WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a small elementary school in LONG BEACH, New York, WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL teaches 340 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within LONG BEACH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 23% smaller than the state mean of about 443.

Within LONG BEACH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 6 schools and 3,458 students, WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White, at 69% of enrollment. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.

On the income-and-resources front, WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 20% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Nassau County runs at roughly 31%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 75.8%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Nassau County indicate median household income runs about $146,202, roughly 50% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 315 public schools in Nassau County (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students).

LINDELL BOULEVARD SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 52.2%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 4%: 354 students in 2018 compared to 340 in 2025. The White share of enrollment climbed from 56% to 69% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 8.3:1 today.

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