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Enrollment
621
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362322000508
STRATFORD ROAD SCHOOL
33 BEDFORD RD, PLAINVIEW, NY 11803 · (516) 434-3387 · Nassau County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL621 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% 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.
- 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
10.3:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
105 students
DISTRICT 14% · 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 | 117 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 106 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 128 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 138 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 124 | 20% |
| Ungraded | 8 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (117) is 6% smaller than its 4th grade class (124).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
73.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
89.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 89.0% |
| 2023-24 | 72.0% | 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
79.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 ROAD SCHOOL
STRATFORD ROAD SCHOOL's state test result (79.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| STRATFORD ROAD SCHOOL this school | 621 | 16.9% | 79.9% |
| SADDLE ROCK SCHOOL GREAT NECK | 519 | 21.2% | 78.4% |
| PASADENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PLAINVIEW | 455 | 16.7% | 83.7% |
| SHELTER ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MANHASSET | 631 | 10.0% | 85.2% |
| E M BAKER SCHOOL GREAT NECK | 651 | 19.8% | 83.3% |
| PS 196 GRAND CENTRAL PARKWAY FOREST HILLS | 749 | 22.3% | 94.9% |
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 ROAD SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.9% | #172 of 2,335 | #31 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #157 of 2,342 ▲ 40 | #25 of 172 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #444 of 2,343 ▼ 212 | #65 of 172 ▼ 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 621 | #407 of 2,585 | #27 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #559 of 2,338 | #41 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.5% | #731 of 2,388 | #70 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.9% | #2,307 of 2,534 | #126 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +20.6% | #133 of 606 | #6 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
621
+44 (+8%) vs 2020
+49% since 2000-01, when it was 416
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 10.1:1
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 | 621 | 60 | 10.3:1 | 17% (105) |
| 2023-24 | 596 | 61.6 | 9.7:1 | 17% (104) |
| 2022-23 | 626 | 64.5 | 9.7:1 | 13% (84) |
| 2020-21 | 577 | 57 | 10.1:1 | 13% (77) |
| 2017-18 | 515 | 44 | 11.7:1 | 8% (42) |
| 2015-16 | 431 | 34 | 12.7:1 | 12% (50) |
| 2010-11 | 412 | 40 | 10.3:1 | 8% (32) |
| 2000-01 | 416 | 33 | 12.6:1 | 3% (12) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for STRATFORD ROAD SCHOOL.
About STRATFORD ROAD SCHOOL
STRATFORD ROAD SCHOOL is an elementary school in PLAINVIEW, New York, and it is part of PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It is open to students in kindergarten through 4 and enrolls 621 students. By comparison, elementary schools in New York enroll about 443 students on average.
STRATFORD ROAD SCHOOL is one of the 7 schools that make up PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (5,406 students in total).
Asian students make up 49% of enrollment at STRATFORD ROAD SCHOOL, the largest share of any group. The rest of enrollment is 40% White, 8% Hispanic, and 2% multiracial. Census estimates put the Asian share of Nassau County's population at about 12%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 59%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at STRATFORD ROAD SCHOOL is 10.3:1, based on 60 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in New York, 12.8:1, is higher. Lunch program data show 17% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Nassau County is 31%.
On the allk12 Grade, STRATFORD ROAD SCHOOL lands at A, ahead of 90% of New York public elementary schools.
STRATFORD ROAD SCHOOL's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 79.9% is 11.2 points above the 68.8% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Nassau County, home to about 1,389,591 people, median household income comes to about $146,202, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 50%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. There are 315 public schools in the county, enrolling about 200,775, STRATFORD ROAD SCHOOL among them.
STRATFORD ROAD SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is BAYLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.7 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. STRATFORD ROAD SCHOOL's average proficiency of 79.9% compares with 75.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The federal government classifies STRATFORD ROAD SCHOOL's location as Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 577 to 621, an 8% increase.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE/JFK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,720 students
- PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 953 students
- H B MATTLIN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 783 students
- JUDY JACOBS PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 467 students
- PASADENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 455 students
- OLD BETHPAGE SCHOOLElementary · 407 students
Other schools in PLAINVIEW
- PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE/JFK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,720 students
- PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 953 students
- H B MATTLIN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 783 students
- JUDY JACOBS PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 467 students
- PASADENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 455 students
- BAYLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 416 students
Nearby schools
- BAYLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 416
- WOODLAND AVENUE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 277
- PASADENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 455
- PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 953
- JUDY JACOBS PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 467
- SOUTH GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 433
Frequently asked questions
About STRATFORD ROAD SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at STRATFORD ROAD SCHOOL?
STRATFORD ROAD SCHOOL enrolls approximately 621 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does STRATFORD ROAD SCHOOL serve?
STRATFORD ROAD SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many teachers does STRATFORD ROAD SCHOOL have?
STRATFORD ROAD SCHOOL employs 60 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at STRATFORD ROAD SCHOOL?
At STRATFORD ROAD SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 40% White, 8% Hispanic, 0% Black, 49% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is STRATFORD ROAD SCHOOL public or private?
STRATFORD ROAD SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.