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Garden City Park School is an elementary school located in Garden City Park, New York, serving grades PK-6 with a student population of 318. The school is part of the New Hyde Park-Garden City Park Union Free School District, which is ranked 83 out of 866 school districts in New York and has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Garden City Park School stands out for its unique racial makeup, with a high percentage of Asian students (around 54%) and a relatively low percentage of African American and Hispanic students (around 1% and 21% respectively). Academically, the school consistently performs well on state assessments, with a high percentage of students proficient or better in both English Language Arts and Math across all grade levels. For example, in 2022-2023, 75.76% of 5th graders were proficient or better in ELA, compared to the district average of 77.66% and the state average of 45.09%. In Math, 85% of 6th graders were proficient or better, compared to the district average of 78.95% and the state average of 48.07%. The school's performance is particularly strong for certain student subgroups, such as low socioeconomic status students and male students.
While Garden City Park School outperforms the state averages, it is not always the top performer among the nearby schools in the same district. For instance, New Hyde Park Road School had higher proficiency rates in both ELA and Math across multiple grade levels compared to Garden City Park School in 2022-2023. Additionally, Garden City Park School has a relatively high spending per student, at $19,596 in 2022-2023, compared to the other nearby schools, which range from $13,294 to $19,020 per student. The school also has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 10.2 in 2022-2023, which is lower than the nearby schools, which range from 12.4 to 15 students per teacher.
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