CASTLETON ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL OF OCEANSIDE

CASTLETON ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL OF OCEANSIDE operates as a tiny senior high in OCEANSIDE, New York, run under OCEANSIDE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 35 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 95% below the state mean of about 668.

OCEANSIDE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 5,465 students. CASTLETON ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL OF OCEANSIDE is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, CASTLETON ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL OF OCEANSIDE records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 57%. Other groups include 29% White, 6% Asian, 6% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 4.6:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Nassau County (around 31%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CASTLETON ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL OF OCEANSIDE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.1%, the actual is 58.8%, a residual of +1.7 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Nassau County) logs that median household earnings sit near $146,202, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Nassau County runs 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), of which CASTLETON ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL OF OCEANSIDE is one.

Nearest neighbor: SCHOOL 6-KINDERGARTEN CENTER, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CASTLETON ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL OF OCEANSIDE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CASTLETON ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL OF OCEANSIDE at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 64.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. CASTLETON ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL OF OCEANSIDE's enrollment has ticked down 19% since 2018, when it stood at 43 (now 35). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 72% to 29%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 4.6:1 today.

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