8?
SCHOOL 8 enrolls approximately 433 students in grades 01-06.
Is SCHOOL 8 an elementary, middle, or high school?
SCHOOL 8 is an elementary school covering grades 01-06.
How many teachers does SCHOOL 8 have?
SCHOOL 8 employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
How diverse is SCHOOL 8?
SCHOOL 8 reports a student body of 58% White, 30% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees SCHOOL 8?
SCHOOL 8 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.