NCES CCD 2024-25 14 schools NY

Best-Resourced Schools in Valley Stream, NY

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

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14
Schools
8,124
Students
48.5/100
Avg Resource Index
12:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Valley Stream has more public-school enrollment than 74% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Valley Stream lands in the upper national tier on both the average Resource Investment Index and teacher staffing intensity. Those measures come from different inputs: the index combines reported counselors, gifted access, attendance, and staffing, while the staffing percentile compares the city's student-teacher ratio directly. Agreement across both measures is stronger evidence of broad reported capacity than either score alone, though neither is a test-score rating or a guarantee about an individual classroom.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

7 of Valley Stream's 14 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.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 33-point gap between Ogden Elementary School and Alden Terrace School shows the range hidden by Valley Stream's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 26%
School count
Top 25%
Resource Index average
83rd percentile
Teacher staffing
88th percentile

Valley Stream South High School accounts for 15.1% of all Valley Stream public-school enrollment

That concentration means Valley Stream-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

Valley Stream school enrollment varies 4.2× across entities

Valley Stream school enrollment ranges from 295 students (lowest) to 1,229 students (highest), a spread of 934 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

Valley Stream operates 6 school districts — among the most fragmented governance structures in the country

Each school district has independent budgeting, hiring, and service delivery authority. The fragmentation reflects historical patterns of inter-municipal boundary lines that pre-date modern city growth, students in different parts of the same city can attend different districts with different per-pupil spending, calendars, and graduation requirements. Per-region variation is largest in fragmented systems because each school district sets its own budget, contracts, and priorities without higher-level coordination above the regulatory floor.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Valley Stream student-teacher ratio is 12.0:1 — 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

# School Score
1. Ogden Elementary School 65
2. Robert W Carbonaro School 56
3. Valley Stream South High School 55
4. William L Buck School 55
5. Brooklyn Avenue School 51
6. James a Dever School 50
7. Forest Road School 50
8. Valley Stream Memorial Junior High School 49
9. Valley Stream Central High School 46
10. Shaw Avenue School 45
11. Clearstream Avenue School 44
12. Wheeler Avenue School 43
13. Howell Road School 38
14. Alden Terrace School 32

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Valley Stream

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.

  1. 1 Valley Stream South High School 74.3/100
  2. 2 Wheeler Avenue School 73.7/100
  3. 3 James a Dever School 73.7/100
  4. 4 Brooklyn Avenue School 72.3/100
  5. 5 Shaw Avenue School 72.0/100

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Which Valley Stream school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Ogden Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Valley Stream schools in this federal-data comparison at 65/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Valley Stream, NY? ▼

Valley Stream has 14 public schools with a total enrollment of 8,124 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 12:1.

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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.