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Enrollment
631
Elementary
DISTRICT 717 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANHASSET UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361827001652
SHELTER ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
27A SHELTER ROCK RD, MANHASSET, NY 11030 · (516) 267-7450 · Nassau County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL631 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% of New York public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
13.6:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
63 students
DISTRICT 10% · 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 | 69 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 105 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 105 | 17% |
| Ungraded | 4 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 34% smaller than its 6th grade class (105).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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 MANHASSET 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
84.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
87.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.0% | 87.0% |
| 2023-24 | 83.0% | 91.0% |
% 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
85.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% 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 SHELTER ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SHELTER ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (85.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHELTER ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 631 | 10.0% | 85.2% |
| NORTH SIDE SCHOOL EAST WILLISTON | 510 | 6.9% | 84.8% |
| ANDERSON SCHOOL (THE) NEW YORK | 521 | 9.2% | 98.3% |
| JUDY JACOBS PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PLAINVIEW | 467 | 10.1% | 82.8% |
| STRATFORD ROAD SCHOOL PLAINVIEW | 621 | 16.9% | 79.9% |
| MUNSEY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MANHASSET | 803 | 8.8% | 82.3% |
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 SHELTER ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.2% | #94 of 2,335 | #8 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #202 of 2,342 ▼ 102 | #37 of 172 ▼ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #169 of 2,343 ▼ 91 | #18 of 172 ▼ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 631 | #389 of 2,585 | #25 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #1,773 of 2,338 | #151 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.1% | #513 of 2,388 | #50 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.0% | #2,431 of 2,534 | #153 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.8% | #922 of 1,757 | #38 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
631
-19 (-3%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 710
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 631 | 46.5 | 13.6:1 | 10% (63) |
| 2023-24 | 658 | 45.6 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 651 | 42.7 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 650 | 47 | 13.8:1 | 8% (53) |
| 2017-18 | 732 | 62 | 11.8:1 | 6% (41) |
| 2015-16 | 749 | 62 | 12.1:1 | 6% (44) |
| 2010-11 | 772 | 75 | 10.3:1 | 5% (40) |
| 2000-01 | 758 | 62 | 12.2:1 | 6% (47) |
| 1990-91 | 710 | 72 | 9.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SHELTER ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SHELTER ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
As a medium-sized elementary school, SHELTER ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students in MANHASSET, New York. Enrollment is 631 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 6. The average for elementary schools in New York is about 443 students, so this school is 42% larger than average.
MANHASSET UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 3,006 students in 4 schools, including SHELTER ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
The most common group at SHELTER ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White students, at 43%. Enrollment also includes 40% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 3% Black. The school's White share is 14 points below the 57% share among Nassau County residents. SHELTER ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 64%, against a US figure of 70%.
Staffing totals 46.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.6:1. That is higher than the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 10%. That is 21 points below the 31% average for public schools in Nassau County.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, SHELTER ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
SHELTER ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 85.2% and a predicted 71.3%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Nassau County show that the median household income is $146,202, roughly 50% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. SHELTER ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 315 public schools in the county.
Nearby, MUNSEY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.8 miles away. Within five miles of SHELTER ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, SHELTER ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th of 8 on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 631, a 3% decrease from 650 in 2020-21.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at SHELTER ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 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 MANHASSET UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MANHASSET SECONDARY SCHOOLHigh · 1,031 students
- MUNSEY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 803 students
- MANHASSET MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 541 students
Other schools in MANHASSET
- MANHASSET SECONDARY SCHOOLHigh · 1,031 students
- MUNSEY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 803 students
- MANHASSET MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 541 students
Nearby schools
- MUNSEY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 803
- HERRICKS MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 1,094
- MANHASSET MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 541
- MANHASSET SECONDARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 1,031
- SEARINGTOWN SCHOOL1.6 mi · 549
- HERRICKS HIGH SCHOOL1.7 mi · 1,535
Frequently asked questions
About SHELTER ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend SHELTER ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SHELTER ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 631 students in grades KG-06.
Is SHELTER ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SHELTER ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does SHELTER ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
SHELTER ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
What is the student diversity at SHELTER ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SHELTER ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 43% White, 10% Hispanic, 3% Black, 40% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is SHELTER ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
SHELTER ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of MANHASSET UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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