SOUTH GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SOUTH GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a moderately sized elementary-level community in SYOSSET, New York, overseen by SYOSSET CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, serves 433 students, covering grades K through 5.

SOUTH GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 10 schools operated by SYOSSET CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that works with 6,980 students overall.

On the student-mix side, SOUTH GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 76% of the student body identifies as Asian. Beyond that, the school logs 15% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.

On the resource side, SOUTH GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting SOUTH GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 20% of students at SOUTH GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Nassau County (around 31%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SOUTH GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 67.8%; this one delivers 85.2%.

Around the school, census data for Nassau County shows the typical household earns roughly $146,202 per year, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Nassau County runs 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), of which SOUTH GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: WILLITS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SOUTH GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 79.9%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SOUTH GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has fell 5%, going from 456 students in 2018 to 433 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share rose from 60% to 76%. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 in 2025.

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