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Enrollment
617
High
DISTRICT 436 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARLE PLACE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360654000435
CARLE PLACE MIDDLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
168 CHERRY LN, CARLE PLACE, NY 11514 · (516) 622-6433 · Nassau County
GRADES 07–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL617 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of New York public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public high schools
Student : Teacher
8.7:1
71 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
150 students
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 9 | 120 | 19% |
| Grade 10 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 102 | 17% |
| Grade 12 | 98 | 16% |
| Ungraded | 20 | 3% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within CARLE PLACE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
78.7%
NY avg 58.3% . -5.4pp since 2023
Math
84.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.7% | 84.0% |
| 2023-24 | 84.1% | 88.7% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
80.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like CARLE PLACE MIDDLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
CARLE PLACE MIDDLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (80.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARLE PLACE MIDDLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 617 | 24.3% | 80.2% |
| ELWOOD/JOHN GLENN HIGH SCHOOL ELWOOD | 677 | 25.4% | 85.5% |
| TAPPAN ZEE HIGH SCHOOL ORANGEBURG | 911 | 23.1% | 89.2% |
| DOBBS FERRY HIGH SCHOOL DOBBS FERRY | 459 | 21.8% | 92.2% |
| RYE NECK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MAMARONECK | 469 | 21.5% | 74.8% |
| LOCUST VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL LOCUST VALLEY | 583 | 27.3% | 88.2% |
Matched among New York high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where CARLE PLACE MIDDLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.2% | #179 of 1,135 | #26 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #100 of 1,109 ▲ 14 | #21 of 57 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.7% | #448 of 1,135 ▼ 49 | #42 of 56 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 617 | #428 of 1,216 | #53 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.7:1 | #110 of 1,058 | #5 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.0% | #384 of 1,070 | #32 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.3% | #1,057 of 1,167 | #29 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.1% | #688 of 743 | #32 of 34 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
617
+37 (+6%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 651
Student : Teacher
8.7:1
was 8.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 617 | 70.9 | 8.7:1 | 24% (150) |
| 2023-24 | 610 | 72.9 | 8.4:1 | 26% (157) |
| 2022-23 | 598 | 74.9 | 8.0:1 | 20% (117) |
| 2020-21 | 580 | 72 | 8.1:1 | 18% (103) |
| 2017-18 | 630 | 71 | 8.9:1 | 21% (133) |
| 2015-16 | 654 | 72 | 9.1:1 | 19% (126) |
| 2010-11 | 674 | 67 | 10.1:1 | 14% (92) |
| 2000-01 | 727 | 62 | 11.7:1 | 3% (23) |
| 1990-91 | 651 | 53 | 12.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CARLE PLACE MIDDLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About CARLE PLACE MIDDLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
CARLE PLACE MIDDLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a medium-sized high school with its address in CARLE PLACE, New York. The school's 617 students are in grades 7 through 12.
CARLE PLACE MIDDLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one school in a 3-school district, CARLE PLACE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which enrolls 1,307 students.
CARLE PLACE MIDDLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 61% White by enrollment. The remaining students are 25% Hispanic, 10% Asian, and 3% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 55% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
CARLE PLACE MIDDLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL counts 70.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 8.7 students for each one. On average, high schools in New York have 11.0:1, compared with 8.7:1 here. About 24% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
CARLE PLACE MIDDLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 81% of New York public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, CARLE PLACE MIDDLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 14.2 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 80.2% actual, 66.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
Nassau County has these Census figures: the median household income is $146,202, roughly 50% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Nassau County is home to 315 public schools and about 200,775 public school students.
CHERRY LANE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of CARLE PLACE MIDDLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, CARLE PLACE MIDDLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
CARLE PLACE MIDDLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment grew from 580 in 2020-21 to 617 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for CARLE PLACE MIDDLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Nassau County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,389,591
Census ACS
Median income
$146,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
315
200,775 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CARLE PLACE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- RUSHMORE AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 407 students
- CHERRY LANE SCHOOLElementary · 283 students
Other schools in CARLE PLACE
- RUSHMORE AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 407 students
- CHERRY LANE SCHOOLElementary · 283 students
Nearby schools
- CHERRY LANE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 283
- RUSHMORE AVENUE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 407
- DREXEL AVENUE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 513
- WHEATLEY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 689
- WESTBURY MIDDLE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 945
- NORTH SIDE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 510
Frequently asked questions
About CARLE PLACE MIDDLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow large is CARLE PLACE MIDDLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
CARLE PLACE MIDDLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 617 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does CARLE PLACE MIDDLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
CARLE PLACE MIDDLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many teachers does CARLE PLACE MIDDLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL have?
CARLE PLACE MIDDLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL employs 71 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.7:1.
What is the student diversity at CARLE PLACE MIDDLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CARLE PLACE MIDDLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 61% White, 25% Hispanic, 3% Black, 10% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees CARLE PLACE MIDDLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
CARLE PLACE MIDDLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by CARLE PLACE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Nassau County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.