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Enrollment
419
Elementary
DISTRICT 364 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OYSTER BAY-EAST NORWICH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362229003149
VERNON SCHOOL
880 OYSTER BAY RD, EAST NORWICH, NY 11732 · (516) 624-6562 · Nassau County
GRADES 03–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL419 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% 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
7.9:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
95 students
DISTRICT 25% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 104 | 25% |
| Grade 4 | 112 | 27% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 25% |
| Grade 6 | 97 | 23% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within OYSTER BAY-EAST NORWICH CENTRAL 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
69.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +5.0pp 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 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.0% | 72.0% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 74.0% |
% 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
67.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 VERNON SCHOOL
VERNON SCHOOL's state test result (67.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| VERNON SCHOOL this school | 419 | 22.7% | 67.8% |
| SCHOOL 2 OCEANSIDE | 407 | 21.9% | 59.5% |
| BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL YORKTOWN HEIGHTS | 466 | 21.7% | 66.5% |
| SAG HARBOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SAG HARBOR | 431 | 23.9% | 65.2% |
| LIDO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LONG BEACH | 468 | 20.1% | 77.0% |
| LEPTONDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WALLKILL | 460 | 24.6% | 45.0% |
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 VERNON SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #457 of 2,335 | #79 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #629 of 2,342 ▼ 169 | #100 of 172 ▼ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #577 of 2,343 ▼ 166 | #90 of 172 ▼ 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 419 | #1,265 of 2,585 | #107 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.9:1 | #54 of 2,338 | #2 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.3% | #1,090 of 2,388 | #105 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.7% | #2,158 of 2,534 | #90 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.0% | #1,093 of 1,757 | #54 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
419
-28 (-6%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 389
Student : Teacher
7.9:1
was 9.1:1
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 | 419 | 53 | 7.9:1 | 23% (95) |
| 2023-24 | 418 | 52 | 8.0:1 | 21% (87) |
| 2022-23 | 434 | 53.8 | 8.1:1 | 20% (86) |
| 2020-21 | 447 | 49 | 9.1:1 | 26% (116) |
| 2017-18 | 471 | 43.1 | 10.9:1 | 19% (90) |
| 2015-16 | 461 | 38 | 12.1:1 | 22% (101) |
| 2010-11 | 533 | 52 | 10.3:1 | 15% (82) |
| 2000-01 | 460 | 47 | 9.8:1 | 10% (45) |
| 1990-91 | 389 | 34 | 11.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for VERNON SCHOOL.
About VERNON SCHOOL
EAST NORWICH, New York, is home to VERNON SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary school. It reported 419 students in grades 3 through 6 in 2024-25.
VERNON SCHOOL belongs to OYSTER BAY-EAST NORWICH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district of 4 schools and 1,344 students.
The student body at VERNON SCHOOL is 62% White. The school is also 28% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 2% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 53%.
Based on 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, VERNON SCHOOL has a ratio of 7.9:1. The average for elementary schools in New York, 12.8:1, is higher. Income data for the school show 23% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Nassau County, the average eligibility rate is 31%.
On the allk12 Grade, VERNON SCHOOL lands at B+, ahead of 73% of New York public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, VERNON SCHOOL is 1.2 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New York schools.
In Nassau County, home to about 1,389,591 people, the median household earns about $146,202 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 50% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. VERNON SCHOOL shares Nassau County with 314 other public schools.
The closest school to VERNON SCHOOL is OYSTER BAY HIGH SCHOOL, located about 1.6 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts VERNON SCHOOL at 8th of 8.
VERNON SCHOOL falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 419, down from 447 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher dropped from 9.1 to 7.9 over 4 years.
The VERNON SCHOOL discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 OYSTER BAY-EAST NORWICH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- OYSTER BAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 412 students
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT SCHOOLElementary · 308 students
- OYSTER BAY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 205 students
Other Vernon schools
One other US public school is named Vernon. VERNON SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Vernon SchoolVERNON, UT · 20 students
Nearby schools
- OYSTER BAY HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 412
- OYSTER BAY MIDDLE SCHOOL1.6 mi · 205
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT SCHOOL1.6 mi · 308
- BERRY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 450
- VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.9 mi · 379
- SOUTH WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL3.0 mi · 802
Frequently asked questions
About VERNON SCHOOLHow many students attend VERNON SCHOOL?
VERNON SCHOOL enrolls approximately 419 students in grades 03-06.
What grades does VERNON SCHOOL serve?
VERNON SCHOOL serves grades 03-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at VERNON SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at VERNON SCHOOL is approximately 7.9:1 (53 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at VERNON SCHOOL?
At VERNON SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 62% White, 28% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is VERNON SCHOOL in?
VERNON SCHOOL is part of OYSTER BAY-EAST NORWICH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.