WANTAGH SCHOOL

Set in WANTAGH, New York, WANTAGH SCHOOL is a roomy elementary campus, run under WANTAGH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. It teaches 672 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 52% larger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

Across the 5 schools in WANTAGH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (2,854 students total), WANTAGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WANTAGH SCHOOL lists that nearly all students (85%) are White. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 57% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, WANTAGH SCHOOL has 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 9% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Nassau County's rate of about 31%.

After controlling for student poverty, WANTAGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 71.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.2%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Nassau County) reports that median household earnings sit near $146,202, roughly 50% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Nassau County's 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), WANTAGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: FOREST LAKE SCHOOL, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WANTAGH SCHOOL comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 72.0%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 9%: 619 students in 2018 compared to 672 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

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