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What's one thing CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
663
Middle
DISTRICT 902 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST MEADOW UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360984000106
CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL
740 EDGEWOOD DR, WESTBURY, NY 11590 · (516) 876-7401 · Nassau County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL663 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
72 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
195 students
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
62.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +13.0pp since 2023
Math
82.9%
NY avg 57.4% . -17.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 17 points.
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
69.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
663
+57 (+9%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
was 12.1:1
% White
36%
was 50%
% Hispanic
29%
was 25%
% Black
3%
was 4%
% Asian
30%
was 21%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL
CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack junior high in WESTBURY, New York, operated by EAST MEADOW UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school educates 663 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 25% above the state mean of about 531.
Across the 9 schools in EAST MEADOW UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (7,793 students total), CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
In terms of who attends, CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White at 36%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 30% Asian, 29% Hispanic, 3% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.
On the resource side, On paper, CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL has 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.3:1, putting CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 29% of students at CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.2%, the actual is 69.3%, a residual of +5.1 points.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Nassau County put median household income runs about $146,202, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 315 public schools in Nassau County (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students).
Nearest neighbor: W TRESPER CLARKE HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 59.5%.
The school occupies a bedroom-community site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL has grew 9%, going from 606 students in 2018 to 663 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 50% to 36% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 in 2025.
On this page, members of the CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 EAST MEADOW UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- EAST MEADOW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,549 students
- WOODLAND MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,141 students
- W TRESPER CLARKE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 898 students
- BOWLING GREEN SCHOOLElementary · 895 students
- MCVEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 838 students
- BARNUM WOODS SCHOOLElementary · 797 students
Other schools in WESTBURY
- WESTBURY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 945 students
- W TRESPER CLARKE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 898 students
- BOWLING GREEN SCHOOLElementary · 895 students
- PARK AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 557 students
- DREXEL AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 513 students
- POWELLS LANE SCHOOLElementary · 476 students
Nearby schools
- W TRESPER CLARKE HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 898
- BOWLING GREEN SCHOOL0.4 mi · 895
- DRYDEN STREET SCHOOL0.9 mi · 415
- PARK AVENUE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 557
- DUTCH LANE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 216
- EAST MEADOW HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 1,549
Frequently asked questions
About CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 663 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 72 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.2:1.
How diverse is CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 36% White, 29% Hispanic, 3% Black, 30% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by EAST MEADOW UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Nassau County.
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