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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5

John H West School, Bethpage, NY

John H West School is a public elementary school in Bethpage, part of Plainedge Union Free School District. It enrolled 473 students in 2024-25, with 11.3 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "JOHN H WEST SCHOOL".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
473
Teachers (FTE)
42.0
Students per teacher
11.3
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is 1.0 lower than the district figure of 12.3. The New York average across schools is 11.4. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school11.3
District12.3
New York11.4
United States15.3

School details

Address
499 Boundary Ave, Bethpage, NY 11714
Phone
(516)992-7500
District
Plainedge Union Free School District
County
Nassau County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
362319003246
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
77
Reduced-price lunch
8
Free or reduced-price lunch
8518.0% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Plainedge Union Free School District

Elementary schools elsewhere in Bethpage

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.