Other · New York
PS 256
Special educationPS 256, a public other school in Syosset, New York: grades pre-k–12, 543 students, 4.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of NYC Special Schools - District 75.
Size and class size
Compared with schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 543
- Teachers (FTE)
- 114.5
- Students per teacher
- 4.7
- Grades
- Pre-K–12
- Other
Fewer students per teacher than 77% of schools in New York
Median 8.0 · 225 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 89% of schools in the US
Median 12.7 · 3,627 schools compared
Larger than 63% of schools in New York
Median 411 · 241 schools compared
Larger than 74% of schools in the US
Median 207 · 3,982 schools compared
State test results
No state test results published for this school: state tests cover grades 3–8, and small groups are not published.
What it offers
- Grades
- Other · Grades Pre-K–12
- Type
- District school · Special education
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Large suburb
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with NYC Special Schools - District 75.
Location
- Address
- 525 Convent Rd, Syosset, NY 11791
- Phone
- (516)921-0450
- City or town
- Syosset
- County
- Nassau County
Nearby schools
The closest public schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Sagamore Children's Psychiatric CenterSpecial education | 4–12 | 36 | — |
Western Suffolk BOCESSpecial education | K–12 | 866 | 3.7 |
| K–11 | 307 | 11.8 | |
Academy Charter School-UniondaleCharterFree meals for all | K–12 | 1,607 | 15.5 |
Nassau BOCESSpecial education | K–12 | 1,797 | 7.2 |
Academy Charter SchoolCharterFree meals for all | K–12 | 2,003 | 16.3 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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