SHELTER ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SHELTER ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a K-5 school of mid-sized scale in MANHASSET, New York, overseen by MANHASSET UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, enrolling 631 students in grades K through 6. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so SHELTER ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 42% bigger than that benchmark.

SHELTER ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 4 schools operated by MANHASSET UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that serves 3,006 students overall.

Demographically, SHELTER ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 43% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 40% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Nassau County as a whole is about 57% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 10% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Nassau County runs at roughly 31%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, SHELTER ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 71.3%; this one delivers 85.2%.

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 roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Nassau County's 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), SHELTER ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MUNSEY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SHELTER ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 87.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 14%: 732 students in 2018 compared to 631 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 58% to 43% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

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