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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the WASHINGTON STREET SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
782
Elementary
DISTRICT 620 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRANKLIN SQUARE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361146000903
WASHINGTON STREET SCHOOL
760 WASHINGTON ST, FRANKLIN SQUARE, NY 11010 · (516) 505-6995 · Nassau County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL782 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
11.6:1
67 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
180 students
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 52 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 99 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 104 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 115 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 108 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 104 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (104).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
56.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
60.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 60.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 57.0% |
% 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
53.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 WASHINGTON STREET SCHOOL
WASHINGTON STREET SCHOOL's state test result (53.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WASHINGTON STREET SCHOOL this school | 782 | 23.0% | 53.4% |
| MAGNET SCHOOL OF MATH SCIENCE & DESIGN TECHNOLOGY BROOKLYN | 836 | 21.7% | 79.7% |
| SAW MILL ROAD SCHOOL NORTH BELLMORE | 700 | 18.7% | 58.3% |
| PS 130 PARKSIDE (THE) BROOKLYN | 891 | 28.4% | 62.5% |
| SIGNAL HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DIX HILLS | 672 | 20.1% | 65.9% |
| WOODWARD PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FARMINGDALE | 815 | 27.1% | 57.5% |
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 WASHINGTON STREET SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.4% | #1,030 of 2,335 | #137 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #1,073 of 2,342 ▼ 32 | #142 of 172 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,106 of 2,343 ▲ 17 | #134 of 172 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 782 | #168 of 2,585 | #7 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #1,109 of 2,338 | #94 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.6% | #580 of 2,388 | #57 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.0% | #2,148 of 2,534 | #89 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.9% | #1,158 of 1,757 | #57 of 116 |
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
782
-34 (-4%) vs 2020
+33% since 1990-91, when it was 590
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 782 | 67.4 | 11.6:1 | 23% (180) |
| 2023-24 | 790 | 65.9 | 12.0:1 | 19% (148) |
| 2022-23 | 794 | 61.7 | 12.9:1 | 14% (112) |
| 2020-21 | 816 | 57 | 14.3:1 | 16% (132) |
| 2017-18 | 868 | 58 | 15.0:1 | 17% (147) |
| 2015-16 | 828 | 56 | 14.8:1 | 16% (130) |
| 2010-11 | 762 | 57 | 13.4:1 | 9% (68) |
| 2000-01 | 775 | 49 | 15.8:1 | 10% (77) |
| 1990-91 | 590 | 44 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WASHINGTON STREET SCHOOL.
About WASHINGTON STREET SCHOOL
WASHINGTON STREET SCHOOL runs as a large elementary school in FRANKLIN SQUARE, New York. The school counts 782 students across pre-K through 6. The school's enrollment is 77% bigger than the 443 average for elementary schools in New York.
FRANKLIN SQUARE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT counts 1,859 students in its 3 schools, and WASHINGTON STREET SCHOOL is one of them.
White students make up a majority at WASHINGTON STREET SCHOOL, at 53%. The next largest groups are 26% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. The White share in Nassau County as a whole is similar, at about 57%. Pick two students at random and there is a 63% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 11.6:1 comes from the school's 67.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 1.2 students per teacher below the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 23% in 2024-25. That is 8 points below the 31% average for public schools in Nassau County.
allk12 grades WASHINGTON STREET SCHOOL a C+. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, WASHINGTON STREET SCHOOL would score about 66.5%. It scores 53.4%, 13.1 points below that figure.
County data help place the school in context: in Nassau County, the median household income is $146,202, about 50% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. In all, Nassau County has 315 public schools and roughly 200,775 students.
H FRANK CAREY HIGH SCHOOL is the public school closest to WASHINGTON STREET SCHOOL, about 0.1 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: WASHINGTON STREET SCHOOL ranks 6th of 8 nearby schools, at 53.4% versus a 63.6% average.
WASHINGTON STREET SCHOOL is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment is down 4% from 2020-21, when WASHINGTON STREET SCHOOL had 816 students, to 2024-25, when it had 782. Students per teacher fell from 14.3 in 2020-21 to 11.6 in 2024-25.
If you have questions about school safety, transportation, and start times at WASHINGTON STREET SCHOOL, you can post them here. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 FRANKLIN SQUARE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- POLK STREET SCHOOLElementary · 594 students
- JOHN STREET SCHOOLElementary · 483 students
Other schools in FRANKLIN SQUARE
- H FRANK CAREY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,644 students
- VALLEY STREAM NORTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,260 students
- POLK STREET SCHOOLElementary · 594 students
- JOHN STREET SCHOOLElementary · 483 students
- WILLOW ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 410 students
Other Washington Street schools
One other US public school is named Washington Street. WASHINGTON STREET SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Washington Street SchoolWest Bend, WI · 5 students
Nearby schools
- H FRANK CAREY HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 1,644
- JOHN STREET SCHOOL0.6 mi · 483
- GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOL0.9 mi · 340
- STRATFORD AVENUE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 638
- HOMESTEAD SCHOOL1.1 mi · 205
- COVERT AVENUE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 646
Frequently asked questions
About WASHINGTON STREET SCHOOLHow large is WASHINGTON STREET SCHOOL?
WASHINGTON STREET SCHOOL enrolls approximately 782 students in grades PK-06.
Is WASHINGTON STREET SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WASHINGTON STREET SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does WASHINGTON STREET SCHOOL have?
WASHINGTON STREET SCHOOL employs 67 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
What is the student diversity at WASHINGTON STREET SCHOOL?
Student demographics at WASHINGTON STREET SCHOOL are roughly 53% White, 26% Hispanic, 3% Black, 15% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees WASHINGTON STREET SCHOOL?
WASHINGTON STREET SCHOOL is overseen by FRANKLIN SQUARE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Nassau County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.