Enrollment
303
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VALLEY STREAM 24 UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362946003976
WILLIAM L BUCK SCHOOL
75 HORTON AVE, VALLEY STREAM, NY 11581 · (516) 434-2841 · Nassau County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL303 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 80% of New York public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
12.5:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
109 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 50 | 17% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 28% smaller than its 6th grade class (50).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
71.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
75.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.0% | 75.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 74.0% |
% 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
69.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 WILLIAM L BUCK SCHOOL
WILLIAM L BUCK SCHOOL's state test result (69.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAM L BUCK SCHOOL this school | 303 | 36.0% | 69.9% |
| ROBERT W CARBONARO SCHOOL VALLEY STREAM | 376 | 35.4% | 60.9% |
| STEWART MANOR SCHOOL STEWART MANOR | 342 | 30.4% | 73.4% |
| BROOKLYN AVENUE SCHOOL VALLEY STREAM | 357 | 47.6% | 52.3% |
| CORNWELL AVENUE SCHOOL WEST HEMPSTEAD | 331 | 29.0% | 47.8% |
| MAY MOORE PRIMARY SCHOOL DEER PARK | 465 | 33.1% | N/A |
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 WILLIAM L BUCK SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.9% | #408 of 2,335 | #72 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #541 of 2,342 ▼ 77 | #88 of 172 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #501 of 2,343 ▼ 119 | #76 of 172 ▼ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 303 | #1,981 of 2,585 | #163 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #1,471 of 2,338 | #129 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.8% | #149 of 2,388 | #9 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.0% | #1,811 of 2,534 | #51 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.6% | #1,185 of 1,757 | #60 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
303
-25 (-8%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 294
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 303 | 24.2 | 12.5:1 | 36% (109) |
| 2023-24 | 310 | 22.4 | 13.9:1 | 38% (118) |
| 2022-23 | 311 | 21.7 | 14.4:1 | 35% (109) |
| 2020-21 | 328 | 24 | 13.7:1 | 37% (121) |
| 2017-18 | 335 | 24 | 14.0:1 | 34% (114) |
| 2015-16 | 349 | 27 | 12.9:1 | 31% (107) |
| 2010-11 | 312 | 35 | 8.9:1 | 16% (51) |
| 2000-01 | 327 | 30 | 10.9:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 294 | 19 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WILLIAM L BUCK SCHOOL.
About WILLIAM L BUCK SCHOOL
Families in VALLEY STREAM, New York, are served by WILLIAM L BUCK SCHOOL, a small elementary school. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 6, with 303 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in New York is roughly 443 students; this school is 32% smaller than that.
WILLIAM L BUCK SCHOOL sits within VALLEY STREAM 24 UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 3 schools and 1,036 students.
At WILLIAM L BUCK SCHOOL, the largest share of students is Hispanic, at 41%. It is also 23% Asian, 23% Black, and 11% White. For comparison, the population of Nassau County is roughly 19% Hispanic. WILLIAM L BUCK SCHOOL's diversity index is 72%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school has about 12.5 students per teacher and 24.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 36%.
The allk12 Grade for WILLIAM L BUCK SCHOOL is A-. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 80% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 61.8%. WILLIAM L BUCK SCHOOL scores 69.9%.
Federal survey data for Nassau County show that the median household income is $146,202, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 50% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Nassau County is home to 315 public schools and about 200,775 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, BROOKLYN AVENUE SCHOOL is the closest, at about 0.5 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of WILLIAM L BUCK SCHOOL. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, WILLIAM L BUCK SCHOOL ranks 4th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around WILLIAM L BUCK SCHOOL as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 25 fewer students in 2024-25. The number of students per teacher fell from 13.7 to 12.5 over 4 years.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 VALLEY STREAM 24 UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ROBERT W CARBONARO SCHOOLElementary · 376 students
- BROOKLYN AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 357 students
Other schools in VALLEY STREAM
- VALLEY STREAM SOUTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,229 students
- VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,121 students
- VALLEY STREAM MEMORIAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 937 students
- SHAW AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 740 students
- WHEELER AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 608 students
- HOWELL ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 599 students
Nearby schools
- BROOKLYN AVENUE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 357
- HEWLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 369
- LYNBROOK SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 414
- LYNBROOK NORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 284
- WEST END SCHOOL0.9 mi · 386
- GEORGE W HEWLETT HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 1,051
Frequently asked questions
About WILLIAM L BUCK SCHOOLHow large is WILLIAM L BUCK SCHOOL?
WILLIAM L BUCK SCHOOL enrolls approximately 303 students in grades KG-06.
Is WILLIAM L BUCK SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WILLIAM L BUCK SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at WILLIAM L BUCK SCHOOL?
Approximately 12.5:1 students per teacher at WILLIAM L BUCK SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at WILLIAM L BUCK SCHOOL?
At WILLIAM L BUCK SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 11% White, 41% Hispanic, 23% Black, 23% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is WILLIAM L BUCK SCHOOL public or private?
WILLIAM L BUCK SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by VALLEY STREAM 24 UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.