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How has SOUTH GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
433
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SYOSSET CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362856003840
SOUTH GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
60 COLONY LN, SYOSSET, NY 11791 · (516) 364-5810 · Nassau County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL433 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% 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
10.7:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
85 students
DISTRICT 16% · 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 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
81.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
89.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down 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 | 81.0% | 89.0% |
| 2023-24 | 82.0% | 93.0% |
% 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
67.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% 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 SOUTH GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SOUTH GROVE 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTH GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 433 | 19.6% | 85.2% |
| CANTIAGUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JERICHO | 436 | 18.1% | 81.2% |
| CENTER STREET SCHOOL WILLISTON PARK | 482 | 25.9% | 82.3% |
| ROBBINS LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SYOSSET | 460 | 23.3% | 81.3% |
| SEARINGTOWN SCHOOL ALBERTSON | 549 | 24.6% | 82.2% |
| GEORGE A JACKSON SCHOOL JERICHO | 432 | 20.1% | 87.2% |
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 SOUTH GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.2% | #93 of 2,335 | #7 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #161 of 2,342 ▼ 76 | #27 of 172 ▼ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #240 of 2,343 ▼ 149 | #40 of 172 ▼ 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 433 | #1,181 of 2,585 | #102 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #678 of 2,338 | #57 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.9% | #1,603 of 2,388 | #150 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.6% | #2,246 of 2,534 | #111 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.0% | #1,473 of 1,757 | #86 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
433
+34 (+9%) vs 2020
+43% since 1990-91, when it was 302
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 10.0:1
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 | 433 | 40.6 | 10.7:1 | 20% (85) |
| 2023-24 | 405 | 41.8 | 9.7:1 | 16% (65) |
| 2022-23 | 416 | 38.3 | 10.9:1 | 12% (51) |
| 2020-21 | 399 | 40 | 10.0:1 | 9% (36) |
| 2017-18 | 456 | 35.5 | 12.8:1 | 7% (34) |
| 2015-16 | 398 | 30 | 13.3:1 | 3% (12) |
| 2010-11 | 418 | 35 | 11.9:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 364 | 28 | 13.0:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 302 | 23 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTH GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SOUTH GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SOUTH GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in SYOSSET, New York. Students in kindergarten through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 433 students.
Within SYOSSET CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, SOUTH GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 10 schools. The district enrolls 6,980 students.
Federal enrollment data show SOUTH GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 76% Asian. The next largest groups are 15% White, 6% Hispanic, and 2% multiracial. The school's Asian share is 64 points above the 12% share among Nassau County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 40%.
SOUTH GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reported 40.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 10.7:1. Elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1, 2.2 more students per teacher than here. There are 85 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 20% of enrollment. On average, public schools in Nassau County report 31%.
SOUTH GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 95% of New York public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for SOUTH GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is +17.4 points: 85.2% actual, 67.8% predicted.
In the surrounding county, Nassau County, median household income comes to about $146,202, about 50% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. The county's public schools total 315, with about 200,775 students.
Of the public schools around it, SOUTH GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is closest to WILLITS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.6 miles away. SOUTH GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. SOUTH GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 85.2% against a local average of 79.9%.
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.
Enrollment rose by 9% across 4 years, from 399 in 2020-21 to 433 in 2024-25.
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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 SYOSSET CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SYOSSET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,400 students
- H B THOMPSON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 951 students
- SOUTH WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 802 students
- ROBBINS LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 460 students
- BERRY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 450 students
- BAYLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 416 students
Other schools in SYOSSET
- SYOSSET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,400 students
- H B THOMPSON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 951 students
- SOUTH WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 802 students
- PS 256Combined · 543 students
- ROBBINS LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 460 students
- BERRY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 450 students
Other South Grove Elementary schools
One other US public school is named South Grove Elementary. SOUTH GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- South Grove Elementary SchoolBeech Grove, IN · 586 students
Nearby schools
- WILLITS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 298
- H B THOMPSON MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 951
- BAYLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 416
- ROBBINS LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 460
- WOODLAND AVENUE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 277
- STRATFORD ROAD SCHOOL1.2 mi · 621
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTH GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SOUTH GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SOUTH GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 433 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does SOUTH GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SOUTH GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at SOUTH GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.7:1 students per teacher at SOUTH GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is SOUTH GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SOUTH GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 15% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 76% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees SOUTH GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SOUTH GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by SYOSSET CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Nassau County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.