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Enrollment
497
Elementary
DISTRICT 490 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SACHEM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362535003512
WAVERLY AVENUE SCHOOL
1111 WAVERLY AVE, HOLTSVILLE, NY 11742 · (631) 654-8690 · Suffolk County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL497 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% of New York public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
11.8:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
124 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 104 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 16% |
| Ungraded | 19 | 4% |
This year's kindergarten class (104) is 27% larger than its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
39.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
58.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 49.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
45.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 66% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 WAVERLY AVENUE SCHOOL
WAVERLY AVENUE SCHOOL's state test result (45.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAVERLY AVENUE SCHOOL this school | 497 | 24.9% | 45.3% |
| SCOTCHTOWN AVENUE SCHOOL GOSHEN | 505 | 25.1% | N/A |
| WENONAH SCHOOL LAKE GROVE | 488 | 28.9% | 58.4% |
| BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL YORKTOWN HEIGHTS | 466 | 21.7% | 66.5% |
| CHIPPEWA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HOLTSVILLE | 543 | 29.1% | 43.4% |
| WILLIAM E COTTLE SCHOOL EASTCHESTER | 488 | 21.9% | 72.9% |
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 WAVERLY AVENUE SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #1,377 of 2,335 | #91 of 168 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,158 of 2,342 ▲ 197 | #81 of 169 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #1,858 of 2,343 ▼ 215 | #134 of 169 ▼ 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 497 | #843 of 2,585 | #78 of 209 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #1,205 of 2,338 | #108 of 196 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.6% | #975 of 2,388 | #92 of 197 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.9% | #2,097 of 2,534 | #129 of 200 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.1% | #1,276 of 1,757 | #85 of 137 |
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
497
+25 (+5%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 752
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 497 | 42 | 11.8:1 | 25% (124) |
| 2023-24 | 470 | 41 | 11.5:1 | 32% (149) |
| 2022-23 | 463 | 39.2 | 11.8:1 | 26% (122) |
| 2020-21 | 472 | 37 | 12.8:1 | 22% (103) |
| 2017-18 | 541 | 40 | 13.5:1 | 23% (122) |
| 2015-16 | 530 | 37 | 14.3:1 | 23% (120) |
| 2010-11 | 580 | 41 | 14.2:1 | 12% (72) |
| 2000-01 | 782 | 45 | 17.4:1 | 10% (80) |
| 1990-91 | 752 | 43 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WAVERLY AVENUE SCHOOL.
About WAVERLY AVENUE SCHOOL
WAVERLY AVENUE SCHOOL runs as a mid-sized elementary school in HOLTSVILLE, New York. There are 497 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 5.
WAVERLY AVENUE SCHOOL falls under SACHEM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 15 schools enrolling 11,556 students.
More than half of the students at WAVERLY AVENUE SCHOOL are White (62%). The remaining shares are 24% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 4% Black, and 3% multiracial. The diversity index for WAVERLY AVENUE SCHOOL is 56%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at WAVERLY AVENUE SCHOOL comes to 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 11.8:1. Elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1, 1.0 more students per teacher than here. WAVERLY AVENUE SCHOOL counts 25% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Suffolk County average 39%.
WAVERLY AVENUE SCHOOL earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 27% of New York public elementary schools.
WAVERLY AVENUE SCHOOL falls short of its prediction by 20.6 points. The model expects 65.8% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in New York; the school's rate is 45.3%.
American Community Survey estimates for Suffolk County show that median household income comes to about $130,686, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 40% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Suffolk County counts 343 public schools with about 222,439 students.
SAGAMORE MIDDLE SCHOOL sits about 0.6 miles from WAVERLY AVENUE SCHOOL. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, WAVERLY AVENUE SCHOOL ranks 5th on average proficiency.
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.
Enrollment rose by 5% across 4 years, from 472 in 2020-21 to 497 in 2024-25.
The WAVERLY AVENUE SCHOOL discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. You can also rate the school on this page.
Suffolk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,530,146
Census ACS
Median income
$130,686
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
343
222,439 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SACHEM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SACHEM HIGH SCHOOL NORTHHigh · 2,008 students
- SACHEM HIGH SCHOOL EASTHigh · 1,984 students
- SENECA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 928 students
- SAGAMORE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 893 students
- SAMOSET MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 847 students
- LYNWOOD AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 561 students
Other schools in HOLTSVILLE
- SAGAMORE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 893 students
- CHIPPEWA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 543 students
Nearby schools
- SAGAMORE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 893
- CHIPPEWA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 543
- LYNWOOD AVENUE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 561
- TAMARAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 421
- NOKOMIS SCHOOL1.8 mi · 496
- SENECA MIDDLE SCHOOL2.0 mi · 928
Frequently asked questions
About WAVERLY AVENUE SCHOOLHow large is WAVERLY AVENUE SCHOOL?
WAVERLY AVENUE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 497 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does WAVERLY AVENUE SCHOOL serve?
WAVERLY AVENUE SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at WAVERLY AVENUE SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at WAVERLY AVENUE SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at WAVERLY AVENUE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at WAVERLY AVENUE SCHOOL are roughly 62% White, 24% Hispanic, 4% Black, 7% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees WAVERLY AVENUE SCHOOL?
WAVERLY AVENUE SCHOOL is overseen by SACHEM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Suffolk County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.