SHORE ROAD SCHOOL

SHORE ROAD SCHOOL is a junior high of intimate scale in BELLMORE, New York, operated by BELLMORE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, hosting 273 students in grades 5 through 6. Compared to the state average of about 531 students per school, that is 49% smaller than typical.

BELLMORE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,135 students; SHORE ROAD SCHOOL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SHORE ROAD SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 12% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 57% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, SHORE ROAD SCHOOL has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. The state averages around 10.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 19% of students at SHORE ROAD SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Nassau County's rate of about 31%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SHORE ROAD SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.8%, the actual is 69.3%, a residual of +1.4 points.

In the broader community, Nassau County reports that median household income runs about $146,202, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 SHORE ROAD SCHOOL is one.

REINHARD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER 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. On composite proficiency, SHORE ROAD SCHOOL comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 77.5%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. SHORE ROAD SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 297 (now 273). The White share of enrollment decreased from 84% to 72% over that span.

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