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Enrollment
476
Elementary
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNIONDALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362928003942
SMITH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
780 SMITH ST, UNIONDALE, NY 11553 · (516) 918-2002 · Nassau County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL476 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% of New York public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
10.8:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
291 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 52 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
41.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
41.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 46.0% |
% 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
40.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 SMITH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SMITH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (40.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 476 | 61.1% | 40.8% |
| CENTENNIAL AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROOSEVELT | 460 | 54.6% | 43.3% |
| HORIZON-ON-THE-HUDSON SCHOOL NEWBURGH | 447 | 62.2% | 28.8% |
| MOUNT VERNON LEADERSHIP ACADEMY MOUNT VERNON | 382 | 65.7% | 38.7% |
| WALNUT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UNIONDALE | 505 | 66.9% | 53.1% |
| NORTHERN PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UNIONDALE | 612 | 56.9% | 39.5% |
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 SMITH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #1,579 of 2,335 | #158 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #1,829 of 2,342 ▼ 353 | #165 of 172 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #1,763 of 2,343 ▼ 297 | #160 of 172 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 476 | #940 of 2,585 | #66 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #757 of 2,338 | #67 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.2% | #1,225 of 2,388 | #119 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.1% | #1,141 of 2,534 | #22 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.5% | #1,635 of 1,757 | #104 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
476
+14 (+3%) vs 2020
+52% since 1990-91, when it was 313
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 476 | 44 | 10.8:1 | 61% (291) |
| 2023-24 | 459 | 40.6 | 11.3:1 | 56% (258) |
| 2022-23 | 408 | 45.9 | 8.9:1 | 62% (254) |
| 2020-21 | 462 | 39 | 11.8:1 | 52% (239) |
| 2017-18 | 488 | 39 | 12.5:1 | 66% (320) |
| 2015-16 | 471 | 39 | 12.1:1 | 77% (362) |
| 2010-11 | 473 | 48 | 9.8:1 | 50% (235) |
| 2000-01 | 459 | 34 | 13.5:1 | 34% (156) |
| 1990-91 | 313 | 32 | 9.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SMITH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SMITH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
In UNIONDALE, New York, SMITH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 476 students.
A total of 8 schools make up UNIONDALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 5,995 students enrolled.
At 60%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at SMITH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL combined. The remaining students are 38% Black. Among people living in Nassau County, the Hispanic share is about 19%. By the diversity index, SMITH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 50%.
The school reports 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 10.8 students per teacher. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 61% of students. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Nassau County is 31%.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, SMITH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with SMITH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in New York is predicted to score 52.5%. SMITH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 40.8%, 11.8 points below that line.
Nassau County has these Census figures: median household income is about $146,202, roughly 50% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. The public schools of Nassau County number 315 and enroll about 200,775.
ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL is the closest public school, about 0.3 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, SMITH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The student count in 2024-25 was 476, 3% above the 462 of 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 11.8:1 to 10.8:1.
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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 UNIONDALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,106 students
- CALIFORNIA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 730 students
- TURTLE HOOK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 637 students
- LAWRENCE ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 623 students
- NORTHERN PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 612 students
- WALNUT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 505 students
Other schools in UNIONDALE
- UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,106 students
- ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UNIONDALECombined · 1,607 students
- CALIFORNIA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 730 students
- TURTLE HOOK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 637 students
- NORTHERN PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 612 students
- WALNUT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 505 students
Nearby schools
- ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 1,127
- TURTLE HOOK MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 637
- ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 441
- WASHINGTON ROSE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 667
- NORTHERN PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 612
- UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 2,106
Frequently asked questions
About SMITH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SMITH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SMITH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 476 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does SMITH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SMITH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at SMITH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.8:1 students per teacher at SMITH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SMITH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At SMITH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 1% White, 60% Hispanic, 38% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is SMITH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
SMITH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of UNIONDALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.