NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools NY

Best-Resourced Schools in Elmont, NY

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated August 2026

5 public K-12 schools in Elmont from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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Schools

4,132

Students

38.4/100

Avg Resource Index

10.8:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Elmont has more public-school enrollment than 46% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Elmont Memorial High School enrolls 36.1% of Elmont's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

5 of Elmont's 5 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Elmont's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 39th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 96th percentile. The 57-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment: Top 54%
School count: Top 99%
Resource Index average: 39th percentile
Teacher staffing: 96th percentile

Elmont Memorial High School accounts for 36.1% of all Elmont public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Elmont-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-26

Elmont school enrollment varies 2.9× across entities

Elmont school enrollment ranges from 515 students (lowest) to 1,492 students (highest), a spread of 977 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-26

Elmont student-teacher ratio is 10.8:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe Accessed 2026-08-26

#	School	Score	Enrollment	Level	District
1.	Elmont Memorial High School	56	1,492	Combined	Sewanhaka Central High School District
2.	Clara H Carlson School	38	764	Combined	Elmont Union Free School District
3.	Dutch Broadway School	36	715	Combined	Elmont Union Free School District
4.	Covert Avenue School	32	646	Combined	Elmont Union Free School District
5.	Gotham Avenue School	30	515	Combined	Elmont Union Free School District

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Elmont

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

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Which Elmont school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Elmont Memorial High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Elmont schools in this federal-data comparison at 56/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Elmont, NY? ▼

Elmont has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,132 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 10.8:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.