HEMPSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL

HEMPSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL operates as an expansive high school in HEMPSTEAD, New York, overseen by HEMPSTEAD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 1,879 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 668 students per school, that is 181% larger than typical.

HEMPSTEAD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 5,321 students; HEMPSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, HEMPSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 75% of enrollment. Other groups include 23% Black. By comparison, Nassau County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 27.6:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 68% of students at HEMPSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Nassau County's rate of about 31%.

With demographic context factored in, HEMPSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.9%, the actual is 43.7%, a residual of -6.2 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Nassau County indicate 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 HEMPSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: EVERGREEN CHARTER SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HEMPSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 42.0%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. HEMPSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 27% since 2018, when it stood at 2,567 (now 1,879). The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 24.2:1 in 2018 to 27.6:1 today.

On allk12, members of the HEMPSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.