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Barack Obama Elementary School
176 William St
Hempstead NY, 11550, Nassau County
Phone: 516-292-7088
Ranking:
(2,311 out of 3,424, bottom 33%)*

Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 1 to Grade 5
School District: Hempstead Union Free School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
Total Teachers: | 30 | 30 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 33 | |||||||
Total Students: | 437 | 538 | 532 | 485 | 461 | 446 | 455 | |||||||
Grade 1: | 92 | 21.1% | 107 | 19.9% | 125 | 23.5% | 122 | 25.2% | 90 | 19.5% | 103 | 23.1% | 99 | 21.8% |
Grade 2: | 86 | 19.7% | 128 | 23.8% | 134 | 25.2% | 91 | 18.8% | 125 | 27.1% | 82 | 18.4% | 90 | 19.8% |
Grade 3: | 96 | 22.0% | 130 | 24.2% | 77 | 14.5% | 105 | 21.6% | 82 | 17.8% | 94 | 21.1% | 87 | 19.1% |
Grade 4: | 103 | 23.6% | 77 | 14.3% | 107 | 20.1% | 88 | 18.1% | 89 | 19.3% | 83 | 18.6% | 95 | 20.9% |
Grade 5: | 58 | 13.3% | 96 | 17.8% | 89 | 16.7% | 79 | 16.3% | 75 | 16.3% | 84 | 18.8% | 84 | 18.5% |
Ungraded: | 2 | 0.5% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 216 | 49.4% | 261 | 48.5% | 250 | 47.0% | 237 | 48.9% | 208 | 45.1% | 206 | 46.2% | 216 | 47.5% |
Female: | 221 | 50.6% | 277 | 51.5% | 282 | 53.0% | 248 | 51.1% | 241 | 52.3% | 226 | 50.7% | 234 | 51.4% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.6% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.4% |
Asian: | 2 | 0.5% | 5 | 0.9% | 2 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
Hispanic: | 294 | 67.3% | 345 | 64.1% | 338 | 63.5% | 341 | 70.3% | 307 | 66.6% | 288 | 64.6% | 290 | 63.7% |
Black: | 115 | 26.3% | 156 | 29.0% | 163 | 30.6% | 137 | 28.2% | 148 | 32.1% | 152 | 34.1% | 160 | 35.2% |
White: | 26 | 5.9% | 29 | 5.4% | 26 | 4.9% | 2 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.4% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 0.6% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 331 | 75.7% | 444 | 82.5% | 444 | 83.5% | 391 | 80.6% | 345 | 74.8% | 336 | 75.3% | 381 | 83.7% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 7 | 1.6% | 24 | 4.5% | 15 | 2.8% | 30 | 6.2% | 62 | 13.4% | 58 | 13.0% | 35 | 7.7% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 14.57 | 17.93 | 16.12 | 15.18 | 14.87 | 13.90 | 13.80 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
NY State Assessments | ||||||
2006 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 68% | 67% | 69% |
2007 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 55% | 58% | 67% |
2008 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 68% | 68% | 70% |
2009 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 69% | 64% | 76% |
2010 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 62% | 50% | 55% |
2011 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 39% | 33% | 56% |
2012 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 21% | 33% | 56% |
2013 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 13.3% | 10.6% | 31.1% |
2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76% | 74% | 80% |
2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87% | 82% | 85% |
2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84% | 88% | 90% |
2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88% | 85% | 93% |
2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 59% | 51% | 59% |
2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 42% | 53% | 59% |
2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 33% | 42% | 61% |
2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 12.5% | 12.3% | 34.2% |
2006 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 73% | 70% | 69% |
2007 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 69% | 66% | 68% |
2008 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 70% | 72% | 71% |
2009 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 88% | 81% | 77% |
2010 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 82% | 57% | 57% |
2011 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 55% | 38% | 56% |
2012 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 41% | 39% | 60% |
2013 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 3.9% | 7.4% | 30.3% |
2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 69% | 68% | 78% |
2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 82% | 81% | 81% |
2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 88% | 84% | 83% |
2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 90% | 88% | 87% |
2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 79% | 55% | 64% |
2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 65% | 51% | 67% |
2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 48% | 51% | 69% |
2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 9% | 9.4% | 36.3% |
2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 89% | 89% | 86% |
2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 95% | 94% | 85% |
2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 94% | 90% | 86% |
2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 91% | 91% | 88% |
2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 97% | 89% | 89% |
2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 95% | 87% | 88% |
2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 90% | 87% | 89% |
2006 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 64% | 57% | 67% |
2007 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 61% | 56% | 68% |
2008 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 82% | 71% | 78% |
2009 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 92% | 79% | 83% |
2010 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 61% | 46% | 53% |
2011 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 42% | 35% | 53% |
2012 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 56% | 42% | 58% |
2013 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 14.2% | 8.2% | 30.2% |
2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 58% | 51% | 68% |
2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 47% | 56% | 76% |
2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 89% | 80% | 83% |
2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 94% | 86% | 88% |
2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 84% | 51% | 65% |
2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 72% | 55% | 66% |
2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 69% | 54% | 66% |
2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 13.3% | 7.6% | 29.9% |
2006 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 91% | 82% | 82% |
2007 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 92% | 83% | 78% |
2008 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 93% | 90% | 85% |
2009 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 100% | 94% | 86% |
2010 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 100% | 95% | 86% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Barack Obama Elementary School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.