STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary campus in BALDWIN, New York, operated by BALDWIN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school hosts 293 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 34% smaller than that benchmark.

BALDWIN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 4,309 students. STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 36% Black, 10% Asian, 6% White, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

On the resource side, STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 42% of students at STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Nassau County runs at roughly 31%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.5%; this one delivers 67.4%.

In the broader community, census data for Nassau County shows median household income runs about $146,202, roughly 50% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Nassau County's 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 59.0%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 295 students in 2018 compared to 293 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 16% to 6% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.

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