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Enrollment
435
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORT WASHINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362358005612
SOUTH SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
10 NEWBURY RD, PORT WASHINGTON, NY 11050 · (516) 767-5400 · Nassau County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL435 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of New York public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
12.2:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
2%
9 students
DISTRICT 6% · 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 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
44%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within PORT WASHINGTON 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
79.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
83.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 83.0% |
| 2023-24 | 75.0% | 85.0% |
% 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
79.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SOUTH SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (79.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTH SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 435 | 2.1% | 79.0% |
| MIDLAND SCHOOL RYE | 482 | 2.9% | 80.3% |
| OSBORN SCHOOL RYE | 469 | 2.6% | 86.0% |
| PS 234 INDEPENDENCE SCHOOL NEW YORK | 460 | 5.4% | 83.8% |
| EASTPLAIN SCHOOL N MASSAPEQUA | 445 | 5.4% | 59.5% |
| PARK ROAD SCHOOL PITTSFORD | 394 | 2.0% | 74.1% |
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 SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #185 of 2,335 | #33 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #285 of 2,342 ▼ 84 | #52 of 172 ▼ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #283 of 2,343 ▼ 109 | #49 of 172 ▼ 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 435 | #1,161 of 2,585 | #98 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #1,327 of 2,338 | #117 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.5% | #1,478 of 2,388 | #146 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 2.1% | #2,512 of 2,534 | #187 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.5% | #1,572 of 1,757 | #96 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
435
+9 (+2%) vs 2020
+5% since 2010-11, when it was 413
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
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 | 435 | 35.8 | 12.2:1 | 2% (9) |
| 2023-24 | 436 | 37.3 | 11.7:1 | 11% (49) |
| 2022-23 | 424 | 37.3 | 11.4:1 | 1% (5) |
| 2020-21 | 426 | 37 | 11.5:1 | 12% (49) |
| 2017-18 | 451 | 31 | 14.6:1 | 14% (65) |
| 2015-16 | 412 | 28 | 14.7:1 | 15% (62) |
| 2010-11 | 413 | 33 | 12.5:1 | 11% (44) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTH SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SOUTH SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Families in PORT WASHINGTON, New York, are served by SOUTH SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary school. It reports enrollment of 435 students in kindergarten through 5.
PORT WASHINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 7 schools with a combined 5,298 students. SOUTH SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of them.
More than half of the students at SOUTH SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are White (73%). Other reported shares: 13% Hispanic, 9% Asian, and 5% multiracial. That compares with about 57% White among all Nassau County residents. The diversity index for SOUTH SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 44%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 35.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1. It is about the same as the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. A total of 9 students, or 2%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Nassau County is 31%.
Among New York public elementary schools, SOUTH SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 84%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 79.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 74.2%.
In the wider Nassau County area, the median household earns about $146,202 a year, about 50% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. SOUTH SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shares Nassau County with 314 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, CARRIE PALMER WEBER MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 0.8 miles from SOUTH SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, SOUTH SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 8th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for SOUTH SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Suburb: Large, which covers schools 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 435, close to the 426 recorded in 2020-21.
SOUTH SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 PORT WASHINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PAUL D SCHREIBER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,643 students
- CARRIE PALMER WEBER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,213 students
- JOHN PHILIP SOUSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 564 students
- MANORHAVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 499 students
- GUGGENHEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 473 students
- JOHN J DALY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 471 students
Other schools in PORT WASHINGTON
- PAUL D SCHREIBER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,643 students
- CARRIE PALMER WEBER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,213 students
- JOHN PHILIP SOUSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 564 students
- MANORHAVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 499 students
- GUGGENHEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 473 students
- JOHN J DALY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 471 students
Other South Salem Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named South Salem Elementary. SOUTH SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- South Salem Elementary SchoolCovington, GA · 855 students
- South Salem ElementarySalem, VA · 371 students
Nearby schools
- CARRIE PALMER WEBER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 1,213
- PAUL D SCHREIBER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 1,643
- MUNSEY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 803
- GLENWOOD LANDING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 386
- JOHN J DALY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 471
- MANHASSET SECONDARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 1,031
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTH SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is SOUTH SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SOUTH SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 435 students in grades KG-05.
Is SOUTH SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SOUTH SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does SOUTH SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
SOUTH SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
What is the student diversity at SOUTH SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SOUTH SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 73% White, 13% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is SOUTH SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
SOUTH SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of PORT WASHINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.