Dutch Broadway School, Elmont NY

Original Research by School Decision on Dutch Broadway School

Dutch Broadway School sits on Elmont Road in Elmont, a densely settled, ethnically diverse hamlet in the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, just east of the Queens border. The school runs from pre-kindergarten through sixth grade and is part of the Elmont Union Free School District, which handles the elementary years; Elmont students then move into the Sewanhaka Central High School District for secondary school. That split is worth knowing for any family thinking ahead.

The student body is racially mixed, with Black students making up the largest share, followed by Asian and Hispanic students in roughly similar proportions, and white students a small minority. Well over half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, placing this squarely in a working- and middle-class economic setting. Data on special education rates and English learner counts were not available in what was reported.

On the New York State Testing Program, Dutch Broadway's results are solid. In math, proficiency climbs steadily from third grade through sixth, with the upper elementary grades reaching well above a simple majority of students scoring at or above proficient. ELA follows a similar arc through fifth grade, with third and fourth somewhat lower, and sixth grade dipping back. Fifth-grade science proficiency sits just below half, which is a softer result and worth asking the school about. Relative to districts in Nassau County, the school's overall proficiency index lands just above the midpoint among the county's districts, meaning it performs comparably to the median district in a county that includes some of New York's highest-performing suburban systems.

No multi-year trend data was available, so it is not possible from this data to say whether scores are rising, flat, or declining. A parent who wants to understand trajectory should ask the school directly.

A few district-wide changes are worth knowing. The Elmont district switched to a science-of-reading model in the early grades, using the Wilson Fundations structured-literacy phonics program in kindergarten through second grade as the primary reading curriculum and as early intervention within its tiered support framework. That is a meaningful pedagogical commitment, particularly for families of young readers or children who may need additional literacy support. The district also expanded to full-day pre-kindergarten at each of its six schools starting in the 2022-23 school year, replacing a part-day model, with two full-day classes per school. For families with young children, that is a direct and lasting program change. Voters also approved a capital bond that is funding air conditioning in all classrooms, cafeterias, libraries, gyms, and auditoriums, along with new HVAC and air filtration, secured entrances, asbestos removal, and modernized spaces. That is a substantial facilities investment being delivered across the district with significant reimbursement from New York State reducing the local cost.

Elmont itself is a car-oriented suburb built around a grid of residential streets and commercial corridors, primarily Hempstead Turnpike. There is no compact walkable downtown. The neighborhood's employment and development story right now is dominated by the ongoing Belmont Park redevelopment, which has already opened UBS Arena and the Belmont Park Village outlet center, with a full racetrack modernization targeted for completion in 2026. A new full-time LIRR station opened as part of that project. None of this directly changes school programming, but it does shape the local employment and civic landscape around the school.

Housing in the local ZIP code is priced well above the state and national midpoints, and values have continued to rise year over year. Homes move quickly in the spring market. Renters face a cost-to-income burden that is high by national standards. For a family weighing whether to live in this attendance zone, the housing cost is a real constraint.

Graduation rates do not apply here because Dutch Broadway serves only pre-K through sixth grade. AP and dual-enrollment data are similarly not relevant at this level. Program offerings beyond the district's literacy and pre-K initiatives described above were not in the available data.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 355%

School 55% · District 65% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

Grade 459%

School 59% · District 72% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

Grade 570%

School 70% · District 66% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 674%

School 74% · District 68% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 29 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 361%

School 61% · District 64% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 459%

School 59% · District 66% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

Grade 569%

School 69% · District 66% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 654%

School 54% · District 58% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Science

Grade 549%

School 49% · District 51% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 599%

School 99% · District 94% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 7 pts above state median · even with county median

This schoolELMONT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income47%Higher-income88%41 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income52%Higher-income73%22 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income68%Higher-income71%3 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income38%Higher-income70%32 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income40%Higher-income88%48 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income57%Higher-income62%5 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income70%Higher-income71%1 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income67%Higher-income82%15 pp gap