ULYSSES BYAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

ULYSSES BYAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a mid-tier primary school in ROOSEVELT, New York, operated by ROOSEVELT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, educates 457 students, covering grades pre-K through 6.

Across the 5 schools in ROOSEVELT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (3,152 students total), ULYSSES BYAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, ULYSSES BYAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 62% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 30% Black, 4% Asian, 3% White. By comparison, Nassau County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, ULYSSES BYAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.3:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Nassau County runs at roughly 31%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, ULYSSES BYAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 55.5%; actual is 30.9%, a gap of -24.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Nassau County shows the typical household earns roughly $146,202 per year, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ULYSSES BYAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 315 public schools in Nassau County (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students).

Nearest neighbor: ROOSEVELT CHILDREN'S ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ULYSSES BYAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 47.6%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. ULYSSES BYAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 16% since 2018, when it stood at 541 (now 457). Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 44% to 30%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.

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