East Broadway School, Seaford NY

Original Research by School Decision on East Broadway School

East Broadway School is a kindergarten-through-fifth-grade public elementary school in Seaford, on Long Island's South Shore, operating as part of the Levittown Union Free School District. That is a detail worth knowing upfront: though the school sits in Seaford, families here are in the Levittown district, not the Seaford Union Free School District that serves most of the hamlet. The school is located on Seaman Neck Road in a residential part of the community.

Seaford itself is a built-out suburban hamlet in the Town of Hempstead, roughly a 25-mile trip from Manhattan. The feel is decidedly family-oriented: canal-lined waterfront neighborhoods, single-family blocks, and a commercial strip along Merrick Road with independently owned restaurants, shops, and a vintage theater. Cedar Creek Park, Seamans Neck Park, and the Tackapausha Nature Preserve give the area a strong outdoor character. The LIRR Babylon Branch stops at Seaford, making a rail commute toward the city viable. The housing market here is competitive and appreciating. Home values in this zip code run well above both the state and national midpoints, with prices continuing to climb year over year and homes frequently drawing multiple offers. Inventory has grown somewhat recently, but pending sales tell a story of sustained demand. Families entering this market should plan for meaningful property tax exposure, and publicly reported information indicates the Levittown district's proposed budget for the coming school year reflects continued spending growth on both instruction and facilities.

On state testing, East Broadway shows results that fall just above the midpoint among districts in Nassau County on overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades. In math, third-grade students perform at a solid level, with a clear majority reaching proficiency on the New York State Testing Program. Fourth-grade math proficiency holds up reasonably well, though it slips some from the third-grade mark, and fifth-grade math dips further. In ELA, the pattern is less consistent. Third- and fifth-grade reading proficiency is in a range that suggests most students are on track, while fourth-grade ELA performance is noticeably lower than the other grades, with fewer than three in five students reaching proficiency. That grade-level dip in reading is worth a conversation with the school. Fifth-grade science proficiency is more of a soft spot, with fewer than half of tested students scoring at the proficient-or-above level. A parent who wants to understand the school's specific supports in science and upper-elementary literacy would be reasonable to ask those questions directly. Social studies assessment data was available only from well over a decade ago and is not useful as a current measure.

One note on the testing picture: participation rates for the most recent year varied across grades and subjects, with some grades seeing fewer than half of enrolled students sitting for a given assessment. That can affect how fully the proficiency results reflect the school as a whole, and parents may want to ask the school about assessment participation practices.

The student body is predominantly white, with Hispanic students making up a meaningful share of enrollment, and smaller Asian and multiracial populations. The share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch is relatively modest compared with many suburban Long Island schools. Data on students with IEPs and English learners was not available in what was provided.

On programs, staffing, and specific classroom offerings, the data provided did not include details, so those are gaps to fill directly with the school or district. The district did recently complete a new track and field at one of its middle schools, a sign of active capital investment, and a parent looking at the longer trajectory from East Broadway through middle school and into Levittown's high school would find that facilities context worth knowing.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 373%

School 73% · District 74% · ▼ 1 pts below district

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

Grade 469%

School 69% · District 75% · ▼ 7 pts below district

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

Grade 563%

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

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

English language arts

Grade 365%

School 65% · District 58% · ▲ 7 pts above district

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

Grade 454%

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

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 570%

School 70% · District 61% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 15 pts above state median · even with county median

Science

Grade 543%

School 43% · District 52% · ▼ 9 pts below district

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

Social studies

Grade 599%

School 99% · district not reported

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 1 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 4Lower-income29%Higher-income57%29 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income63%Higher-income71%9 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 4Lower-income43%Higher-income71%29 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income63%Higher-income63%1 pp gap