Enrollment
293
Elementary
DISTRICT 366 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALDWIN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360384000138
STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
860 CHURCH ST, BALDWIN, NY 11510 · (516) 434-6700 · Nassau County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL293 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% 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.
- A-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
11.5:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
123 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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 BALDWIN 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
81.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +25.0pp since 2023
Math
76.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +13.0pp 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 76 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 25 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.0% | 76.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 63.0% |
% 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
67.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (67.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 293 | 42.0% | 67.4% |
| PLAZA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BALDWIN | 429 | 41.5% | 66.0% |
| HIGHVIEW SCHOOL HARTSDALE | 257 | 42.0% | 57.5% |
| LENOX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BALDWIN | 261 | 42.1% | 60.3% |
| WOODS ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH BABYLON | 355 | 45.6% | 24.7% |
| ALICE E GRADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ELMSFORD | 392 | 43.1% | 56.7% |
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 STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.4% | #470 of 2,335 | #81 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #490 of 2,342 ▲ 312 | #80 of 172 ▲ 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #229 of 2,343 ▲ 416 | #33 of 172 ▲ 57 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 293 | #2,037 of 2,585 | #166 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #1,077 of 2,338 | #89 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.6% | #382 of 2,388 | #38 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.0% | #1,640 of 2,534 | #46 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.7% | #1,732 of 1,757 | #112 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
293
-32 (-10%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 270
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 293 | 25.4 | 11.5:1 | 42% (123) |
| 2023-24 | 317 | 25.4 | 12.5:1 | 45% (143) |
| 2022-23 | 310 | 25.4 | 12.2:1 | 40% (124) |
| 2020-21 | 325 | 30 | 10.8:1 | 39% (128) |
| 2017-18 | 295 | 20 | 14.8:1 | 33% (96) |
| 2015-16 | 308 | 20 | 15.4:1 | 22% (67) |
| 2010-11 | 250 | 19 | 13.2:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 283 | 13 | 21.8:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 270 | 15 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school with an address in BALDWIN, New York. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 293 students in kindergarten through 5. Against the 443-student average for elementary schools in New York, enrollment here is 34% lower.
A total of 7 schools make up BALDWIN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 4,309 students enrolled.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Hispanic (44%). Other groups make up 36% Black, 10% Asian, 6% White, and 3% multiracial. Nassau County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 67%.
Staffing totals 25.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.5:1. That ratio is under the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 42%. The 31% average for public schools in Nassau County is 11 points lower.
allk12 grades STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an A-. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 7.8 points above its prediction. Actual: 67.4%. Predicted: 59.5%.
STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located in Nassau County, where median household income is about $146,202, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 50%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 315 public schools in Nassau County, which together enroll about 200,775 students.
The nearest other public school, MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is about 0.7 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL saw enrollment fall 10% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 BALDWIN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- BALDWIN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,470 students
- BALDWIN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,007 students
- MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 613 students
- PLAZA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 429 students
- LENOX ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 261 students
- BROOKSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 236 students
Other schools in BALDWIN
- BALDWIN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,470 students
- BALDWIN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,007 students
- MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 613 students
- PLAZA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 429 students
- LENOX ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 261 students
- BROOKSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 236 students
Other Steele Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Steele Elementary. STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Steele Elementary SchoolDENVER, CO · 452 students
- Steele Elementary SchoolCOLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 273 students
- Steele Elementary SchoolSteele, AL · 141 students
Nearby schools
- MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 613
- BALDWIN MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 1,007
- SCHOOL 30.8 mi · 447
- FREEPORT HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 2,244
- SCHOOL 7-OCEANSIDE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 1,668
- BAYVIEW AVENUE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 515
Frequently asked questions
About STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 293 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 11.5:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 6% White, 44% Hispanic, 36% Black, 10% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of BALDWIN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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