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Enrollment
1,295
High
DISTRICT 1,170 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEVITTOWN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361716001523
GEN DOUGLAS MACARTHUR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
3369 OLD JERUSALEM RD, LEVITTOWN, NY 11756 · (516) 434-7230 · Nassau County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,295 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% of New York public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
11.7:1
111 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
299 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 | 318 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 301 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 307 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 340 | 26% |
| Ungraded | 29 | 2% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
95.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
90.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.0pp since 2023
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 90 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 95.0% | 90.0% |
| 2023-24 | 96.0% | 92.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
90.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 90% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 67% 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 24 points, placing it in New York's top 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 GEN DOUGLAS MACARTHUR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
GEN DOUGLAS MACARTHUR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (90.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEN DOUGLAS MACARTHUR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,295 | 23.1% | 90.3% |
| HARRISON HIGH SCHOOL HARRISON | 1,066 | 25.0% | 80.7% |
| WELLINGTON C MEPHAM HIGH SCHOOL BELLMORE | 1,211 | 18.9% | 89.7% |
| HAUPPAUGE HIGH SCHOOL HAUPPAUGE | 1,038 | 20.4% | 88.8% |
| SANFORD H CALHOUN HIGH SCHOOL MERRICK | 1,219 | 20.3% | 88.2% |
| GEORGE W HEWLETT HIGH SCHOOL HEWLETT | 1,051 | 23.8% | 80.0% |
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 GEN DOUGLAS MACARTHUR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 90.3% | #58 of 1,135 | #12 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 90.0% | #44 of 1,109 ▲ 36 | #11 of 57 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 95.0% | #77 of 1,135 ▲ 13 | #14 of 56 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,295 | #147 of 1,216 | #21 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #648 of 1,058 | #36 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.3% | #438 of 1,070 | #34 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.1% | #1,068 of 1,167 | #32 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.5% | #211 of 339 | #13 of 23 |
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
1,295
+24 (+2%) vs 2020
+21% since 1990-91, when it was 1,067
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 1,295 | 111 | 11.7:1 | 23% (299) |
| 2023-24 | 1,263 | 113.9 | 11.1:1 | 19% (235) |
| 2022-23 | 1,277 | 110.1 | 11.6:1 | 17% (223) |
| 2020-21 | 1,271 | 110 | 11.6:1 | 19% (241) |
| 2017-18 | 1,227 | 96.2 | 12.8:1 | 15% (187) |
| 2015-16 | 1,246 | 92 | 13.5:1 | 16% (199) |
| 2010-11 | 1,457 | 122 | 11.9:1 | 9% (137) |
| 2000-01 | 1,035 | 75 | 13.8:1 | 4% (45) |
| 1990-91 | 1,067 | 75 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GEN DOUGLAS MACARTHUR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About GEN DOUGLAS MACARTHUR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
GEN DOUGLAS MACARTHUR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a large high school based in LEVITTOWN, New York. The school offers grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 1,295 students. That puts enrollment 94% above the 668-student average for high schools in New York.
GEN DOUGLAS MACARTHUR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports to LEVITTOWN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 10 schools and 7,062 students.
The share of White students at GEN DOUGLAS MACARTHUR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 65%, a majority. It is also 21% Hispanic and 11% Asian. For comparison, the population of Nassau County is roughly 57% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 52%.
Based on 111 full-time-equivalent teachers, GEN DOUGLAS MACARTHUR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has a ratio of 11.7:1. The ratio is within a point of the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. Income data for the school show 23% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 8 points below the 31% average for public schools in Nassau County.
GEN DOUGLAS MACARTHUR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 94% of New York public high schools.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 66.5% for GEN DOUGLAS MACARTHUR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 90.3%. The 23.8-point gap ranks in the top 10% of New York schools.
The school's county is Nassau County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $146,202 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 50% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Public schools in Nassau County number 315, with about 200,775 students.
Among nearby public schools, JONAS E SALK MIDDLE SCHOOL is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of GEN DOUGLAS MACARTHUR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. On state test proficiency, GEN DOUGLAS MACARTHUR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 1st in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Federal data show 1,271 students in 2020-21 and 1,295 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
GEN DOUGLAS MACARTHUR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 LEVITTOWN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- DIVISION AVENUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,044 students
- JONAS E SALK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 899 students
- WISDOM LANE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 765 students
- EAST BROADWAY SCHOOLElementary · 662 students
- ABBEY LANE SCHOOLElementary · 607 students
- NORTHSIDE SCHOOLElementary · 560 students
Other schools in LEVITTOWN
- DIVISION AVENUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,044 students
- JONAS E SALK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 899 students
- WISDOM LANE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 765 students
- ISLAND TREES MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 725 students
- ISLAND TREES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 701 students
- ABBEY LANE SCHOOLElementary · 607 students
Nearby schools
- JONAS E SALK MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 899
- GARDINERS AVENUE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 542
- EAST BROADWAY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 662
- WANTAGH MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 645
- LEE ROAD SCHOOL1.0 mi · 312
- WANTAGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 826
Frequently asked questions
About GEN DOUGLAS MACARTHUR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at GEN DOUGLAS MACARTHUR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
GEN DOUGLAS MACARTHUR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,295 students in grades 09-12.
Is GEN DOUGLAS MACARTHUR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
GEN DOUGLAS MACARTHUR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at GEN DOUGLAS MACARTHUR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at GEN DOUGLAS MACARTHUR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is GEN DOUGLAS MACARTHUR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
GEN DOUGLAS MACARTHUR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 65% White, 21% Hispanic, 1% Black, 11% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is GEN DOUGLAS MACARTHUR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL in?
GEN DOUGLAS MACARTHUR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is part of LEVITTOWN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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