STEWART SCHOOL

Located at 501 STEWART AVE, in GARDEN CITY, New York, STEWART SCHOOL is a moderately sized elementary school that educates 624 students (grades 2 through 5), run under GARDEN CITY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. That puts it 41% larger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

GARDEN CITY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,932 students; STEWART SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, STEWART SCHOOL records that 72% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 17% Asian, 9% Hispanic. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 4% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Nassau County (around 31%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, STEWART SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 73.4%; this one delivers 78.4%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Nassau County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $146,202 per year, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. STEWART SCHOOL is one of 315 public schools in Nassau County (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students).

NASSAU BOCES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 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 STEWART SCHOOL at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 56.9%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at STEWART SCHOOL has rose 9%, going from 572 students in 2018 to 624 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 87% to 72%.

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