EVERGREEN CHARTER SCHOOL

As a roomy K-12 campus in HEMPSTEAD, New York, EVERGREEN CHARTER SCHOOL teaches 1,144 students from grades K through 12, overseen by EVERGREEN CHARTER SCHOOL. Compared to the state average of about 544 students per school, that is 110% bigger than typical.

EVERGREEN CHARTER SCHOOL is a school of EVERGREEN CHARTER SCHOOL, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Demographically, EVERGREEN CHARTER SCHOOL lists that 87% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder consists of 8% Black, 4% Native American. By comparison, Nassau County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, EVERGREEN CHARTER SCHOOL has 82 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 8.7:1 average. An estimated 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 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 meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, EVERGREEN CHARTER SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.4%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Nassau County) records 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. Across Nassau County's 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), EVERGREEN CHARTER SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: HEMPSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts EVERGREEN CHARTER SCHOOL at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 41.8%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting. EVERGREEN CHARTER SCHOOL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. EVERGREEN CHARTER SCHOOL's enrollment has climbed 155% since 2018, when it stood at 449 (now 1,144). Black enrollment moved from 20% to 8% across the same window.

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