Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
TWIN PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
- CTest 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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 163 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 172 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 172 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 155 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 142 | 18% |
This year's 1st grade class (163) is 15% larger than its 5th grade class (142).
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 41.0% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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%.
Schools most like TWIN PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TWIN PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (37.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| TWIN PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 804 | 87.1% | 37.5% |
| NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRENTWOOD | 881 | 87.5% | 26.9% |
| ACHIEVEMENT FIRST NORTH BROOKLYN PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 843 | 90.3% | 61.8% |
| NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRENTWOOD | 937 | 88.4% | 29.4% |
| COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW ROCHELLE | 728 | 86.3% | 44.4% |
| PS 92 HARRY T STEWART SR CORONA | 867 | 87.0% | 42.3% |
Where TWIN PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #1,734 of 2,335 | #125 of 168 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #1,912 of 2,342 ▼ 265 | #145 of 169 ▼ 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #1,787 of 2,343 ▼ 264 | #123 of 169 ▼ 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 804 | #147 of 2,585 | #10 of 209 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #2,186 of 2,338 | #189 of 196 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.3% | #2,097 of 2,388 | #195 of 197 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.1% | #532 of 2,534 | #7 of 200 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.0% | #1,145 of 1,757 | #74 of 137 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 804 | 49.6 | 16.2:1 | 87% (700) |
| 2023-24 | 786 | 47.9 | 16.4:1 | 87% (683) |
| 2022-23 | 744 | 49.2 | 15.1:1 | 85% (636) |
| 2020-21 | 793 | 50 | 15.9:1 | 89% (707) |
| 2017-18 | 893 | 44 | 20.3:1 | 85% (762) |
| 2015-16 | 932 | 44 | 21.2:1 | 88% (822) |
| 2010-11 | 860 | 49 | 17.6:1 | 78% (671) |
| 2000-01 | 833 | 41 | 20.3:1 | 78% (646) |
| 1990-91 | 410 | 32 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
About TWIN PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TWIN PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, located in BRENTWOOD, New York, is a high-enrollment elementary school. The school had 804 students in grades 1 through 5 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in New York) has about 443 students.
BRENTWOOD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT is made up of 17 schools with 17,844 students in all.
At TWIN PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Hispanic students make up 89% of the student body. The school is also 6% Black and 2% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 23%. The chance that two students picked at random at TWIN PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 20%.
The school employs the equivalent of 49.6 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 16.2:1. Among elementary schools in New York, the typical ratio is 12.8:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 87%. That is higher than the 39% average for public schools in Suffolk County.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, TWIN PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 43.0% for TWIN PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The school posts 37.5%, 5.4 points below the prediction.
Within Suffolk County, 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.
The school nearest to TWIN PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is PINE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Within five miles of TWIN PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, TWIN PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th of 8 on average proficiency.
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.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 793 in 2020-21 and 804 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for TWIN PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Suffolk County at a glance
View full county profileQuick facts
Related schools
- BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,816 students
- BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMAN CAMPUSHigh · 1,287 students
- EAST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,108 students
- NORTH MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,051 students
- SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 975 students
- SOUTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 975 students
- BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,816 students
- BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMAN CAMPUSHigh · 1,287 students
- EAST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,108 students
- NORTH MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,051 students
- SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 975 students
- NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 937 students
- PINE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 544
- BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMAN CAMPUS0.4 mi · 1,287
- NORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 1,051
- NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 881
- BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 4,816
- NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 937