Coalition for Glen Cove

Comparisons with other Nassau school districts

 

Needs

Poverty

Free and reduced lunch

Limited English

Resources

Community wealth

Income per student

Property value per student

School tax as a percentage of property value

School data

Students per teacher

Students per support person

Minority teachers

Teachers with Masters degree

Teachers years of service

Percentage of students in non-public schools

Costs

Total per student

NYS share

 

The number of students below the poverty level is the New York State Census Poverty Index:  The number of children 5 to 17 years of age in families below the poverty level, as determined by the 1990 Federal census, divided by the total number of children within the district boundaries who are 5 to 17 years of age. 

The Federal Health and Human Services Poverty Level for a family of three in 2003 was $15 260 per year. (Federal Register, Vol. 68, No. 26, February 7, 2003, pp. 6456-6458.

The Nassau County 1999 median household income was $72 000  (http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36/36059.html)