H FRANK CAREY HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 230 POPPY AVE, in FRANKLIN SQUARE, New York, H FRANK CAREY HIGH SCHOOL is a sprawling high school that enrolls 1,644 students (grades 7 through 12), operated by SEWANHAKA CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT. That puts it 146% larger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

Within SEWANHAKA CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 5 schools and 7,727 students, H FRANK CAREY HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, H FRANK CAREY HIGH SCHOOL records that the most-represented group is White (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 27% Hispanic, 17% Asian, 3% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 113 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting H FRANK CAREY HIGH SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 20% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Nassau County's rate of about 31%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, H FRANK CAREY HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 64.7%.

Around the school, 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%. In all, Nassau County runs 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), of which H FRANK CAREY HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is WASHINGTON STREET SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, H FRANK CAREY HIGH SCHOOL comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 64.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 3%: 1,694 students in 2018 compared to 1,644 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 71% to 51% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

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