WILLOW ROAD SCHOOL

WILLOW ROAD SCHOOL is a reasonably sized elementary-level community in FRANKLIN SQUARE, New York, overseen by VALLEY STREAM 13 UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school works with 410 students in grades K through 6.

WILLOW ROAD SCHOOL is one of 4 schools operated by VALLEY STREAM 13 UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that works with 2,054 students overall.

On the student-mix side, WILLOW ROAD SCHOOL records that the most-represented group is Asian (31%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 28% White, 27% Hispanic, 11% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 12% Asian, putting the school's mix considerably more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, WILLOW ROAD SCHOOL shows 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting WILLOW ROAD SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 34% of students at WILLOW ROAD SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WILLOW ROAD SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.4%; this one delivers 45.2%.

Zooming out to the county, Nassau County reports that median household income runs about $146,202, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Nassau County runs 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), of which WILLOW ROAD SCHOOL is one.

VALLEY STREAM NORTH HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WILLOW ROAD SCHOOL comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 57.7%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Looking at the recent track record. WILLOW ROAD SCHOOL's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 413 (now 410). Over the same period, the White share fell from 44% to 28%. Class-load math has tightened: from 10.9:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 in 2025.

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