Enrollment
318
Elementary
DISTRICT 284 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BAYPORT-BLUE POINT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360411000176
SYLVAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
600 SYLVAN AVE, BAYPORT, NY 11705 · (631) 472-7840 · Suffolk County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL318 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% 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.
- 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
11.9:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
44 students
DISTRICT 14% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 73 | 23% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 32 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (42).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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 BAYPORT-BLUE POINT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
79.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +17.0pp since 2023
Math
78.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 78.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.0% | 75.0% |
% 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
70.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 SYLVAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SYLVAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (70.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SYLVAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 318 | 13.8% | 70.8% |
| MANDALAY SCHOOL WANTAGH | 321 | 15.0% | 72.4% |
| HALDANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COLD SPRING | 293 | 12.3% | 73.3% |
| DOGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SMITHTOWN | 350 | 13.1% | 62.1% |
| OCEAN AVENUE SCHOOL NORTHPORT | 346 | 12.1% | 69.4% |
| EVANS PARK SCHOOL PEARL RIVER | 291 | 13.7% | 74.3% |
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 SYLVAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.8% | #372 of 2,335 | #12 of 168 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #414 of 2,342 ▲ 13 | #13 of 169 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #270 of 2,343 ▲ 192 | #6 of 169 ▲ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 318 | #1,881 of 2,585 | #164 of 209 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #1,223 of 2,338 | #111 of 196 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.6% | #1,744 of 2,388 | #163 of 197 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.8% | #2,369 of 2,534 | #171 of 200 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.2% | #1,706 of 1,757 | #131 of 137 |
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
318
+46 (+17%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 338
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 8.2:1
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 | 318 | 26.7 | 11.9:1 | 14% (44) |
| 2023-24 | 299 | 27.7 | 10.8:1 | 18% (54) |
| 2022-23 | 306 | 29 | 10.5:1 | 15% (46) |
| 2020-21 | 272 | 33 | 8.2:1 | 18% (50) |
| 2017-18 | 322 | 27.4 | 11.8:1 | 19% (60) |
| 2015-16 | 341 | 27 | 12.6:1 | 16% (56) |
| 2010-11 | 427 | 37 | 11.5:1 | 9% (39) |
| 2000-01 | 403 | 25 | 16.1:1 | 7% (30) |
| 1990-91 | 338 | 38 | 8.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SYLVAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SYLVAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SYLVAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school in BAYPORT, New York. The school counts 318 students across pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 28% smaller than the 443 average for elementary schools in New York.
SYLVAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports to BAYPORT-BLUE POINT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 5 schools and 1,831 students.
At 79%, White students outnumber all other groups at SYLVAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL combined. Smaller groups are 16% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 66% of Suffolk County residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at SYLVAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 36%.
Dividing enrollment by its 26.7 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 11.9:1. Among elementary schools in New York, the typical ratio is 12.8:1. Eligible students account for 14% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. That rate is below the 39% average among public schools in Suffolk County.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, SYLVAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY 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.
SYLVAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (70.8% versus 69.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New York.
Suffolk County has about 1,530,146 residents, and median household income is about $130,686, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 40% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Federal data list 343 public schools in Suffolk County, with a combined enrollment of about 222,439.
JAMES WILSON YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL is the public school closest to SYLVAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. SYLVAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. SYLVAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency of 70.8% compares with 61.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 318, 17% above the 272 of 2020-21. Students per teacher rose from 8.2 in 2020-21 to 11.9 in 2024-25.
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Suffolk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,530,146
Census ACS
Median income
$130,686
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
343
222,439 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BAYPORT-BLUE POINT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- BAYPORT-BLUE POINT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 579 students
- JAMES WILSON YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 399 students
- ACADEMY STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 317 students
- BLUE POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 218 students
Other schools in BAYPORT
- BAYPORT-BLUE POINT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 579 students
- JAMES WILSON YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 399 students
- ACADEMY STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 317 students
Nearby schools
- JAMES WILSON YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 399
- BLUE POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 218
- BAYPORT-BLUE POINT HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 579
- ACADEMY STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 317
- SUNRISE DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 388
- RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 314
Frequently asked questions
About SYLVAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is SYLVAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SYLVAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 318 students in grades PK-05.
Is SYLVAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SYLVAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at SYLVAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.9:1 students per teacher at SYLVAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is SYLVAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SYLVAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 79% White, 16% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees SYLVAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SYLVAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by BAYPORT-BLUE POINT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Suffolk County.
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