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Enrollment
1,051
High
DISTRICT 549 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HEWLETT-WOODMERE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363171004227
GEORGE W HEWLETT HIGH SCHOOL
60 EVERIT AVE, HEWLETT, NY 11557 · (516) 792-4100 · Nassau County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,051 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% 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.
- B+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
10.5:1
100 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.8:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
250 students
DISTRICT 25% · 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 | 247 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 263 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 254 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 272 | 26% |
| Ungraded | 15 | 1% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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 HEWLETT-WOODMERE 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
89.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
54.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -29.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 29 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 89.0% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 90.0% | 83.0% |
% 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
80.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 GEORGE W HEWLETT HIGH SCHOOL
GEORGE W HEWLETT HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (80.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEORGE W HEWLETT HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,051 | 23.8% | 80.0% |
| HARRISON HIGH SCHOOL HARRISON | 1,066 | 25.0% | 80.7% |
| HAUPPAUGE HIGH SCHOOL HAUPPAUGE | 1,038 | 20.4% | 88.8% |
| BRIGHTON HIGH SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 1,164 | 24.3% | 90.5% |
| HARBORFIELDS HIGH SCHOOL GREENLAWN | 923 | 21.1% | 93.2% |
| TAPPAN ZEE HIGH SCHOOL ORANGEBURG | 911 | 23.1% | 89.2% |
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 GEORGE W HEWLETT HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #184 of 1,135 | #27 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #528 of 1,109 ▼ 345 | #45 of 57 ▼ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #228 of 1,135 ▲ 47 | #31 of 56 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,051 | #230 of 1,216 | #36 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #419 of 1,058 | #15 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.6% | #275 of 1,070 | #21 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.8% | #1,061 of 1,167 | #31 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.0% | #691 of 743 | #33 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
1,051
+36 (+4%) vs 2020
+21% since 1990-91, when it was 866
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 9.7:1
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 | 1,051 | 99.9 | 10.5:1 | 24% (250) |
| 2023-24 | 1,013 | 95.8 | 10.6:1 | 30% (304) |
| 2022-23 | 999 | 96.7 | 10.3:1 | 26% (259) |
| 2020-21 | 1,015 | 105 | 9.7:1 | 25% (252) |
| 2017-18 | 1,072 | 101.2 | 10.6:1 | 20% (212) |
| 2015-16 | 1,064 | 96 | 11.1:1 | 20% (215) |
| 2010-11 | 1,070 | 97 | 11.0:1 | 7% (74) |
| 2000-01 | 1,074 | 91 | 11.8:1 | 2% (20) |
| 1990-91 | 866 | 80 | 10.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GEORGE W HEWLETT HIGH SCHOOL.
About GEORGE W HEWLETT HIGH SCHOOL
GEORGE W HEWLETT HIGH SCHOOL is a public large high school in HEWLETT, New York. Enrollment totals 1,051 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts enrollment 57% bigger than the 668-student average for high schools in New York.
In HEWLETT-WOODMERE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, 5 schools enroll a combined 2,745 students.
Of every 100 students at GEORGE W HEWLETT HIGH SCHOOL, about 60 are White. It is also 18% Hispanic, 10% Asian, and 10% Black. Among Nassau County residents, the White share is about 57%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 59%.
GEORGE W HEWLETT HIGH SCHOOL reported 99.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 10.5:1. The ratio is within a point of the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. Roughly 24% of students at GEORGE W HEWLETT HIGH SCHOOL can receive free or reduced-price lunch.
Among New York public high schools, GEORGE W HEWLETT HIGH SCHOOL outscored 80%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for GEORGE W HEWLETT HIGH SCHOOL is +13.8 points: 80.0% actual, 66.3% predicted.
In Nassau County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $146,202, about 50% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. There are 315 public schools in the county, enrolling about 200,775, GEORGE W HEWLETT HIGH SCHOOL among them.
Among nearby public schools, HEWLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is closest at about 0.4 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. GEORGE W HEWLETT HIGH SCHOOL comes in 1st of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, GEORGE W HEWLETT 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 school's enrollment increased 4% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at GEORGE W HEWLETT HIGH SCHOOL. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 HEWLETT-WOODMERE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WOODMERE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 644 students
- FRANKLIN EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERElementary · 386 students
- HEWLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 369 students
- OGDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 295 students
Other schools in HEWLETT
- WOODMERE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 644 students
- FRANKLIN EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERElementary · 386 students
- HEWLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 369 students
Nearby schools
- HEWLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 369
- FRANKLIN EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER0.5 mi · 386
- WOODMERE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 644
- LYNBROOK SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 414
- WILLIAM L BUCK SCHOOL1.0 mi · 303
- WAVERLY PARK SCHOOL1.1 mi · 197
Frequently asked questions
About GEORGE W HEWLETT HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend GEORGE W HEWLETT HIGH SCHOOL?
GEORGE W HEWLETT HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,051 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does GEORGE W HEWLETT HIGH SCHOOL serve?
GEORGE W HEWLETT HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does GEORGE W HEWLETT HIGH SCHOOL have?
GEORGE W HEWLETT HIGH SCHOOL employs 100 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.5:1.
What is the student diversity at GEORGE W HEWLETT HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at GEORGE W HEWLETT HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 60% White, 18% Hispanic, 10% Black, 10% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is GEORGE W HEWLETT HIGH SCHOOL in?
GEORGE W HEWLETT HIGH SCHOOL is part of HEWLETT-WOODMERE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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