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Enrollment
1,308
High
DISTRICT 1,545 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEWANHAKA CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362652003627
FLORAL PARK MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL
210 LOCUST ST, FLORAL PARK, NY 11001 · (516) 488-9300 · Nassau County
GRADES 07–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,308 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of New York public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
12.9:1
101 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
302 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 7 | 230 | 18% |
| Grade 8 | 242 | 19% |
| Grade 9 | 216 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 198 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 199 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 210 | 16% |
| Ungraded | 13 | 1% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
82.7%
NY avg 58.3% . +5.5pp since 2023
Math
80.7%
NY avg 57.4% . -0.2pp 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 81 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 have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.7% | 80.7% |
| 2023-24 | 77.2% | 80.9% |
% 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
67.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 FLORAL PARK MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL
FLORAL PARK MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (67.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLORAL PARK MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,308 | 23.1% | 67.5% |
| CLARKSTOWN SOUTH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL WEST NYACK | 1,386 | 22.8% | 80.8% |
| H FRANK CAREY HIGH SCHOOL FRANKLIN SQUARE | 1,644 | 20.5% | 64.7% |
| HALF HOLLOW HILLS HIGH SCHOOL EAST DIX HILLS | 1,407 | 30.8% | 81.3% |
| HALF HOLLOW HILLS HIGH SCHOOL WEST DIX HILLS | 1,028 | 29.2% | 93.7% |
| CLARKSTOWN NORTH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL NEW CITY | 1,209 | 27.0% | 78.2% |
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 FLORAL PARK MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #393 of 1,135 | #40 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.7% | #134 of 1,109 ▲ 75 | #26 of 57 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.7% | #372 of 1,135 ▲ 149 | #40 of 56 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,308 | #142 of 1,216 | #20 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #830 of 1,058 | #50 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.1% | #70 of 1,070 | #4 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.1% | #1,069 of 1,167 | #33 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.5% | #446 of 743 | #13 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
1,308
-55 (-4%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 1,111
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 1,308 | 101 | 12.9:1 | 23% (302) |
| 2023-24 | 1,327 | 103.8 | 12.8:1 | 21% (279) |
| 2022-23 | 1,310 | 99.9 | 13.1:1 | 23% (307) |
| 2020-21 | 1,363 | 104 | 13.1:1 | 16% (216) |
| 2017-18 | 1,446 | 94.7 | 15.3:1 | 16% (235) |
| 2015-16 | 1,424 | 61 | 23.3:1 | 18% (259) |
| 2010-11 | 1,394 | 94 | 14.8:1 | 9% (122) |
| 2000-01 | 1,471 | 90 | 16.3:1 | 5% (71) |
| 1990-91 | 1,111 | 82 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FLORAL PARK MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL.
About FLORAL PARK MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL
FLORAL PARK MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL is a high school located in FLORAL PARK, New York, in Nassau County. Enrolled students number 1,308 students, in grades 7 through 12. Enrollment is 96% higher than the average for high schools in New York, which is about 668.
FLORAL PARK MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL sits within SEWANHAKA CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 5 schools and 7,727 students.
White students form the largest group at FLORAL PARK MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL, 42% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 24% Hispanic, 21% Asian, and 10% Black. Among people living in Nassau County, the White share is about 57%. FLORAL PARK MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL has a diversity index of 71%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school employs the equivalent of 101 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 12.9:1. Among high schools in New York, the typical ratio is 11.0:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 23%. For comparison, public schools in Nassau County average 31%.
The allk12 Grade for FLORAL PARK MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL is B-. Compared with New York public high schools, the school scored higher than 53% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
FLORAL PARK MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (67.5%) and its predicted rate (66.5%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
Within Nassau County, median household income is about $146,202, about 50% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 315 public schools in Nassau County, with a combined enrollment of about 200,775.
The shortest distance from FLORAL PARK MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL to another public school is about 0.8 miles, to FLORAL PARK-BELLEROSE SCHOOL. The five-mile area around FLORAL PARK MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 66.7%, lower than FLORAL PARK MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL's 67.5%.
In the federal locale system, FLORAL PARK MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 1,308 was 4% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 1,363.
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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 SEWANHAKA CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
- NEW HYDE PARK MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,711 students
- H FRANK CAREY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,644 students
- SEWANHAKA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,572 students
- ELMONT MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,492 students
Other schools in FLORAL PARK
- SEWANHAKA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,572 students
- FLORAL PARK-BELLEROSE SCHOOLElementary · 904 students
- IRWIN ALTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL 172Middle · 799 students
- JOHN LEWIS CHILDS SCHOOLElementary · 674 students
- JAMES J AMBROSE SCHOOL (THE)Elementary · 659 students
- PS 993Combined · 636 students
Nearby schools
- FLORAL PARK-BELLEROSE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 904
- JOHN LEWIS CHILDS SCHOOL0.8 mi · 674
- SEWANHAKA HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 1,572
- COVERT AVENUE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 646
- CLARA H CARLSON SCHOOL0.9 mi · 764
- GOTHAM AVENUE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 515
Frequently asked questions
About FLORAL PARK MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend FLORAL PARK MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL?
FLORAL PARK MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,308 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does FLORAL PARK MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL serve?
FLORAL PARK MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at FLORAL PARK MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at FLORAL PARK MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is FLORAL PARK MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL?
FLORAL PARK MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 42% White, 24% Hispanic, 10% Black, 21% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is FLORAL PARK MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL in?
FLORAL PARK MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL is part of SEWANHAKA CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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