H B THOMPSON MIDDLE SCHOOL

H B THOMPSON MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a high-enrollment 6-8 campus in SYOSSET, New York, run under SYOSSET CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 951 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 531 students each, so H B THOMPSON MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 79% larger than that benchmark.

H B THOMPSON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 10 schools operated by SYOSSET CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that hosts 6,980 students overall.

Looking at the student body, H B THOMPSON MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is Asian at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 40% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Nassau County as a whole is about 12% Asian, so the school skews visibly more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, H B THOMPSON MIDDLE SCHOOL logs 98 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.7:1. The state averages about 10.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 16% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Nassau County's rate of about 31%.

With demographic context factored in, H B THOMPSON MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.2%; this one delivers 80.8%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Nassau County put median household income runs about $146,202, roughly 50% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Nassau County runs 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), of which H B THOMPSON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: WILLITS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around H B THOMPSON MIDDLE SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, H B THOMPSON MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 83.6%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 12%: 852 students in 2018 compared to 951 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 58% to 40%.

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