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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the HICKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
1,215
Middle
DISTRICT 587 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HICKSVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361434001186
HICKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL
215 JERUSALEM AVE, HICKSVILLE, NY 11801 · (516) 733-2262 · Nassau County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,215 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% of New York public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
11.8:1
103 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
637 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 361 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 430 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 416 | 34% |
| Ungraded | 8 | 1% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
HICKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL→HICKSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within HICKSVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
42.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
63.2%
NY avg 57.4% . -4.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 63.2% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 67.5% |
% 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
50.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 HICKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL
HICKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (50.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HICKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 1,215 | 52.4% | 50.7% |
| JHS 190 RUSSELL SAGE FOREST HILLS | 935 | 61.3% | 64.4% |
| JHS 157 STEPHEN A HALSEY REGO PARK | 1,611 | 52.2% | 73.7% |
| MS 51 WILLIAM ALEXANDER BROOKLYN | 1,038 | 60.2% | 67.9% |
| JHS 194 WILLIAM CARR WHITESTONE | 986 | 69.5% | 69.2% |
| WISDOM LANE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVITTOWN | 765 | 44.6% | 69.7% |
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 HICKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #415 of 766 | #41 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.2% | #337 of 768 ▼ 49 | #40 of 52 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #473 of 768 ▲ 34 | #44 of 52 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,215 | #38 of 796 | #2 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #533 of 683 | #46 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.7% | #104 of 688 | #6 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.4% | #394 of 773 | #11 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.5% | #481 of 524 | #26 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
1,215
-42 (-3%) vs 2020
+66% since 1990-91, when it was 730
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 1,215 | 103.2 | 11.8:1 | 52% (637) |
| 2023-24 | 1,185 | 103.4 | 11.5:1 | 51% (600) |
| 2022-23 | 1,185 | 100.5 | 11.8:1 | 52% (622) |
| 2020-21 | 1,257 | 97 | 13.0:1 | 36% (456) |
| 2017-18 | 1,246 | 89 | 14.0:1 | 42% (518) |
| 2015-16 | 1,186 | 73 | 16.3:1 | 38% (450) |
| 2010-11 | 1,234 | 92 | 13.4:1 | 16% (195) |
| 2000-01 | 1,173 | 92 | 12.8:1 | 10% (122) |
| 1990-91 | 730 | 62 | 11.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HICKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About HICKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL
HICKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public middle school in HICKSVILLE, New York. Students in grades 6 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 1,215 students. Middle schools in New York have about 531 students on average; enrollment here is 129% higher.
HICKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a school in HICKSVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. The district has 9 schools and 5,285 students.
Of every 100 students at HICKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 42 are Hispanic, the largest group. The school is also 36% Asian, 17% White, 3% multiracial, and 2% Black. That is higher than the 19% Hispanic share among all Nassau County residents. A diversity index of 67% means there is a 67% chance two randomly chosen students at HICKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL are from different groups.
HICKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL has a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.8:1, with 103.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in New York, 10.3:1, is lower. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 52% at HICKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL. Compared with the 31% average for public schools in Nassau County, the school's rate is higher.
Among New York public middle schools, HICKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL outscored 40%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
HICKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is 5.0 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (50.7% versus 55.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New York.
In Nassau County, home to about 1,389,591 people, 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.
LEE AVENUE SCHOOL is the nearest public school to HICKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, HICKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, HICKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 42 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The number of students per teacher dropped from 13.0 to 11.8 over 4 years.
The allk12 page for HICKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 HICKSVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HICKSVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,825 students
- LEE AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 436 students
- OLD COUNTRY ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 394 students
- EAST STREET SCHOOLElementary · 389 students
- WOODLAND AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 277 students
- FORK LANE SCHOOLElementary · 270 students
Other schools in HICKSVILLE
- HICKSVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,825 students
- LEE AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 436 students
- OLD COUNTRY ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 394 students
- EAST STREET SCHOOLElementary · 389 students
- WOODLAND AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 277 students
- FORK LANE SCHOOLElementary · 270 students
Other Hicksville Middle schools
One other US public school is named Hicksville Middle. HICKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Hicksville Middle SchoolHicksville, OH · 282 students
Nearby schools
- LEE AVENUE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 436
- HICKSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 1,825
- EAST STREET SCHOOL0.8 mi · 389
- BURNS AVENUE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 263
- OLD COUNTRY ROAD SCHOOL0.9 mi · 394
- FORK LANE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 270
Frequently asked questions
About HICKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at HICKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
HICKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,215 students in grades 06-08.
Is HICKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
HICKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does HICKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
HICKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 103 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
What is the student diversity at HICKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at HICKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 17% White, 42% Hispanic, 2% Black, 36% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees HICKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
HICKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by HICKSVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Nassau County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.