Clearstream Avenue School, Valley Stream NY

Original Research by School Decision on Clearstream Avenue School

Clearstream Avenue School is a pre-kindergarten through sixth-grade elementary school serving Valley Stream, a residential village on Long Island's South Shore. The school enrolls roughly a few hundred students, with a student body that is substantially diverse: about one-third Black, one-third Hispanic, about one-quarter Asian, and the remainder white and other backgrounds. Close to half the students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a mixed economic profile within the school community.

Math proficiency across the tested grades (three through six) sits in the low-to-mid eighties as a percentage, consistent across most grade levels. English language arts proficiency is more uneven. Third and fifth grade show strong results in the low-to-mid eighties, and sixth grade is similarly solid, but fourth grade proficiency dips noticeably lower, which a parent may want to explore further with the school to understand whether it reflects a specific cohort, a program change, or a transition year effect. Science testing was conducted only in fifth grade and shows proficiency in the mid-to-high seventies. State testing data for earlier grades and for social studies are either not administered or not reported at this level.

The school is situated within Valley Stream 30 Union Free School District. Valley Stream itself is a mixed residential-and-retail community anchored by the Green Acres Mall and the Valley Stream LIRR station, with an extensive park system and downtown commercial corridors along Rockaway Avenue. Housing costs in the area are substantial; home values trend well above the national average and have grown modestly year-over-year. Rental costs are also significant and rising. The village is pursuing transit-oriented development concentrated near its downtown and station, a context that shapes where families may be moving in and what the long-term character of the area may become.

Among Nassau County school districts, Clearstream Avenue's overall proficiency index (a mean of results across tested subjects and grades) places it in the top quarter of schools measured by that metric. This is a meaningful position: the school is performing above the county median and near the upper range of what similar schools in the region show.

The school serves an economically mixed population in a community experiencing both housing affordability pressure and targeted revitalization. It is neither a high-poverty nor a low-poverty setting, but rather a working- and middle-class neighborhood where families are balancing real housing costs. No district-level changes or initiatives were found in available public reporting, so a parent seeking to understand the district's strategic direction or recent shifts would need to contact the district directly. The school itself offers a traditional elementary program; no specialty or magnet programming was identified in the available data.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 387%

School 87% · District 76% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 28 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

Grade 483%

School 83% · District 78% · ▲ 5 pts above district

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

Grade 581%

School 81% · District 74% · ▲ 7 pts above district

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

Grade 683%

School 83% · District 67% · ▲ 16 pts above district

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

English language arts

Grade 379%

School 79% · District 70% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 27 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

Grade 467%

School 67% · District 65% · ▲ 2 pts above district

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

Grade 583%

School 83% · District 79% · ▲ 5 pts above district

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

Grade 682%

School 82% · District 70% · ▲ 12 pts above district

▲ 36 pts above state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

Science

Grade 576%

School 76% · District 64% · ▲ 12 pts above district

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

Social studies

Grade 597%

School 97% · District 98% · ▼ 1 pts below district

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

This schoolVALLEY STREAM 30 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-income71%Higher-income86%15 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income53%Higher-income77%24 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income79%Higher-income86%7 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income75%Higher-income90%15 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income88%Higher-income86%2 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income75%Higher-income91%16 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income84%Higher-income79%5 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income74%Higher-income91%17 pp gap