📍 99 Shaw Ave, Valley Stream, Nassau County, 11580
Shaw Avenue School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Valley Stream, Nassau County. The school has 736 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Valley Stream 30 Union Free School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in a suburban setting. The school employs 60.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.2:1. 63% of students are proficient in reading. 61% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Shaw Avenue School enrolls 736 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 60.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 30% Hispanic or Latino, 30% Black or African American and 29% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 220 | 30% |
| Black or African American | 219 | 30% |
| Asian | 213 | 29% |
| White | 56 | 7.6% |
| Two or more races | 17 | 2.3% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 7 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
350 of the school's 736 students (48%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 316 qualify for free lunch and 34 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Shaw Avenue School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NY-40, state senate district 9, state house district 22.
Shaw Avenue School is one of 3 schools in VALLEY STREAM 30 UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, based in VALLEY STREAM, New York. The district serves 1,468 students district-wide and employs 119 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 736 students, Shaw Avenue School is larger than the district average of about 489 students per school.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large