WEST END SCHOOL

WEST END SCHOOL is a mid-sized K-5 school in LYNBROOK, New York, one of the schools within LYNBROOK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school serves 386 students in grades K through 5.

WEST END SCHOOL is one of 7 schools operated by LYNBROOK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that teaches 2,725 students overall.

Looking at the student body, WEST END SCHOOL reports that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 29% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 5% Black, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, WEST END SCHOOL reports 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.4:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 23% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Nassau County runs at roughly 31%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WEST END SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 66.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 75.5%.

In the area at large, census data for Nassau County shows median household earnings sit near $146,202, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Nassau County's 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), WEST END SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: LYNBROOK NORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WEST END SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 67.2%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WEST END SCHOOL has decreased 6%, going from 412 students in 2018 to 386 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 63% to 53% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 today.

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