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Enrollment
916
Middle
DISTRICT 1,057 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLMORE-MERRICK CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361902001722
GRAND AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL
2301 GRAND AVE, BELLMORE, NY 11710 · (516) 992-1100 · Nassau County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL916 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 83% of New York public middle schools
- ATest 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
77 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
156 students
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 456 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 460 | 50% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
67.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
88.5%
NY avg 57.4% . -3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 88.5% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 91.8% |
% 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
73.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 GRAND AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL
GRAND AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (73.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRAND AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 916 | 17.0% | 73.7% |
| GREAT HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL NESCONSET | 750 | 17.2% | 70.5% |
| LOUIS M KLEIN MIDDLE SCHOOL HARRISON | 923 | 20.6% | 71.1% |
| JONAS E SALK MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVITTOWN | 899 | 23.7% | 66.8% |
| MILDRED E STRANG MIDDLE SCHOOL YORKTOWN HEIGHTS | 793 | 15.0% | 77.6% |
| HAUPPAUGE MIDDLE SCHOOL HAUPPAUGE | 725 | 22.3% | 66.2% |
Matched among New York middle 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 GRAND AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.7% | #90 of 766 | #16 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.5% | #119 of 768 ▼ 25 | #21 of 52 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #135 of 768 ▲ 23 | #19 of 52 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 916 | #105 of 796 | #14 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #553 of 683 | #48 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.4% | #289 of 688 | #26 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.0% | #717 of 773 | #36 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.9% | #511 of 524 | #29 of 30 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
916
+21 (+2%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 869
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 916 | 76.5 | 12.0:1 | 17% (156) |
| 2023-24 | 897 | 75.8 | 11.8:1 | 13% (117) |
| 2022-23 | 915 | 74 | 12.4:1 | 11% (97) |
| 2020-21 | 895 | 74 | 12.1:1 | 9% (83) |
| 2017-18 | 924 | 62 | 14.9:1 | 12% (108) |
| 2015-16 | 933 | 59 | 15.8:1 | 12% (114) |
| 2010-11 | 1,018 | 77 | 13.2:1 | 5% (46) |
| 2000-01 | 985 | 60 | 16.4:1 | 3% (26) |
| 1990-91 | 869 | 57 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GRAND AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About GRAND AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL
GRAND AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a high-enrollment middle-grades school in BELLMORE, New York, one of the schools in BELLMORE-MERRICK CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school offers grades 7 through 8 and enrolls 916 students. That puts enrollment 73% larger than the 531-student average for middle schools in New York.
GRAND AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL is run by BELLMORE-MERRICK CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT, whose 5 schools enroll 5,283 students.
The student body at GRAND AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL is 65% White. The rest of enrollment is 17% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Nassau County, the White share is about 57%. A diversity index of 53% means there is a 53% chance two randomly chosen students at GRAND AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL are from different groups.
Classroom staffing at GRAND AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL totals 76.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.0:1. The average for middle schools in New York, 10.3:1, is lower. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at GRAND AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 17%. Among public schools in Nassau County, the average eligibility rate is 31%.
GRAND AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 83% of New York public middle schools.
Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 68.7%. GRAND AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 73.7%.
Nassau County is the school's county. There, 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, WELLINGTON C MEPHAM HIGH SCHOOL is closest at about 0.4 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of GRAND AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL. By average proficiency, GRAND AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL is 5th among 9 schools close by.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 895 in 2020-21 and 916 in 2024-25.
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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 BELLMORE-MERRICK CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SANFORD H CALHOUN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,219 students
- WELLINGTON C MEPHAM HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,211 students
- JOHN F KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,089 students
- MERRICK AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOLHigh · 848 students
Other schools in BELLMORE
- WELLINGTON C MEPHAM HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,211 students
- JOHN F KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,089 students
- REINHARD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERElementary · 550 students
- MARTIN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 328 students
- WINTHROP AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 312 students
- SHORE ROAD SCHOOLMiddle · 273 students
Nearby schools
- WELLINGTON C MEPHAM HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 1,211
- CHATTERTON SCHOOL0.6 mi · 451
- MARTIN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 328
- MERRICK AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 848
- PARK AVENUE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 324
- NEWBRIDGE ROAD SCHOOL0.9 mi · 336
Frequently asked questions
About GRAND AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend GRAND AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
GRAND AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 916 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does GRAND AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
GRAND AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at GRAND AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at GRAND AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 12.0:1 (77 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at GRAND AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at GRAND AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 65% White, 17% Hispanic, 3% Black, 13% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is GRAND AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
GRAND AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BELLMORE-MERRICK CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.