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Enrollment
1,704
High
DISTRICT 863 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FARMINGDALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361098000877
FARMINGDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
150 LINCOLN ST, FARMINGDALE, NY 11735 · (516) 434-5210 · Nassau County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,704 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of New York public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public high schools
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
152 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
458 students
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 400 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 432 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 430 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 426 | 25% |
| Ungraded | 16 | 1% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within FARMINGDALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
83.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
65.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.0% | 65.0% |
| 2023-24 | 87.0% | 69.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
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
63.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 →
Schools most like FARMINGDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
FARMINGDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (63.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FARMINGDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,704 | 26.9% | 63.7% |
| MAMARONECK HIGH SCHOOL MAMARONECK | 1,764 | 23.0% | 83.0% |
| LONG BEACH HIGH SCHOOL LONG BEACH | 1,253 | 31.8% | 72.5% |
| SCHOOL 7-OCEANSIDE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL OCEANSIDE | 1,668 | 20.1% | 68.0% |
| COMSEWOGUE HIGH SCHOOL PORT JEFFERSON STA | 1,160 | 27.9% | 76.5% |
| JOHN JAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL HOPEWELL JUNCTION | 1,768 | 23.2% | 71.3% |
Matched among New York high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where FARMINGDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.7% | #467 of 1,135 | #44 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #352 of 1,109 ▲ 23 | #38 of 57 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #361 of 1,135 ▼ 22 | #36 of 56 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,704 | #70 of 1,216 | #8 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #550 of 1,058 | #28 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.3% | #212 of 1,070 | #16 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.9% | #1,034 of 1,167 | #26 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.9% | #434 of 743 | #12 of 34 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,704
-82 (-5%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 1,633
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 11.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,704 | 152.5 | 11.2:1 | 27% (458) |
| 2023-24 | 1,690 | 161 | 10.5:1 | 35% (586) |
| 2022-23 | 1,703 | 164.9 | 10.3:1 | 23% (394) |
| 2020-21 | 1,786 | 155 | 11.5:1 | 2% (43) |
| 2017-18 | 1,892 | 142.7 | 13.3:1 | 25% (465) |
| 2015-16 | 1,905 | 136 | 14.0:1 | 26% (489) |
| 2010-11 | 1,977 | 143 | 13.8:1 | 18% (361) |
| 2000-01 | 1,754 | 145 | 12.1:1 | 8% (141) |
| 1990-91 | 1,633 | 129 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FARMINGDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About FARMINGDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
FARMINGDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a high school in FARMINGDALE, New York, and it is part of FARMINGDALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment stands at 1,704 students, covering grades 9 through 12. The school is 155% larger than the average for high schools in New York.
FARMINGDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits within FARMINGDALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 6 schools and 5,180 students.
More than half of the students at FARMINGDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL are White (51%). The next largest groups are 30% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 7% Black, and 3% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 63%.
There are 152.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 11.2:1. The average ratio among high schools in New York is similar, at 11.0:1. On the income side, 27% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, FARMINGDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL lands at B-, ahead of 45% of New York public high schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, FARMINGDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL would be expected to post about 65.1%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 63.7%.
The school is in Nassau County, where median household income comes to about $146,202, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Nassau County's 315 public schools enroll about 200,775 students and include FARMINGDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
WOODWARD PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.6 miles away, making it the nearest public school. FARMINGDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 58.0% on proficiency, and FARMINGDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is above that at 63.7%.
FARMINGDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 1,786 to 1,704, a 5% decline.
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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 FARMINGDALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HOWITT SCHOOLMiddle · 1,180 students
- WOODWARD PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 815 students
- SALTZMAN EAST MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 592 students
- ALBANY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 536 students
- NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 353 students
Other schools in FARMINGDALE
- HOWITT SCHOOLMiddle · 1,180 students
- WOODWARD PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 815 students
- SALTZMAN EAST MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 592 students
- NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 353 students
Nearby schools
- WOODWARD PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 815
- ALBANY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 536
- SALTZMAN EAST MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 592
- MCKENNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 485
- NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 525
- EAST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 523
Frequently asked questions
About FARMINGDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at FARMINGDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
FARMINGDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,704 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does FARMINGDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
FARMINGDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at FARMINGDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at FARMINGDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 11.2:1 (152 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at FARMINGDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
At FARMINGDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 51% White, 30% Hispanic, 7% Black, 8% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is FARMINGDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
FARMINGDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by FARMINGDALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.