WALT WHITMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

WALT WHITMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the mid-tier elementary campuss in WOODBURY, New York, run under SYOSSET CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 391 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Across the 10 schools in SYOSSET CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (6,980 students total), WALT WHITMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WALT WHITMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment. Other groups include 29% Asian, 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, WALT WHITMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 11% of students at WALT WHITMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Nassau County's rate of about 31%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WALT WHITMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 71.0%, the actual is 83.7%, a residual of +12.7 points.

In the broader community, 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 the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Nassau County runs 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), of which WALT WHITMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is PS 256, roughly 1.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WALT WHITMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 84.6%.

WALT WHITMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 39%: 281 students in 2018 compared to 391 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 72% to 61% over that span.

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