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Which teacher or staff member at ISLAND TREES MIDDLE SCHOOL deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
725
Middle
DISTRICT 565 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ISLAND TREES UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361551001319
ISLAND TREES MIDDLE SCHOOL
45 WANTAGH AVE S, LEVITTOWN, NY 11756 · (516) 520-2157 · Nassau County
GRADES 05–09MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL725 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% 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.
- B+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
10.9:1
67 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
259 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 5 | 188 | 26% |
| Grade 6 | 188 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 167 | 23% |
| Grade 8 | 180 | 25% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
65%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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within ISLAND TREES 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
63.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
71.9%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.5pp 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 72 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 71.9% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 73.3% |
% 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
66.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 ISLAND TREES MIDDLE SCHOOL
ISLAND TREES MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (66.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISLAND TREES MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 725 | 35.7% | 66.3% |
| JHS 104 SIMON BARUCH NEW YORK | 1,023 | 37.2% | 81.5% |
| JHS 167 ROBERT F WAGNER NEW YORK | 945 | 30.9% | 82.4% |
| WISDOM LANE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVITTOWN | 765 | 44.6% | 69.7% |
| MINEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL MINEOLA | 653 | 28.8% | 59.1% |
| CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL WESTBURY | 663 | 29.4% | 69.3% |
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 ISLAND TREES MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #185 of 766 | #30 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.9% | #259 of 768 ▼ 17 | #37 of 52 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #172 of 768 ▲ 54 | #23 of 52 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 725 | #197 of 796 | #28 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #437 of 683 | #35 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.4% | #117 of 688 | #8 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.7% | #569 of 773 | #16 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.3% | #114 of 168 | #18 of 21 |
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
725
+71 (+11%) vs 2020
+51% since 1990-91, when it was 479
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 725 | 66.5 | 10.9:1 | 36% (259) |
| 2023-24 | 694 | 66.8 | 10.4:1 | 34% (237) |
| 2022-23 | 657 | 66 | 10.0:1 | 30% (198) |
| 2020-21 | 654 | 58 | 11.3:1 | 28% (181) |
| 2017-18 | 695 | 56.6 | 12.3:1 | 27% (187) |
| 2015-16 | 760 | 55 | 13.8:1 | 22% (170) |
| 2010-11 | 798 | 59 | 13.5:1 | 14% (109) |
| 2000-01 | 915 | 62 | 14.8:1 | 8% (73) |
| 1990-91 | 479 | 45 | 10.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ISLAND TREES MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About ISLAND TREES MIDDLE SCHOOL
A mid-sized middle school in LEVITTOWN, New York, ISLAND TREES MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of ISLAND TREES UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Its grade span covers grades 5 through 9, with 725 students on the rolls. That compares with an average of about 531 students for middle schools in New York.
ISLAND TREES UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT has 2,260 students in 4 schools, and ISLAND TREES MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those schools.
At ISLAND TREES MIDDLE SCHOOL, White students make up the biggest share, 48%. Smaller groups are 25% Hispanic, 22% Asian, and 2% multiracial. County-wide, 57% of Nassau County residents are White. A diversity index of 65% means there is a 65% chance two randomly chosen students at ISLAND TREES MIDDLE SCHOOL are from different groups.
On staff are 66.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 10.9:1. The 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York is close to this figure. ISLAND TREES MIDDLE SCHOOL has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 36%.
ISLAND TREES MIDDLE SCHOOL holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 75% of New York public middle schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, ISLAND TREES MIDDLE SCHOOL would be expected to post about 61.9%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 66.3%.
The county, Nassau County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $146,202, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 50% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. The county has 315 public schools and about 200,775 students.
ISLAND TREES HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, ISLAND TREES MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 3rd of 8 on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment increased 11% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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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 ISLAND TREES UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ISLAND TREES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 701 students
- MICHAEL F STOKES SCHOOLElementary · 511 students
- J FRED SPARKE SCHOOLElementary · 323 students
Other schools in LEVITTOWN
- GEN DOUGLAS MACARTHUR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,295 students
- DIVISION AVENUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,044 students
- JONAS E SALK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 899 students
- WISDOM LANE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 765 students
- ISLAND TREES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 701 students
- ABBEY LANE SCHOOLElementary · 607 students
Nearby schools
- ISLAND TREES HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 701
- MICHAEL F STOKES SCHOOL0.5 mi · 511
- J FRED SPARKE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 323
- PLAINEDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 661
- JOHN H WEST SCHOOL0.8 mi · 473
- CENTRAL BOULEVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 491
Frequently asked questions
About ISLAND TREES MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at ISLAND TREES MIDDLE SCHOOL?
ISLAND TREES MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 725 students in grades 05-09.
What age range does ISLAND TREES MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
ISLAND TREES MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 05 through grade 09.
How many teachers does ISLAND TREES MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
ISLAND TREES MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 67 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
What is the student diversity at ISLAND TREES MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at ISLAND TREES MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 48% White, 25% Hispanic, 1% Black, 22% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees ISLAND TREES MIDDLE SCHOOL?
ISLAND TREES MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by ISLAND TREES UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Nassau County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.