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Enrollment
376
Elementary
DISTRICT 510 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEVITTOWN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361716001531
SUMMIT LANE SCHOOL
4 SUMMIT LN, LEVITTOWN, NY 11756 · (516) 434-7526 · Nassau County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL376 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of New York public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
12.2:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
152 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 | 67 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
58.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +13.0pp since 2023
Math
79.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +15.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 79.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 64.0% |
% 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
60.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% 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 SUMMIT LANE SCHOOL
SUMMIT LANE SCHOOL's state test result (60.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUMMIT LANE SCHOOL this school | 376 | 40.4% | 60.3% |
| J FRED SPARKE SCHOOL LEVITTOWN | 323 | 33.1% | N/A |
| WILLOW ROAD SCHOOL FRANKLIN SQUARE | 410 | 34.4% | 45.2% |
| MICHAEL F STOKES SCHOOL LEVITTOWN | 511 | 36.2% | 67.1% |
| HAMPTON STREET SCHOOL MINEOLA | 323 | 34.7% | N/A |
| PS 452 NEW YORK | 404 | 34.9% | 73.6% |
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 SUMMIT LANE SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #737 of 2,335 | #109 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #383 of 2,342 ▲ 382 | #68 of 172 ▲ 49 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,037 of 2,343 ▲ 51 | #130 of 172 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 376 | #1,513 of 2,585 | #128 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #1,331 of 2,338 | #118 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.3% | #253 of 2,388 | #25 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.4% | #1,681 of 2,534 | #48 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.4% | #1,318 of 1,757 | #74 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
376
-40 (-10%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 412
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 376 | 30.9 | 12.2:1 | 40% (152) |
| 2023-24 | 369 | 31.2 | 11.8:1 | 30% (109) |
| 2022-23 | 400 | 33.2 | 12.0:1 | 30% (120) |
| 2020-21 | 416 | 37 | 11.2:1 | 26% (107) |
| 2017-18 | 406 | 39 | 10.4:1 | 24% (97) |
| 2015-16 | 403 | 38 | 10.6:1 | 25% (102) |
| 2010-11 | 422 | 39 | 10.8:1 | 12% (52) |
| 2000-01 | 594 | 43 | 13.8:1 | 9% (52) |
| 1990-91 | 412 | 32 | 12.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SUMMIT LANE SCHOOL.
About SUMMIT LANE SCHOOL
Families in LEVITTOWN, New York, are served by SUMMIT LANE SCHOOL, a small elementary school. Enrollment totals 376 students across kindergarten through 5.
SUMMIT LANE SCHOOL reports to LEVITTOWN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 10 schools and 7,062 students.
No group is above 50% at SUMMIT LANE SCHOOL; the largest is White, at 35%. After that, the student body is 31% Hispanic, 29% Asian, 2% Black, and 2% multiracial. Among all residents of Nassau County, the White share is about 57%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 69%.
A staff of 30.9 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 12.2:1. The 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is close to this figure. By family income, 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Nassau County, the average eligibility rate is 31%.
Among New York public elementary schools, SUMMIT LANE SCHOOL outscored 65%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with New York schools that have similar shares of low-income students, SUMMIT LANE SCHOOL's results are within a point of predicted: 60.3% against 60.1%.
In Nassau County, home to about 1,389,591 people, median household income comes to about $146,202, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Nassau County's 315 public schools enroll about 200,775 students and include SUMMIT LANE SCHOOL.
The closest school to SUMMIT LANE SCHOOL is DIVISION AVENUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, located about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of SUMMIT LANE SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 60.3% is below the 65.7% average for nearby schools.
SUMMIT LANE SCHOOL is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 10%.
The discussion board for SUMMIT LANE SCHOOL is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 LEVITTOWN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- GEN DOUGLAS MACARTHUR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,295 students
- DIVISION AVENUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,044 students
- JONAS E SALK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 899 students
- WISDOM LANE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 765 students
- EAST BROADWAY SCHOOLElementary · 662 students
- ABBEY LANE SCHOOLElementary · 607 students
Other schools in LEVITTOWN
- GEN DOUGLAS MACARTHUR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,295 students
- DIVISION AVENUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,044 students
- JONAS E SALK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 899 students
- WISDOM LANE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 765 students
- ISLAND TREES MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 725 students
- ISLAND TREES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 701 students
Nearby schools
- DIVISION AVENUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 1,044
- NORTHSIDE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 560
- WISDOM LANE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 765
- ABBEY LANE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 607
- J FRED SPARKE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 323
- MICHAEL F STOKES SCHOOL1.0 mi · 511
Frequently asked questions
About SUMMIT LANE SCHOOLHow large is SUMMIT LANE SCHOOL?
SUMMIT LANE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 376 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does SUMMIT LANE SCHOOL serve?
SUMMIT LANE SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does SUMMIT LANE SCHOOL have?
SUMMIT LANE SCHOOL employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SUMMIT LANE SCHOOL?
At SUMMIT LANE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 35% White, 31% Hispanic, 2% Black, 29% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees SUMMIT LANE SCHOOL?
SUMMIT LANE SCHOOL is overseen by LEVITTOWN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Nassau County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.