Northside School, Levittown NY - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Northside School

Northside School is a kindergarten-through-fifth-grade elementary school in Levittown, a mid-sized residential community in western Nassau County. The school serves roughly six hundred students across its grade span, with enrollment fairly evenly distributed from early grades through fifth. About one in five students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The student body is diverse: roughly a third white, nearly a third Asian, and a quarter Hispanic, with smaller numbers of other backgrounds represented.

Levittown itself is a historic, built-out suburb developed in the mid-twentieth century as the first mass-produced suburb in the United States. It remains overwhelmingly owner-occupied, with most residents living in single-family homes, many of which have been substantially remodeled over decades. The community is car-oriented, with commercial activity concentrated along the Hempstead Turnpike corridor rather than in a traditional downtown. Parks, pools, and ballfields are woven through residential neighborhoods, and the Levittown Public Library serves as a civic anchor. Transit options include bus service and nearby Long Island Rail Road stations within reach of Penn Station. Housing values in the zip code have appreciated modestly in recent years, and median rents are moderate by the region's standard.

The district has signaled ongoing investment. For the coming school year, the Levittown Union Free School District proposed a budget with increases to both curriculum and facilities spending. A new track and field at the district's middle school completed recently reflects capital commitment. Parents weighing a move to the area should understand that school property taxes, while typical for Nassau County, will continue to rise with the district's operating costs.

Academically, Northside's proficiency results on New York state assessments show mixed performance. Math proficiency across grades three through five hovers in the low-to-mid range, with third grade performing slightly above the other grades. English language arts proficiency is notably weaker, running in the mid-forty percent range across tested grades, roughly ten percentage points below math. Science proficiency at fifth grade sits around the low sixty percent range. State testing data was not available for social studies in recent years. Relative to districts across Nassau County, Northside's overall proficiency index falls below the midpoint of the county's schools.

The school operates within a district that serves the Levittown area and related neighborhoods. No information on specialized programming, gifted pathways, or English learner supports was available in the data. A parent may want to reach out directly to the school to understand what intervention and enrichment resources exist, particularly given the proficiency gaps in reading, and to learn about any specialized services for multilingual learners or students with identified learning needs.

The building itself sits on Pelican Road in a neighborhood setting typical of the area. Kindergarten through fifth grade encompasses the full span, so there is no transition to middle school during this school's tenure. The school is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet, drawing its enrollment from the residential catchment area.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 368%

School 68% · District 74% · ▼ 7 pts below district

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

Grade 464%

School 64% · District 75% · ▼ 11 pts below district

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

Grade 563%

School 63% · District 66% · ▼ 3 pts below district

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

English language arts

Grade 348%

School 48% · District 58% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

Grade 445%

School 45% · District 58% · ▼ 13 pts below district

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

Grade 550%

School 50% · District 61% · ▼ 11 pts below district

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

Science

Grade 559%

School 59% · District 52% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 596%

School 96% · district not reported

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▼ 2 pts below 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 3Lower-income35%Higher-income53%18 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income27%Higher-income53%26 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income39%Higher-income56%17 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income61%Higher-income71%10 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income57%Higher-income67%10 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income50%Higher-income70%20 pp gap