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How has TACKAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
470
Elementary
DISTRICT 448 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SMITHTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362706003690
TACKAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
99 MIDWOOD AVE, NESCONSET, NY 11767 · (631) 382-2675 · Suffolk County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL470 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% 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
13.8:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
91 students
DISTRICT 17% · 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 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
69.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
72.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.0% | 72.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 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
69.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 TACKAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TACKAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (69.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| TACKAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 470 | 19.4% | 69.0% |
| MOUNT PLEASANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SMITHTOWN | 479 | 16.5% | 49.5% |
| PINE BUSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 462 | 21.2% | 68.2% |
| BRINCKERHOFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FISHKILL | 545 | 20.2% | 68.9% |
| PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SMITHTOWN | 498 | 14.1% | 66.8% |
| LYNNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 405 | 18.5% | 66.8% |
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 TACKAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #433 of 2,335 | #18 of 168 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #635 of 2,342 ▼ 198 | #30 of 169 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #584 of 2,343 ▼ 29 | #26 of 169 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 470 | #967 of 2,585 | #90 of 209 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #1,829 of 2,338 | #162 of 196 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.5% | #1,406 of 2,388 | #128 of 197 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.4% | #2,253 of 2,534 | #149 of 200 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.2% | #468 of 1,757 | #11 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
470
-74 (-14%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 408
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 470 | 34.1 | 13.8:1 | 19% (91) |
| 2023-24 | 474 | 36.1 | 13.1:1 | 15% (70) |
| 2022-23 | 499 | 35.7 | 14.0:1 | 15% (76) |
| 2020-21 | 544 | 34 | 16.0:1 | 10% (56) |
| 2017-18 | 620 | 47.7 | 13.0:1 | 14% (86) |
| 2015-16 | 496 | 29 | 17.1:1 | 14% (67) |
| 2010-11 | 551 | 39 | 14.1:1 | 8% (44) |
| 2000-01 | 542 | 33 | 16.4:1 | 4% (20) |
| 1990-91 | 408 | 26 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for TACKAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About TACKAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TACKAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in NESCONSET, New York, under SMITHTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. School enrollment was 470 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 5.
SMITHTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT is made up of 12 schools with 7,437 students in all.
Roughly 72% of students at TACKAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are White. Other groups make up 13% Hispanic, 10% Asian, and 3% Black. The school's diversity index is 46%, meaning two students picked at random have a 46% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1 at TACKAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, with 34.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 0.9 above the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 19%. The average for public schools in Suffolk County is 39%.
The allk12 Grade for TACKAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is B+. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 74% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
TACKAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency rate on state tests of 69.0% is 1.1 points above the 67.9% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In the county around the school, Suffolk County, the median household income is $130,686, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 40% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Suffolk County is home to 343 public schools and about 222,439 public school students.
The closest other public school is GREAT HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 1.0 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, TACKAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
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.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 74 fewer students in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.8:1.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 SMITHTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL EASTHigh · 1,403 students
- SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL-WESTHigh · 1,158 students
- GREAT HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 750 students
- ACCOMPSETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 523 students
- ACCOMPSETT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 522 students
- SMITHTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 517 students
Nearby schools
- GREAT HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 750
- WENONAH SCHOOL1.2 mi · 488
- CHEROKEE STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 618
- CAYUGA SCHOOL1.7 mi · 539
- DOGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 350
- EUGENE AUER MEMORIAL SCHOOL2.2 mi · 308
Frequently asked questions
About TACKAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at TACKAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
TACKAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 470 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does TACKAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
TACKAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at TACKAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at TACKAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is TACKAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
TACKAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 72% White, 13% Hispanic, 3% Black, 10% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is TACKAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
TACKAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of SMITHTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.