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Enrollment
496
Elementary
DISTRICT 512 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MASSAPEQUA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361863001690
UNQUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
350 UNQUA RD, MASSAPEQUA, NY 11758 · (516) 308-5601 · Nassau County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL496 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% 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.
- CBeats 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
12.6:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
6%
30 students
DISTRICT 9% · 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 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 18% |
| Ungraded | 12 | 2% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
34%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
UNQUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→BERNER MIDDLE SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within MASSAPEQUA 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
63.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
72.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 63 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 72.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 70.0% |
% 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
61.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 UNQUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
UNQUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (61.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNQUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 496 | 6.0% | 61.5% |
| INCREASE MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GOLDENS BRIDGE | 479 | 6.7% | 82.0% |
| MCKENNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MASSAPEQUA PARK | 485 | 7.8% | 53.8% |
| EAST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MASSAPEQUA PARK | 523 | 7.1% | 56.6% |
| FAIRFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MASSAPEQUA | 513 | 9.2% | 55.4% |
| CHARLES E SCHWARTING SCHOOL MASSAPEQUA | 524 | 8.0% | 58.9% |
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 UNQUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #691 of 2,335 | #102 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #626 of 2,342 ▼ 52 | #98 of 172 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #812 of 2,343 ▲ 27 | #114 of 172 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 496 | #848 of 2,585 | #60 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #1,475 of 2,338 | #130 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.0% | #1,783 of 2,388 | #169 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 6.0% | #2,477 of 2,534 | #174 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.0% | #1,280 of 1,757 | #69 of 116 |
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
496
-25 (-5%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 599
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 496 | 39.5 | 12.6:1 | 6% (30) |
| 2023-24 | 489 | 41.3 | 11.8:1 | 7% (35) |
| 2022-23 | 497 | 41.2 | 12.1:1 | 6% (29) |
| 2020-21 | 521 | 46 | 11.3:1 | 7% (35) |
| 2017-18 | 539 | 41.8 | 12.9:1 | 7% (37) |
| 2015-16 | 677 | 53 | 12.8:1 | 6% (42) |
| 2010-11 | 714 | 58 | 12.3:1 | 3% (21) |
| 2000-01 | 806 | 47 | 17.1:1 | 3% (24) |
| 1990-91 | 599 | 50 | 12.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for UNQUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About UNQUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
UNQUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school in MASSAPEQUA, New York, and it is part of MASSAPEQUA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school's 496 students are in kindergarten through 5.
MASSAPEQUA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT is responsible for 9 schools, UNQUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL included, with 6,461 students in all.
Federal enrollment data show UNQUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 80% White. Enrollment also includes 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The school's White share is 23 points above the 57% share among Nassau County residents. UNQUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 34%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reported 39.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 12.6:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 6%. Compared with the 31% average for public schools in Nassau County, the school's rate is lower.
UNQUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded B by allk12, scoring above 55% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Test results at UNQUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are 11.3 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (61.5% actual, 72.8% predicted).
Federal survey data for Nassau County show that the median household income is $146,202, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. There are 315 public schools in Nassau County, enrolling about 200,775 students in all.
The closest public school to UNQUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is BERNER MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.3 miles away. UNQUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 55.2%, lower than UNQUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's 61.5%.
Under the NCES locale system, UNQUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Suburb: Large.
2024-25 enrollment was 496, a 5% decrease from 521 in 2020-21. The ratio of students to teachers went from 11.3:1 to 12.6:1 over the same years.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at UNQUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Nassau County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,389,591
Census ACS
Median income
$146,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
315
200,775 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MASSAPEQUA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- BERNER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,487 students
- MASSAPEQUA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,407 students
- BIRCH LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 696 students
- EAST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 523 students
- FAIRFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 513 students
- MHS AMES CAMPUSHigh · 495 students
Other schools in MASSAPEQUA
- BERNER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,487 students
- MASSAPEQUA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,407 students
- PLAINEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 856 students
- CHARLES E SCHWARTING SCHOOLElementary · 524 students
- FAIRFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 513 students
- MHS AMES CAMPUSHigh · 495 students
Nearby schools
- BERNER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 1,487
- MASSAPEQUA HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 1,407
- EAST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 523
- PARK AVENUE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 604
- BIRCH LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 696
- MCKENNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 485
Frequently asked questions
About UNQUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at UNQUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
UNQUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 496 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does UNQUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
UNQUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does UNQUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
UNQUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at UNQUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At UNQUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 80% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is UNQUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
UNQUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of MASSAPEQUA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.