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Enrollment
544
Elementary
DISTRICT 506 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEAFORD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362640003617
SEAFORD HARBOR SCHOOL
3500 BAYVIEW ST, SEAFORD, NY 11783 · (516) 592-4180 · Nassau County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL544 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% 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.
- CBeats 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
10.6:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
57 students
DISTRICT 12% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (101).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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
Based on grade levels within SEAFORD 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
64.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
79.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +18.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 18 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 79.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 61.0% |
% 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
60.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 SEAFORD HARBOR SCHOOL
SEAFORD HARBOR SCHOOL's state test result (60.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEAFORD HARBOR SCHOOL this school | 544 | 10.5% | 60.0% |
| FAIRFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MASSAPEQUA | 513 | 9.2% | 55.4% |
| CHARLES E SCHWARTING SCHOOL MASSAPEQUA | 524 | 8.0% | 58.9% |
| EAST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MASSAPEQUA PARK | 523 | 7.1% | 56.6% |
| ACCOMPSETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SMITHTOWN | 523 | 14.0% | 53.8% |
| MCKENNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MASSAPEQUA PARK | 485 | 7.8% | 53.8% |
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 SEAFORD HARBOR SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #741 of 2,335 | #110 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #390 of 2,342 ▲ 511 | #70 of 172 ▲ 59 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #776 of 2,343 ▼ 4 | #111 of 172 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 544 | #654 of 2,585 | #44 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #661 of 2,338 | #53 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.1% | #1,858 of 2,388 | #174 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.5% | #2,427 of 2,534 | #151 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.6% | #1,437 of 1,757 | #82 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
544
-12 (-2%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 510
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 544 | 51.1 | 10.6:1 | 10% (57) |
| 2023-24 | 564 | 49.3 | 11.4:1 | 10% (58) |
| 2022-23 | 561 | 48.8 | 11.5:1 | 11% (59) |
| 2020-21 | 556 | 49 | 11.3:1 | 10% (55) |
| 2017-18 | 576 | 46 | 12.5:1 | 10% (58) |
| 2015-16 | 580 | 44 | 13.2:1 | 11% (64) |
| 2010-11 | 591 | 46 | 12.8:1 | 5% (32) |
| 2000-01 | 672 | 40 | 16.8:1 | 2% (14) |
| 1990-91 | 510 | 30 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SEAFORD HARBOR SCHOOL.
About SEAFORD HARBOR SCHOOL
SEAFORD HARBOR SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school for students in SEAFORD, New York. A federal count lists 544 students at the school, in kindergarten through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in New York) has about 443 students.
The district for SEAFORD HARBOR SCHOOL is SEAFORD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 4 schools and 2,184 students.
At SEAFORD HARBOR SCHOOL, White students make up 82% of the student body. Smaller groups are 13% Hispanic, 3% Asian, and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 57% of Nassau County residents are White. By the diversity index, SEAFORD HARBOR SCHOOL comes in at 31%.
Teachers at the school number 51.1 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 10.6:1. Among elementary schools in New York, the typical ratio is 12.8:1. The school's lunch program data list 10% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 31% for public schools in Nassau County.
The allk12 Grade for SEAFORD HARBOR SCHOOL is B-. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 54% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
SEAFORD HARBOR SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 60.0% and a predicted 71.1%.
County data help place the school in context: in Nassau County, median household income is about $146,202, about 50% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. SEAFORD HARBOR SCHOOL is among the 315 public schools in Nassau County.
The closest public school to SEAFORD HARBOR SCHOOL is MANDALAY SCHOOL, about 0.8 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. SEAFORD HARBOR SCHOOL comes in 6th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
SEAFORD HARBOR SCHOOL is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 556 to 544.
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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 SEAFORD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SEAFORD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 650 students
- SEAFORD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 522 students
- SEAFORD MANOR SCHOOLElementary · 468 students
Other schools in SEAFORD
- EAST BROADWAY SCHOOLElementary · 662 students
- SEAFORD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 650 students
- SEAFORD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 522 students
- SEAFORD MANOR SCHOOLElementary · 468 students
Nearby schools
- MANDALAY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 321
- JOHN F KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL1.4 mi · 1,089
- REINHARD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER1.4 mi · 550
- WINTHROP AVENUE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 312
- WANTAGH SCHOOL1.5 mi · 672
- FAIRFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 513
Frequently asked questions
About SEAFORD HARBOR SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SEAFORD HARBOR SCHOOL?
SEAFORD HARBOR SCHOOL enrolls approximately 544 students in grades KG-05.
Is SEAFORD HARBOR SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SEAFORD HARBOR SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SEAFORD HARBOR SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SEAFORD HARBOR SCHOOL is approximately 10.6:1 (51 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at SEAFORD HARBOR SCHOOL?
At SEAFORD HARBOR SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 82% White, 13% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is SEAFORD HARBOR SCHOOL in?
SEAFORD HARBOR SCHOOL is part of SEAFORD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.