WALNUT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in UNIONDALE, New York, WALNUT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a reasonably sized primary school, overseen by UNIONDALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. It serves 505 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 8 schools in UNIONDALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (5,995 students total), WALNUT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, WALNUT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 68% of enrollment. Other groups include 29% Black. By comparison, Nassau County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, WALNUT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.4:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 67% of students at WALNUT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. 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), WALNUT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.1%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Nassau County put 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. WALNUT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 315 public schools in Nassau County (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students).

UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WALNUT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 55.3%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. WALNUT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 14% since 2018, when it stood at 587 (now 505). The Black share of enrollment fell from 33% to 29% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

On allk12, the feed for WALNUT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.