Searingtown School, Albertson NY

Original Research by School Decision on Searingtown School

Searingtown School is a small K-12 building in Albertson, Nassau County, serving just over half a thousand students on a single campus. The enrollment tilts decidedly toward Asian families, who make up more than three-quarters of the student body, with white and Hispanic families representing smaller shares. About a quarter of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school has no data on students with IEPs or English learners, which may reflect how the school reports or the populations it serves.

Academic performance is solid across the early grades where state testing occurs. In mathematics, third-grade proficiency sits in the high range, fourth grade moderately high, and fifth grade strong. English language arts shows similar patterns, with third grade slightly below math and fourth and fifth grades both strong. Fifth-grade science proficiency is somewhat lower than math and ELA, though still above the midpoint. The school's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile among districts across Nassau County.

The school serves grades kindergarten through fifth as its main body, with a single twelfth-grader and a small ungraded group also on roll. This unusual configuration means that middle and high school educational pathways lie outside this building. Students leave after elementary and continue elsewhere in the Herricks district or beyond. The school has no graduation rate because it does not award diplomas. No data on attendance, chronic absenteeism, or school discipline is available.

The housing market in Albertson, where Searingtown sits, is high-priced and mature. Single-family homes on tree-lined streets dominate the residential character, and new construction is rare. When older homes are rebuilt, replacements tend toward much larger houses. The broader market values are substantial, with median home values well into six figures, and rental costs also high relative to local income. The area developed in the postwar suburban boom with Levitt homes and other residential projects, and today sits mostly built out. The civic anchors nearby include Shelter Rock Library and Clark Botanic Garden, and the LIRR Albertson station on the Oyster Bay Branch provides rail access to Manhattan.

The Herricks Union Free School District, Searingtown's parent district, recently reshaped its Gemini gifted and talented program, moving from test-score-only selection toward broader, multi-criteria entry including parent input and extending pathways to middle school. The district has also adopted a "Portrait of a Graduate" framework centered on six competencies—collaboration, communication, confidence, compassion, creative innovation, and critical thinking—that guides K-12 curriculum and instruction. Capital improvements funded by voter-approved reserves have supported facility upgrades without new tax increases.

A parent considering Searingtown should understand this is a solid elementary school in a high-cost suburban setting with strong early-grade test results, an Asian-majority peer environment, and a single-campus model that requires transitions to other buildings for middle and high school. The district's recent curricular and program changes offer evolving opportunities for enrichment and differentiated pathways, though those unfold as students move beyond this building.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 391%

School 91% · District 88% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 32 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

Grade 483%

School 83% · District 86% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▲ 25 pts above state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 587%

School 87% · District 91% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▲ 35 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 381%

School 81% · District 81%

▲ 29 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Grade 489%

School 89% · District 89% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 37 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

Grade 591%

School 91% · District 92% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 37 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

Science

Grade 583%

School 83% · District 82% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 41 pts above state median · ▲ 22 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 5100%

School 100% · district not reported

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

This schoolHERRICKS 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-income61%Higher-income86%25 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income91%Higher-income89%2 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income79%Higher-income94%15 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income79%Higher-income94%15 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income68%Higher-income89%21 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income68%Higher-income91%22 pp gap