SEARINGTOWN SCHOOL

SEARINGTOWN SCHOOL, a reasonably sized elementary campus in ALBERTSON, New York, overseen by HERRICKS UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, hosts 549 students, covering grades K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so SEARINGTOWN SCHOOL sits 24% larger than that benchmark.

HERRICKS UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 4,259 students. SEARINGTOWN SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, SEARINGTOWN SCHOOL shows that 78% of the student body identifies as Asian. The remainder breaks down as 17% White, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Nassau County as a whole is about 12% Asian, so the school skews considerably more Asian than its surroundings.

On the resource side, SEARINGTOWN SCHOOL logs 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting SEARINGTOWN SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 25% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SEARINGTOWN SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 66.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 82.2%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Nassau County) reports that median household earnings sit near $146,202, roughly 50% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Nassau County runs 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), of which SEARINGTOWN SCHOOL is one.

HERRICKS MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SEARINGTOWN SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 84.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SEARINGTOWN SCHOOL has changed only slightly, going from 538 students in 2018 to 549 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 68% to 78% across the same window.

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