GEORGE W HEWLETT HIGH SCHOOL

GEORGE W HEWLETT HIGH SCHOOL is a 9-12 campus of sprawling scale in HEWLETT, New York, overseen by HEWLETT-WOODMERE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, educateing 1,051 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 57% bigger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

GEORGE W HEWLETT HIGH SCHOOL is one of 5 schools operated by HEWLETT-WOODMERE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that instructs 2,745 students overall.

Demographically, GEORGE W HEWLETT HIGH SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White, at 60% of enrollment; the rest looks like 18% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 10% Black. Compared to Nassau County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 100 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.5:1. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 24% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, GEORGE W HEWLETT HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.3%; this one delivers 80.0%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Nassau County put the typical household earns roughly $146,202 per year, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. GEORGE W HEWLETT HIGH SCHOOL is one of 315 public schools in Nassau County (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students).

The closest other public school is HEWLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, GEORGE W HEWLETT HIGH SCHOOL comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 63.6%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. GEORGE W HEWLETT HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 1,072 (now 1,051). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 66% to 60% over that span.

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