Enrollment
273
Middle
DISTRICT 378 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLMORE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360441000190
SHORE ROAD SCHOOL
2801 SHORE RD, BELLMORE, NY 11710 · (516) 679-2950 · Nassau County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL273 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 74% of New York public middle schools
- A-Test 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
53 students
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 137 | 50% |
| Grade 6 | 131 | 48% |
| Ungraded | 5 | 2% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within BELLMORE 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
69.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
77.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 69 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.0% | 77.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 81.0% |
% 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
69.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 SHORE ROAD SCHOOL
SHORE ROAD SCHOOL's state test result (69.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHORE ROAD SCHOOL this school | 273 | 19.4% | 69.3% |
| PORT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL PORT JEFFERSON | 224 | 18.3% | 71.3% |
| TUCKAHOE MIDDLE SCHOOL EASTCHESTER | 278 | 24.1% | 70.2% |
| RYE NECK MIDDLE SCHOOL MAMARONECK | 349 | 15.8% | 82.0% |
| MS 243 CENTER SCHOOL NEW YORK | 246 | 21.5% | 82.4% |
| DOBBS FERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL DOBBS FERRY | 345 | 17.4% | 80.5% |
Matched among New York middle 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 SHORE ROAD SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.3% | #148 of 766 | #26 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #214 of 768 ▼ 44 | #32 of 52 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #112 of 768 ▲ 16 | #16 of 52 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 273 | #609 of 796 | #50 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #627 of 683 | #51 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.3% | #408 of 688 | #38 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.4% | #700 of 773 | #33 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.1% | #360 of 524 | #14 of 30 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
273
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 324
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 273 | 20.4 | 13.4:1 | 19% (53) |
| 2023-24 | 292 | 22.7 | 12.9:1 | 17% (49) |
| 2022-23 | 293 | 22.3 | 13.1:1 | 14% (41) |
| 2020-21 | 276 | 24 | 11.5:1 | 10% (28) |
| 2017-18 | 297 | 21 | 14.1:1 | 9% (26) |
| 2015-16 | 306 | 22 | 13.9:1 | 6% (19) |
| 2010-11 | 352 | 26 | 13.5:1 | 1% (4) |
| 2000-01 | 561 | 37 | 15.2:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 324 | 23 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SHORE ROAD SCHOOL.
About SHORE ROAD SCHOOL
SHORE ROAD SCHOOL is a small middle-grades school located in BELLMORE, New York. The school enrolls 273 students in grades 5 through 6. On average, middle schools in New York enroll around 531, and this school is 49% below that mark.
BELLMORE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 1,135 students in 3 schools, including SHORE ROAD SCHOOL.
More than half of the students at SHORE ROAD SCHOOL are White (72%). Next come 12% Asian, 10% Hispanic, and 3% Black. That compares with about 57% White among all Nassau County residents. The diversity index for SHORE ROAD SCHOOL is 45%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 20.4 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1. Compared with the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York, this school's ratio is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 19% of the student body. It compares with 31% for public schools in Nassau County.
On the allk12 Grade, SHORE ROAD SCHOOL lands at B+, ahead of 74% of New York public middle schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for SHORE ROAD SCHOOL is +1.4 points: 69.3% actual, 67.8% predicted.
In the wider Nassau County area, median household income comes to about $146,202, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Nassau County's 315 public schools enroll about 200,775 students and include SHORE ROAD SCHOOL.
REINHARD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER, about 0.4 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of SHORE ROAD SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 77.5%; SHORE ROAD SCHOOL's is 69.3%, ranking 8th of 8.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 273, close to the 276 recorded in 2020-21. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 11.5:1 to 13.4:1.
This page collects posts and questions about SHORE ROAD SCHOOL, such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 BELLMORE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- REINHARD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERElementary · 550 students
- WINTHROP AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 312 students
Other schools in BELLMORE
- WELLINGTON C MEPHAM HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,211 students
- JOHN F KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,089 students
- GRAND AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 916 students
- REINHARD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERElementary · 550 students
- MARTIN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 328 students
- WINTHROP AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 312 students
Nearby schools
- REINHARD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER0.4 mi · 550
- JOHN F KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 1,089
- MANDALAY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 321
- NORMAN J LEVY LAKESIDE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 644
- WINTHROP AVENUE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 312
- GRAND AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 916
Frequently asked questions
About SHORE ROAD SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SHORE ROAD SCHOOL?
SHORE ROAD SCHOOL enrolls approximately 273 students in grades 05-06.
Is SHORE ROAD SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SHORE ROAD SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 05-06.
How many teachers does SHORE ROAD SCHOOL have?
SHORE ROAD SCHOOL employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
How diverse is SHORE ROAD SCHOOL?
SHORE ROAD SCHOOL reports a student body of 72% White, 10% Hispanic, 3% Black, 12% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees SHORE ROAD SCHOOL?
SHORE ROAD SCHOOL is overseen by BELLMORE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Nassau County.
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