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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the SCHOOL 8 administration to hear?
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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
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
433
+19 (+5%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 15.8:1
% White
58%
was 72%
% Hispanic
30%
was 22%
% Black
3%
was 1%
% Asian
4%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About SCHOOL 8
As an average-sized elementary campus in OCEANSIDE, New York, SCHOOL 8 instructs 433 students from grades 1 through 6, run under OCEANSIDE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
OCEANSIDE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 5,465 students. SCHOOL 8 is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, SCHOOL 8 logs that 58% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 30% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Nassau County as a whole.
On the resource side, SCHOOL 8 shows 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting SCHOOL 8 higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 18% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Nassau County's rate of about 31%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SCHOOL 8 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.5%, the actual is 65.7%, a residual of -2.8 points.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Nassau County put median household earnings sit near $146,202, roughly 50% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 8 is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is SCHOOL 4, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SCHOOL 8 ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 62.5%.
The school occupies an outer-ring site.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 5%: 414 students in 2018 compared to 433 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 72% to 58% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.
Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
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.