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CARRIE PALMER WEBER MIDDLE SCHOOL
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Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 100 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About CARRIE PALMER WEBER MIDDLE SCHOOL
Located at PORT WASHINGTON BLVD, in PORT WASHINGTON, New York, CARRIE PALMER WEBER MIDDLE SCHOOL is a well-populated middle school that enrolls 1,213 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by PORT WASHINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 128% above the state mean of about 531.
PORT WASHINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 5,298 students; CARRIE PALMER WEBER MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.
For racial and ethnic makeup, CARRIE PALMER WEBER MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that White students make up the majority at 61%. Beyond that, the school reports 23% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 3% multiracial.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 113 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 10.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 6% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Nassau County runs at roughly 31%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CARRIE PALMER WEBER MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 72.7%, the actual is 79.8%, a residual of +7.1 points.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Nassau County put the typical household earns roughly $146,202 per year, roughly 50% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CARRIE PALMER WEBER MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 315 public schools in Nassau County (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students).
PAUL D SCHREIBER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CARRIE PALMER WEBER MIDDLE SCHOOL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 77.8%.
Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 1,231 students in 2018 compared to 1,213 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 19% to 23%.
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the CARRIE PALMER WEBER MIDDLE SCHOOL community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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