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Enrollment
750
Middle
DISTRICT 579 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SMITHTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362706004257
GREAT HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL
150 SOUTHERN BLVD, NESCONSET, NY 11767 · (631) 382-2805 · Suffolk County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL750 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of New York public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
10.3:1
73 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
129 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 6 | 261 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 235 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 254 | 34% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
63.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
100.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 100 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 100.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 100.0% |
% 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
70.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% 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 GREAT HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL
GREAT HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (70.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREAT HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 750 | 17.2% | 70.5% |
| MILDRED E STRANG MIDDLE SCHOOL YORKTOWN HEIGHTS | 793 | 15.0% | 77.6% |
| GRAND AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL BELLMORE | 916 | 17.0% | 73.7% |
| NORTH SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL GLEN HEAD | 642 | 13.6% | 86.4% |
| HAUPPAUGE MIDDLE SCHOOL HAUPPAUGE | 725 | 22.3% | 66.2% |
| GOWANA MIDDLE SCHOOL CLIFTON PARK | 764 | 15.7% | 82.3% |
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 GREAT HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.5% | #133 of 766 | #8 of 66 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 100% | #41 of 768 ▲ 3 | #4 of 66 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #176 of 768 ▲ 62 | #11 of 66 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 750 | #187 of 796 | #29 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #331 of 683 | #36 of 66 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.0% | #377 of 688 | #43 of 66 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.2% | #716 of 773 | #56 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.2% | #111 of 524 | #8 of 59 |
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
750
-141 (-16%) vs 2020
+14% since 2000-01, when it was 660
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 750 | 73.1 | 10.3:1 | 17% (129) |
| 2023-24 | 771 | 71 | 10.9:1 | 11% (88) |
| 2022-23 | 828 | 77.2 | 10.7:1 | 11% (91) |
| 2020-21 | 891 | 73 | 12.2:1 | 10% (86) |
| 2017-18 | 977 | 78.8 | 12.4:1 | 11% (105) |
| 2015-16 | 953 | 62 | 15.4:1 | 8% (78) |
| 2010-11 | 1,030 | 72 | 14.3:1 | 5% (55) |
| 2000-01 | 660 | 50 | 13.2:1 | 5% (35) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GREAT HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About GREAT HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL
GREAT HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL, a mid-sized middle school, is located in NESCONSET, New York. It offers grades 6 through 8 and has 750 students enrolled. That is 41% larger than the average of about 531 students for middle schools in New York.
GREAT HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL is among 12 schools run by SMITHTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which serves 7,437 students.
Federal enrollment data show GREAT HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL is 70% White. Enrollment also includes 14% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 3% multiracial, and 3% Black. A diversity index of 48% means there is a 48% chance two randomly chosen students at GREAT HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL are from different groups.
GREAT HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL has a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1, with 73.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York is close to this figure. The school has 17% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Suffolk County average 39%.
GREAT HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 76% of New York public middle schools.
On BeatsExpectations, GREAT HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL is 1.8 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New York schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Suffolk County show that the median household earns about $130,686 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Across Suffolk County, 343 public schools serve about 222,439 students.
GREAT HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL's nearest public school is TACKAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (about 1.0 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, GREAT HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL is 2nd of 9 nearby schools with test data.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 891 to 750, a 16% decline. Federal data show the ratio falling from 12.2:1 to 10.3:1.
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Suffolk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,530,146
Census ACS
Median income
$130,686
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
343
222,439 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SMITHTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL EASTHigh · 1,403 students
- SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL-WESTHigh · 1,158 students
- ACCOMPSETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 523 students
- ACCOMPSETT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 522 students
- SMITHTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 517 students
- MOUNT PLEASANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 479 students
Nearby schools
- TACKAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 470
- DOGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 350
- MOUNT PLEASANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 479
- SMITHTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 517
- CHEROKEE STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 618
- SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL EAST1.9 mi · 1,403
Frequently asked questions
About GREAT HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is GREAT HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL?
GREAT HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 750 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does GREAT HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
GREAT HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at GREAT HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.3:1 students per teacher at GREAT HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at GREAT HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At GREAT HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 70% White, 14% Hispanic, 3% Black, 10% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is GREAT HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
GREAT HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of SMITHTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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