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SEAFORD MANOR SCHOOL
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 73% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About SEAFORD MANOR SCHOOL
As a mid-tier elementary school in SEAFORD, New York, SEAFORD MANOR SCHOOL works with 468 students from grades K through 5, run under SEAFORD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SEAFORD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 2,184 students; SEAFORD MANOR SCHOOL is among them.
In terms of who attends, SEAFORD MANOR SCHOOL logs that 76% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder reads as 13% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 57% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.
On the resource side, The school currently runs with 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 11% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Nassau County's rate of about 31%.
With demographic context factored in, SEAFORD MANOR SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 71.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 73.0%.
Around the school, 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. In all, Nassau County runs 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), of which SEAFORD MANOR SCHOOL is one.
SEAFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SEAFORD MANOR SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 71.3%.
The school occupies a bedroom-community site.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 17%: 400 students in 2018 compared to 468 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 93% to 76% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2025.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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