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What's the biggest difference between SEAFORD MANOR SCHOOL and what you expected?
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Enrollment
468
Elementary
DISTRICT 506 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEAFORD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362640003619
SEAFORD MANOR SCHOOL
1590 WASHINGTON AVE, SEAFORD, NY 11783 · (516) 592-4080 · Nassau County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL468 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of New York public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
10.3:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
51 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 | 86 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 17% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
40%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
81.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +17.0pp since 2023
Math
77.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
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.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.0% | 77.0% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 77.0% |
% 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
73.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What 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%.
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 MANOR SCHOOL
SEAFORD MANOR SCHOOL's state test result (73.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEAFORD MANOR SCHOOL this school | 468 | 10.9% | 73.0% |
| COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THORNWOOD | 481 | 10.6% | 70.7% |
| MOHANSIC SCHOOL YORKTOWN HEIGHTS | 476 | 12.8% | 73.8% |
| FAIRFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MASSAPEQUA | 513 | 9.2% | 55.4% |
| HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAWTHORNE | 417 | 9.8% | N/A |
| ACCOMPSETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SMITHTOWN | 523 | 14.0% | 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 MANOR SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #306 of 2,335 | #62 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #463 of 2,342 ▼ 78 | #79 of 172 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #239 of 2,343 ▲ 174 | #39 of 172 ▲ 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 468 | #977 of 2,585 | #73 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #546 of 2,338 | #38 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.5% | #1,618 of 2,388 | #153 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.9% | #2,421 of 2,534 | #149 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.0% | #172 of 606 | #14 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
468
+55 (+13%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 488
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 10.1:1
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 | 468 | 45.4 | 10.3:1 | 11% (51) |
| 2023-24 | 455 | 44.6 | 10.2:1 | 10% (46) |
| 2022-23 | 445 | 41.2 | 10.8:1 | 10% (44) |
| 2020-21 | 413 | 41 | 10.1:1 | 7% (29) |
| 2017-18 | 400 | 32 | 12.5:1 | 6% (22) |
| 2015-16 | 407 | 32 | 12.7:1 | 6% (25) |
| 2010-11 | 511 | 42 | 12.2:1 | 5% (24) |
| 2000-01 | 579 | 38 | 15.2:1 | 8% (46) |
| 1990-91 | 488 | 28 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SEAFORD MANOR SCHOOL.
About SEAFORD MANOR SCHOOL
SEAFORD MANOR SCHOOL is one of the public schools in SEAFORD, New York. It is a medium-sized elementary school. The school had 468 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
Federal data list 4 schools in SEAFORD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 2,184 students enrolled.
At SEAFORD MANOR SCHOOL, White students make up 76% of the student body. It is also 13% Hispanic, 6% Asian, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Nassau County is roughly 57% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 40% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reported 45.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 10.3:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Eligible students account for 11% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Among public schools in Nassau County, the average eligibility rate is 31%.
SEAFORD MANOR SCHOOL is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 78% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 71.0% for SEAFORD MANOR SCHOOL. The school posts 73.0%, 2.0 points above the prediction.
Federal survey data for Nassau County show that the median household income is $146,202, about 50% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Nassau County is home to 315 public schools and about 200,775 public school students.
The closest other public school is SEAFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, SEAFORD MANOR SCHOOL ranks 4th on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes SEAFORD MANOR SCHOOL as Suburb: Large.
2024-25 enrollment was 468, a 13% increase from 413 in 2020-21.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 HARBOR SCHOOLElementary · 544 students
- SEAFORD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 522 students
Other schools in SEAFORD
- EAST BROADWAY SCHOOLElementary · 662 students
- SEAFORD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 650 students
- SEAFORD HARBOR SCHOOLElementary · 544 students
- SEAFORD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 522 students
Nearby schools
- SEAFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 522
- SEAFORD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 650
- CHARLES E SCHWARTING SCHOOL0.8 mi · 524
- LOCKHART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 359
- WANTAGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 672
- MHS AMES CAMPUS1.2 mi · 495
Frequently asked questions
About SEAFORD MANOR SCHOOLHow many students attend SEAFORD MANOR SCHOOL?
SEAFORD MANOR SCHOOL enrolls approximately 468 students in grades KG-05.
Is SEAFORD MANOR SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SEAFORD MANOR SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does SEAFORD MANOR SCHOOL have?
SEAFORD MANOR SCHOOL employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1.
What is the student diversity at SEAFORD MANOR SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SEAFORD MANOR SCHOOL are roughly 76% White, 13% Hispanic, 0% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is SEAFORD MANOR SCHOOL in?
SEAFORD MANOR 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.