WOODLAND AVENUE SCHOOL

As a tight-knit elementary school in HICKSVILLE, New York, WOODLAND AVENUE SCHOOL serves 277 students from grades K through 5, run under HICKSVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 37% below the state mean of about 443.

Within HICKSVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 9 schools and 5,285 students, WOODLAND AVENUE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WOODLAND AVENUE SCHOOL reports that the most-represented group is Asian (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 29% Hispanic, 22% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 12% Asian, putting the school's mix visibly more Asian than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting WOODLAND AVENUE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 43% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Nassau County (around 31%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, WOODLAND AVENUE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.3%; this one delivers 58.7%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Nassau County) records that median household earnings sit near $146,202, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Nassau County runs 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), of which WOODLAND AVENUE SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is STRATFORD ROAD SCHOOL, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WOODLAND AVENUE SCHOOL comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 79.8%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. WOODLAND AVENUE SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 14% since 2018, when it stood at 322 (now 277). White enrollment moved from 39% to 22% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.

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