Lee Road School, Wantagh NY - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Lee Road School

Lee Road School serves kindergarten through fifth grade in Wantagh, a long-established, affluent suburban hamlet on Long Island's South Shore. The school sits within a residential neighborhood rather than in the hamlet's modest commercial cluster around the LIRR station, and it draws from a stable, car-oriented commuter community where most families own homes and live without major population churn.

The school enrolls roughly three hundred students across six grades, with a composition that is majority white and a small share of families qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the broader affluence of the area. A modest Asian, Hispanic, and multiracial population is also present. The school has not reported data on students with IEPs or English learners, so a parent would need to ask the school directly about those supports.

Academic performance is mixed. In math, third and fourth graders show solid proficiency, with fourth grade notably above the midpoint among Nassau County districts. Fifth grade math proficiency drops sharply, suggesting either a skill gap that emerges in the upper elementary years or a curriculum transition point that warrants attention. In English language arts, third and fourth grades perform reasonably well; fifth grade again shows a steeper decline. Science proficiency in fifth grade sits below half of students meeting the standard. Overall, the school's proficiency index places it above the median for Nassau County districts, but the downward trend from grade four to five is a real pattern a parent should understand. The school did not report recent participation rates at healthy levels, especially in fifth grade, which raises a question worth exploring with the school about assessment conditions or opt-out practices.

Wantagh itself is a quiet, walkable residential place with good parks and rail access to the LIRR Babylon Branch. Single-family homes dominate; median home values are high, and the market is supply-constrained, suggesting this is a neighborhood where families tend to stay. The Levittown Union Free School District, of which Lee Road is a part, is navigating rising operating costs. The district proposed a budget increase for the coming school year and has recently completed a capital project at the middle school, signaling active reinvestment in facilities and resources. Property taxes, as in most affluent Long Island districts, are a significant consideration for any family relocating here.

What would serve a parent well to investigate directly: the apparent proficiency drop in fifth grade (whether it reflects curriculum change, student composition shifts, or assessment factors), the supports available for students with learning differences, and the school's own strategic responses to the trends in the data.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 376%

School 76% · District 74% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 17 pts above state median · even with county median

Grade 487%

School 87% · District 75% · ▲ 12 pts above district

▲ 29 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Grade 548%

School 48% · District 66% · ▼ 18 pts below district

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 23 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 368%

School 68% · District 58% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 478%

School 78% · District 58% · ▲ 19 pts above district

▲ 25 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

Grade 548%

School 48% · District 61% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 22 pts below county median

Science

Grade 546%

School 46% · District 52% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▲ 4 pts above state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 5100%

School 100% · district not reported

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

This schoolLEVITTOWN 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 5Lower-income17%Higher-income58%41 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 5Lower-income0%Higher-income61%61 pp gap