WASHINGTON ROSE SCHOOL

As a sprawling primary school in ROOSEVELT, New York, WASHINGTON ROSE SCHOOL works with 667 students from grades pre-K through 6, operated by ROOSEVELT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 51% bigger than typical.

Across the 5 schools in ROOSEVELT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (3,152 students total), WASHINGTON ROSE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, WASHINGTON ROSE SCHOOL reports that 70% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 25% Black, 3% White. By comparison, Nassau County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.6:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 61% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Nassau County runs at roughly 31%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WASHINGTON ROSE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.7%, the actual is 36.9%, a residual of -15.7 points.

In the area at large, census data for Nassau County shows median household income runs about $146,202, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. WASHINGTON ROSE SCHOOL is one of 315 public schools in Nassau County (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students).

ROOSEVELT CHILDREN'S ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WASHINGTON ROSE SCHOOL comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 42.1%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. WASHINGTON ROSE SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 14% since 2018, when it stood at 776 (now 667). The Black share of enrollment shrank from 46% to 25% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

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