Enrollment
282
Elementary
DISTRICT 310 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST BABYLON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363054004104
TOOKER AVENUE SCHOOL
855 TOOKER AVE, WEST BABYLON, NY 11704 · (631) 376-7601 · Suffolk County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL282 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 59% 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.
- 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
11.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
80 students
DISTRICT 26% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 22% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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 WEST BABYLON 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
56.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +16.0pp since 2023
Math
73.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 73.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 68.0% |
% 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
59.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 TOOKER AVENUE SCHOOL
TOOKER AVENUE SCHOOL's state test result (59.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| TOOKER AVENUE SCHOOL this school | 282 | 28.4% | 59.7% |
| FOREST AVENUE SCHOOL WEST BABYLON | 278 | 29.5% | 36.1% |
| WESTHAMPTON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WESTHAMPTON BEACH | 298 | 27.2% | 57.8% |
| SLOATSBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SLOATSBURG | 322 | 28.0% | 49.4% |
| SANTAPOGUE SCHOOL WEST BABYLON | 356 | 30.9% | 59.3% |
| MUSCOTA NEW YORK | 290 | 34.5% | 75.6% |
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 TOOKER AVENUE SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.7% | #763 of 2,335 | #49 of 168 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #606 of 2,342 ▲ 32 | #26 of 169 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,122 of 2,343 ▲ 185 | #69 of 169 ▲ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 282 | #2,096 of 2,585 | #180 of 209 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #985 of 2,338 | #87 of 196 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.9% | #675 of 2,388 | #58 of 197 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.4% | #2,014 of 2,534 | #118 of 200 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.8% | #1,293 of 1,757 | #87 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
282
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 370
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 9.2:1
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 | 282 | 24.9 | 11.3:1 | 28% (80) |
| 2023-24 | 292 | 26.3 | 11.1:1 | 50% (145) |
| 2022-23 | 291 | 25.4 | 11.5:1 | 37% (107) |
| 2020-21 | 285 | 31 | 9.2:1 | 36% (103) |
| 2017-18 | 306 | 25 | 12.2:1 | 30% (93) |
| 2015-16 | 334 | 25 | 13.4:1 | 46% (153) |
| 2010-11 | 348 | 29 | 12.0:1 | 34% (119) |
| 2000-01 | 444 | 26 | 17.1:1 | 13% (58) |
| 1990-91 | 370 | 24 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for TOOKER AVENUE SCHOOL.
About TOOKER AVENUE SCHOOL
TOOKER AVENUE SCHOOL is a public small elementary school in WEST BABYLON, New York. It serves 282 students in pre-K through 5. The average among elementary schools in New York is roughly 443 students; this school is 36% smaller than that.
In WEST BABYLON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, 7 schools enroll a combined 3,597 students.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at TOOKER AVENUE SCHOOL is Hispanic (50%). Other groups include 37% White, 9% Black, and 3% Asian. The county population is about 23% Hispanic. TOOKER AVENUE SCHOOL has a diversity index of 61%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
TOOKER AVENUE SCHOOL counts 24.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 11.3 students for each one. Among elementary schools in New York, the typical ratio is 12.8:1. About 28% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Suffolk County, the average is 39%.
The allk12 Grade for TOOKER AVENUE SCHOOL is B. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 59% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
TOOKER AVENUE SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (59.7%) and its predicted rate (64.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
Federal survey data for Suffolk County show that median household income is about $130,686, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 40% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. A total of 343 public schools operate in Suffolk County, serving about 222,439 students.
Nearby, FOREST AVENUE SCHOOL is about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, TOOKER AVENUE SCHOOL places 4th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
TOOKER AVENUE SCHOOL had 285 students in 2020-21 and 282 in 2024-25, nearly the same. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.3:1) than in 2020-21 (9.2:1).
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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 WEST BABYLON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WEST BABYLON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,228 students
- WEST BABYLON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 817 students
- SANTAPOGUE SCHOOLElementary · 356 students
- JOHN F KENNEDY SCHOOLElementary · 348 students
- SOUTH BAY SCHOOLElementary · 288 students
- FOREST AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 278 students
Other schools in WEST BABYLON
- WEST BABYLON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,228 students
- WEST BABYLON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 817 students
- SANTAPOGUE SCHOOLElementary · 356 students
- JOHN F KENNEDY SCHOOLElementary · 348 students
- SOUTH BAY SCHOOLElementary · 288 students
- FOREST AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 278 students
Nearby schools
- FOREST AVENUE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 278
- SANTAPOGUE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 356
- WEST BABYLON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 817
- BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 375
- DANIEL STREET SCHOOL1.1 mi · 495
- LINDENHURST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.2 mi · 1,868
Frequently asked questions
About TOOKER AVENUE SCHOOLHow large is TOOKER AVENUE SCHOOL?
TOOKER AVENUE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 282 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does TOOKER AVENUE SCHOOL serve?
TOOKER AVENUE SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at TOOKER AVENUE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at TOOKER AVENUE SCHOOL is approximately 11.3:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at TOOKER AVENUE SCHOOL?
At TOOKER AVENUE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 37% White, 50% Hispanic, 9% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is TOOKER AVENUE SCHOOL in?
TOOKER AVENUE SCHOOL is part of WEST BABYLON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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