Enrollment
391
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SYOSSET CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362856003845
WALT WHITMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
482 WOODBURY RD, WOODBURY, NY 11797 · (516) 364-5823 · Nassau County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL391 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% of New York public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
43 students
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 40% smaller than its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
79.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
90.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 90 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 90.0% |
| 2023-24 | 83.0% | 89.0% |
% 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
83.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 WALT WHITMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WALT WHITMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (83.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WALT WHITMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 391 | 11.0% | 83.7% |
| OLD BETHPAGE SCHOOL OLD BETHPAGE | 407 | 7.6% | 80.8% |
| TESAGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLIFTON PARK | 361 | 14.7% | 80.6% |
| BERRY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SYOSSET | 450 | 9.1% | 75.4% |
| BIRCHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 376 | 15.4% | 71.8% |
| PS 59 BEEKMAN HILL INTERNATIONAL NEW YORK | 531 | 13.0% | 81.2% |
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 WALT WHITMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.7% | #120 of 2,335 | #14 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 90.0% | #139 of 2,342 ▼ 10 | #19 of 172 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #284 of 2,343 ▼ 203 | #50 of 172 ▼ 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 391 | #1,416 of 2,585 | #116 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #838 of 2,338 | #73 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.7% | #1,076 of 2,388 | #104 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.0% | #2,418 of 2,534 | #148 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +39.1% | #56 of 606 | #2 of 70 |
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
391
+68 (+21%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 330
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 9.8:1
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 | 391 | 35.5 | 11.0:1 | 11% (43) |
| 2023-24 | 398 | 33.5 | 11.9:1 | 9% (34) |
| 2022-23 | 387 | 31.5 | 12.3:1 | 7% (29) |
| 2020-21 | 323 | 33 | 9.8:1 | 4% (14) |
| 2017-18 | 281 | 25 | 11.2:1 | 2% (7) |
| 2015-16 | 256 | 23 | 11.1:1 | 2% (6) |
| 2010-11 | 312 | 27 | 11.6:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 396 | 26 | 15.2:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 330 | 22 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WALT WHITMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WALT WHITMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WALT WHITMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of WOODBURY, New York. Federal data show 391 students enrolled in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
Enrollment across the 10 schools in SYOSSET CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT totals 6,980 students.
The student body at WALT WHITMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 61% White. It is also 29% Asian, 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 54, compared with 70 nationally.
The school had 35.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 11.0:1. Across elementary schools in New York, the average ratio is 12.8:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 11%. The 31% average for public schools in Nassau County is 20 points higher.
On the allk12 Grade, WALT WHITMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at A, ahead of 92% of New York public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 83.7%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 71.0%.
The school's county is Nassau County. According to Census Bureau estimates, 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%. WALT WHITMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shares Nassau County with 314 other public schools.
About 1.2 miles separate WALT WHITMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL from the closest public school, PS 256. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, WALT WHITMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL places 5th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, WALT WHITMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL had a net gain of 68 students, or 21%. The number of students per teacher increased from 9.8 to 11.0 over 4 years.
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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 SYOSSET CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SYOSSET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,400 students
- H B THOMPSON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 951 students
- SOUTH WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 802 students
- ROBBINS LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 460 students
- BERRY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 450 students
- SOUTH GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 433 students
Other Walt Whitman Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Walt Whitman Elementary. WALT WHITMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Walt Whitman Elementary SchoolWheeling, IL · 378 students
Nearby schools
- PS 2561.2 mi · 543
- SYOSSET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 2,400
- H B THOMPSON MIDDLE SCHOOL1.5 mi · 951
- SOUTH WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL1.5 mi · 802
- JUDY JACOBS PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 467
- VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 379
Frequently asked questions
About WALT WHITMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is WALT WHITMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WALT WHITMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 391 students in grades KG-05.
Is WALT WHITMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WALT WHITMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does WALT WHITMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
WALT WHITMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at WALT WHITMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At WALT WHITMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 61% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 29% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is WALT WHITMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
WALT WHITMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SYOSSET CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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