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Enrollment
638
Elementary
DISTRICT 360 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARDEN CITY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361176000947
STRATFORD AVENUE SCHOOL
97 STRATFORD AVE, GARDEN CITY, NY 11530 · (516) 478-1500 · Nassau County
GRADES 02–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL638 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 87% 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
14.0:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
2%
13 students
DISTRICT 3% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 173 | 27% |
| Grade 3 | 153 | 24% |
| Grade 4 | 165 | 26% |
| Grade 5 | 144 | 23% |
| Ungraded | 3 | 0% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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 GARDEN CITY 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
84.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +16.0pp since 2023
Math
94.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 94 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.0% | 94.0% |
| 2023-24 | 68.0% | 86.0% |
% 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
81.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% 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 STRATFORD AVENUE SCHOOL
STRATFORD AVENUE SCHOOL's state test result (81.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| STRATFORD AVENUE SCHOOL this school | 638 | 2.0% | 81.0% |
| STEWART SCHOOL GARDEN CITY | 624 | 4.3% | 78.4% |
| TODD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRIARCLIFF MANOR | 574 | 1.2% | 86.5% |
| BRONXVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRONXVILLE | 688 | 4.5% | 84.0% |
| BIRCH SCHOOL MERRICK | 588 | 6.1% | 76.2% |
| WAMPUS SCHOOL ARMONK | 547 | 4.2% | 84.7% |
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 STRATFORD AVENUE SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #153 of 2,335 | #25 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 94.0% | #86 of 2,342 ▲ 86 | #5 of 172 ▲ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #166 of 2,343 ▲ 134 | #16 of 172 ▲ 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 638 | #379 of 2,585 | #23 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #1,875 of 2,338 | #161 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.5% | #1,621 of 2,388 | #154 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 2.0% | #2,513 of 2,534 | #188 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.3% | #228 of 606 | #21 of 70 |
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
638
+41 (+7%) vs 2020
+46% since 1990-91, when it was 437
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 638 | 45.5 | 14.0:1 | 2% (13) |
| 2023-24 | 621 | 44.5 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 636 | 47.4 | 13.4:1 | 1% (5) |
| 2020-21 | 597 | 39 | 15.3:1 | 1% (5) |
| 2017-18 | 568 | 38 | 14.9:1 | 2% (11) |
| 2015-16 | 576 | 34 | 16.9:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2010-11 | 701 | 50 | 14.0:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 659 | 46 | 14.3:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 437 | 31 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for STRATFORD AVENUE SCHOOL.
About STRATFORD AVENUE SCHOOL
Located in GARDEN CITY, New York, STRATFORD AVENUE SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school. The school enrolls 638 students, from grades 2 through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in New York) has about 443 students.
GARDEN CITY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT counts 7 schools and 3,932 students, including STRATFORD AVENUE SCHOOL.
White students make up a majority at STRATFORD AVENUE SCHOOL, at 76%. Other students are 13% Asian and 8% Hispanic. That is higher than the 57% White share among all Nassau County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 39% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
STRATFORD AVENUE SCHOOL's 45.5 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 14.0:1. On average, elementary schools in New York have 12.8:1, compared with 14.0:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 2%. The gap from the 31% average for public schools in Nassau County is 29 points.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, STRATFORD AVENUE SCHOOL receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
STRATFORD AVENUE SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 81.0% and a predicted 74.2%.
Within Nassau County, the median household income is $146,202, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides STRATFORD AVENUE SCHOOL, Nassau County has 314 other public schools.
The shortest distance from STRATFORD AVENUE SCHOOL to another public school is about 0.4 miles, to HOMESTEAD SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 74.7%, lower than STRATFORD AVENUE SCHOOL's 81.0%.
NCES assigns STRATFORD AVENUE SCHOOL the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
STRATFORD AVENUE SCHOOL's enrollment climbed from 597 in 2020-21 to 638 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 14.0:1, from 15.3:1.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 GARDEN CITY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- GARDEN CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,096 students
- GARDEN CITY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,034 students
- STEWART SCHOOLElementary · 624 students
- HOMESTEAD SCHOOLElementary · 205 students
- HEMLOCK SCHOOLElementary · 184 students
- LOCUST SCHOOLElementary · 151 students
Other schools in GARDEN CITY
- NASSAU BOCESCombined · 1,797 students
- GARDEN CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,096 students
- GARDEN CITY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,034 students
- STEWART SCHOOLElementary · 624 students
- HOMESTEAD SCHOOLElementary · 205 students
- HEMLOCK SCHOOLElementary · 184 students
Nearby schools
- HOMESTEAD SCHOOL0.4 mi · 205
- GARDEN CITY HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 1,096
- NEW HYDE PARK ROAD SCHOOL0.9 mi · 475
- GARDEN CITY PARK SCHOOL0.9 mi · 310
- H FRANK CAREY HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 1,644
- STEWART MANOR SCHOOL1.0 mi · 342
Frequently asked questions
About STRATFORD AVENUE SCHOOLHow large is STRATFORD AVENUE SCHOOL?
STRATFORD AVENUE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 638 students in grades 02-05.
What age range does STRATFORD AVENUE SCHOOL serve?
STRATFORD AVENUE SCHOOL serves students from grade 02 through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at STRATFORD AVENUE SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at STRATFORD AVENUE SCHOOL.
How diverse is STRATFORD AVENUE SCHOOL?
STRATFORD AVENUE SCHOOL reports a student body of 76% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 13% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is STRATFORD AVENUE SCHOOL in?
STRATFORD AVENUE SCHOOL is part of GARDEN CITY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.