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DIVISION AVENUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 95 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 are down about 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 62% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 23 points, placing it in New York's top 10%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About DIVISION AVENUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
DIVISION AVENUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a sizable four-year high school in LEVITTOWN, New York, operated by LEVITTOWN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school caters to 1,044 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 668 students per school, that is 56% above typical.
DIVISION AVENUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 10 schools operated by LEVITTOWN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that serves 7,062 students overall.
In terms of who attends, DIVISION AVENUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL records that the most-represented group is White (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 29% Hispanic, 23% Asian, 4% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, DIVISION AVENUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has 96 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 36% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
With demographic context factored in, DIVISION AVENUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of New York schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 61.9%; actual is 84.7%, +22.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.
In the area at large, census data for Nassau County shows the typical household earns roughly $146,202 per year, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. DIVISION AVENUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 315 public schools in Nassau County (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students).
SUMMIT LANE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, DIVISION AVENUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 66.9%.
The campus sits in a residential setting.
Looking at the recent track record. DIVISION AVENUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has rose 6% since 2018, when it stood at 985 (now 1,044). The White share of enrollment declined from 65% to 42% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 9.7:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.
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