Is Joseph McNeil School a good school?

Joseph McNeil School ranks in the bottom 4.2% of New York elementary schools.

How many students attend Joseph McNeil School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 401 students attended Joseph McNeil School.

What is the racial makeup of Joseph McNeil School?

Students at Joseph McNeil School are 70% Hispanic, 25% African American, 2% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Joseph McNeil School attend?

Students who attend Joseph McNeil School usually go on to attend: Middle : Alverta B Gray Schultz Middle School High : Hempstead High School

Joseph McNeil School

Summary:

Joseph McNeil School is an elementary school located in Hempstead, New York, serving grades 1-6 with a total enrollment of 401 students. The school is part of the Hempstead Union Free School District, which is ranked 807 out of 865 school districts in New York and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Joseph McNeil School consistently ranks among the lowest-performing elementary schools in New York, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts (ELA) and Math on the New York State Assessments that are significantly lower than the state and district averages. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 8.51% of 3rd-grade students were proficient in ELA, compared to 42.6% statewide and 18.61% in the Hempstead district. The school's performance is particularly low for certain student subgroups, such as Hispanic students and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, who rank in the bottom 10% of New York elementary schools. Despite the school's high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 63.09% to 73.23% over the past three school years, and an increase in per-student spending from $13,590 in 2019-2020 to $26,609 in 2022-2023, Joseph McNeil School has not shown any meaningful improvement in its academic performance over the past several years.

When comparing Joseph McNeil School to other elementary schools in the Hempstead district and surrounding areas, it becomes clear that the school is an outlier in terms of academic performance. For example, Barack Obama Elementary School and Jackson Main Elementary School, both within the Hempstead district, have significantly higher proficiency rates in ELA and Math compared to Joseph McNeil School. The school's challenges appear to be rooted in a combination of socioeconomic factors and systemic issues within the Hempstead Union Free School District, which will require a comprehensive and targeted approach to address effectively.

Detail:

Public 1-6

335 S Franklin St
Hempstead, NY 11550

(516) 434-4501

District: Hempstead Union Free School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
2342^nd of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $26,609

Students who attend Joseph McNeil School usually attend:

Middle:	Alverta B Gray Schultz Middle School
High:	Hempstead High School

Student/teacher ratio: 13.3

Number of students: 401

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

69.8%

African American:

24.9%

Two or more races:

2.2%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 63.1%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Joseph McNeil School ranks worse than 95.8% of elementary schools in New York. It also ranks last among 5 ranked elementary schools in the Hempstead Union Free School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 9.45. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Joseph McNeil School has the smallest elementary school student body size in the Hempstead Union Free School District. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (69.8%), African American (24.9%), two or more races (2.2%). (See more...)

Compare Details 63.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Joseph McNeil School is 13.3, which is the lowest among 6 elementary schools in the Hempstead Union Free School District! (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Joseph McNeil School is $26,609, which is the highest among 6 elementary schools in the Hempstead Union Free School District!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Joseph McNeil School:

SchoolDigger ranks Joseph McNeil School 2342^nd of 2445 New York public elementary schools. (See Joseph McNeil School in the ranking list.)

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Hempstead Union Free School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Hempstead Union Free School District 807^th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Joseph McNeil School

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Rank History for all students at Joseph McNeil School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	45.65	1464^th	2206	33.6%
2007	40.83	1536^th	2219	30.8%
2008	44.50	1486^th	2227	33.3%
2009	27.91	1852^nd	2257	17.9%
2010	26.61	1816^th	2263	19.8%
2011	8.76	2160^th	2286	5.5%
2012	14.61	2072^nd	2320	10.7%
2013	13.12	2147^th	2325	7.7%
2014	5.43	2323^rd	2345	0.9%
2015	6.30	2321^st	2352	1.3%
2016	5.98	2327^th	2366	1.6%
2017	10.84	2241^st	2386	6.1%
2018	7.91	2309^th	2395	3.6%
2019	9.52	2300^th	2413	4.7%
2021	8.63	2077^th	2201	5.6%
2022	9.32	2331^st	2434	4.2%
2023	12.90	2245^th	2439	8.0%
2024	9.45	2342^nd	2445	4.2%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Joseph McNeil School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	22.33	864^th	938	7.9%
2019	23.94	783^rd	860	9.0%
2021	15.87	436^th	454	4.0%
2022	23.80	906^th	1027	11.8%
2023	30.40	768^th	1001	23.3%
2024	27.44	910^th	1066	14.6%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Joseph McNeil School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	24.15	1736^th	1941	10.6%
2019	30.75	1322^nd	1859	28.9%
2022	31.24	1484^th	2031	26.9%
2023	23.57	1718^th	2016	14.8%
2024	30.10	1541^st	2110	27.0%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Joseph McNeil School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	12.16	1967^th	2045	3.8%
2019	14.54	1920^th	2032	5.5%
2021	16.94	1545^th	1678	7.9%
2022	14.11	1989^th	2099	5.2%
2023	18.53	1826^th	2041	10.5%
2024	16.95	1906^th	2078	8.3%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Joseph McNeil School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	21.18	659^th	730	9.7%
2021	19.57	64^th	70	8.6%
2022	28.44	494^th	622	20.6%
2023	34.63	415^th	637	34.9%
2024	56.95	245^th	766	68.0%

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Rank History for Female students at Joseph McNeil School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	8.02	2266^th	2338	3.1%
2019	8.38	2290^th	2357	2.8%
2021	8.51	1870^th	1955	4.3%
2022	12.84	2237^th	2401	6.8%
2023	16.04	2155^th	2403	10.3%
2024	12.72	2277^th	2413	5.6%

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Rank History for Male students at Joseph McNeil School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	10.45	2231^st	2340	4.7%
2019	12.89	2189^th	2358	7.2%
2021	8.72	1871^st	1961	4.6%
2022	8.54	2323^rd	2400	3.2%
2023	12.70	2239^th	2400	6.7%
2024	10.87	2292^nd	2411	4.9%

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Rank History for African American students at Joseph McNeil School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	14.44	902^nd	948	4.9%
2019	28.47	656^th	891	26.4%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Joseph McNeil School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	19.36	1240^th	1392	10.9%
2019	18.47	1181^st	1315	10.2%
2021	14.89	771^st	818	5.7%
2022	14.48	1414^th	1503	5.9%
2023	17.31	1293^rd	1429	9.5%
2024	15.11	1434^th	1531	6.3%

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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: NY State Education Department

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Enrollment information for Joseph McNeil School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	3	578	1	53	0	n/a	n/a	0	635
1990	1	522	1	54	0	n/a	n/a	0	578
1991	3	579	3	25	0	n/a	n/a	0	610
1992	3	601	5	35	0	n/a	n/a	0	644
1993	0	584	2	55	0	n/a	n/a	0	641
1994	0	509	4	52	7	n/a	n/a	0	572
1995	1	584	0	36	0	n/a	n/a	0	621
1996	1	584	0	36	0	n/a	n/a	0	621
1997	0	572	0	65	0	n/a	n/a	0	637
1998	0	585	0	63	1	n/a	n/a	0	649
1999	0	546	0	80	0	n/a	n/a	0	626
2000	0	548	0	106	0	n/a	n/a	0	654
2001	0	567	1	111	0	n/a	n/a	0	679
2002	0	458	0	155	0	n/a	n/a	0	613
2003	0	458	0	155	0	n/a	n/a	0	613
2004	1	545	5	226	1	n/a	n/a	0	778
2005	0	498	3	291	0	n/a	n/a	0	792
2006	0	407	3	279	2	n/a	n/a	0	691
2007	1	366	4	289	0	n/a	n/a	7	667
2008	0	362	2	311	0	n/a	n/a	3	678
2009	1	359	1	353	1	n/a	n/a	8	723
2010	0	321	4	375	0	n/a	n/a	7	707
2011	0	288	1	407	0	0	9	0	705
2012	30	281	1	358	2	0	0	0	672
2013	36	274	0	440	3	0	0	0	753
2014	33	270	3	410	5	0	1	0	722
2015	30	267	4	467	4	0	2	0	774
2016	31	271	4	476	2	0	1	0	785
2017	18	320	3	527	0	0	3	0	871
2018	14	250	2	476	1	0	4	0	747
2019	9	188	2	420	2	0	1	0	622
2020	8	203	2	479	4	0	6	0	702
2021	5	172	2	469	4	1	12	0	665
2022	4	142	1	333	4	2	9	0	495
2023	4	100	5	280	2	1	9	0	401

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Joseph McNeil School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	635	43.9	14.4	n/a
1990	578	47.9	12.0	n/a
1991	610	56.9	10.7	n/a
1992	644	54.9	11.7	n/a
1993	641	40.1	16.0	n/a
1994	572	39.0	14.7	64.2
1995	621	37.0	16.8	68
1996	621	37.0	16.8	68
1997	637	37.0	17.2	68.8
1998	649	36.0	18.0	52.1
1999	626	38.0	16.5	70.6
2000	654	42.0	15.6	93
2001	679	41.0	16.6	76.1
2002	613	39.8	15.4	87.4
2003	613	39.8	15.4	87.4
2004	778	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	792	56.0	14.1	82.8
2006	691	51.0	13.5	79.9
2007	667	53.1	12.6	91.4
2008	678	47.1	14.4	89
2009	723	51.0	14.2	91.7
2010	707	48.0	14.7	92.7
2011	705	51.1	13.7	91.9
2012	672	47.0	14.2	97.3
2013	753	47.0	16.0	96
2014	722	46.0	15.6	71.6
2015	774	40.0	19.3	82.2
2016	785	28.0	28.0	77.5
2017	871	35.0	24.8	78.1
2018	747	44.0	16.9	77.4
2019	622	44.5	13.9	71.9
2020	702	36.0	19.5	73.9
2021	665	34.8	19.1	73.2
2022	495	31.0	15.9	66.1
2023	401	30.0	13.3	63.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Joseph McNeil School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	635	43.9	14.4	n/a
1990	578	47.9	12.0	n/a
1991	610	56.9	10.7	n/a
1992	644	54.9	11.7	n/a
1993	641	40.1	16.0	n/a
1994	572	39.0	14.7	64.2
1995	621	37.0	16.8	68
1996	621	37.0	16.8	68
1997	637	37.0	17.2	68.8
1998	649	36.0	18.0	52.1
1999	626	38.0	16.5	70.6
2000	654	42.0	15.6	93
2001	679	41.0	16.6	76.1
2002	613	39.8	15.4	87.4
2003	613	39.8	15.4	87.4
2004	778	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	792	56.0	14.1	82.8
2006	691	51.0	13.5	79.9
2007	667	53.1	12.6	91.4
2008	678	47.1	14.4	89
2009	723	51.0	14.2	91.7
2010	707	48.0	14.7	92.7
2011	705	51.1	13.7	91.9
2012	672	47.0	14.2	97.3
2013	753	47.0	16.0	96
2014	722	46.0	15.6	71.6
2015	774	40.0	19.3	82.2
2016	785	28.0	28.0	77.5
2017	871	35.0	24.8	78.1
2018	747	44.0	16.9	77.4
2019	622	44.5	13.9	71.9
2020	702	36.0	19.5	73.9
2021	665	34.8	19.1	73.2
2022	495	31.0	15.9	66.1
2023	401	30.0	13.3	63.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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