ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UNIONDALE

ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UNIONDALE, a large combined-grade school in UNIONDALE, New York, operated by ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UNIONDALE, hosts 1,607 students, covering grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 544 students per school, that is 195% bigger than typical.

Operationally, ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UNIONDALE answers to ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UNIONDALE, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On the student-mix side, ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UNIONDALE shows that the largest single group is Black, at 56% of enrollment. Other groups include 39% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 104 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 8.7:1, putting ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UNIONDALE higher than the state norm the norm. Around 68% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Nassau County's rate of about 31%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UNIONDALE ranks in the top 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 49.9%; ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UNIONDALE posts 70.7%, +20.8 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Nassau County put median household income runs about $146,202, roughly 50% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Nassau County's 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UNIONDALE is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is LOCUST SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UNIONDALE ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 44.5%.

The campus sits in a residential setting. ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UNIONDALE operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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