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What's something LOCUST VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
427
Middle
DISTRICT 299 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOCUST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361770001664
LOCUST VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL
99 HORSE HOLLOW RD, LOCUST VALLEY, NY 11560 · (516) 277-5200 · Nassau County
GRADES 06–09MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL427 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% of New York public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
8.6:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
89 students
DISTRICT 20% · 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 | 135 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 147 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 137 | 32% |
| Grade 9 | 4 | 1% |
| Ungraded | 4 | 1% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
Based on grade levels within LOCUST VALLEY CENTRAL 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
66.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -12.0pp since 2023
Math
88.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 88 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 12 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 88.0% |
| 2023-24 | 78.0% | 88.0% |
% 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
81.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 LOCUST VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL
LOCUST VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (81.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOCUST VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 427 | 20.8% | 81.6% |
| UDALL ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST ISLIP | 438 | 22.4% | 56.9% |
| PEARL RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL PEARL RIVER | 501 | 16.6% | 67.0% |
| ACCOMPSETT MIDDLE SCHOOL SMITHTOWN | 522 | 18.4% | 69.6% |
| DOBBS FERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL DOBBS FERRY | 345 | 17.4% | 80.5% |
| PLEASANTVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL PLEASANTVILLE | 495 | 14.1% | 75.2% |
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 LOCUST VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.6% | #43 of 766 | #9 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #125 of 768 ▼ 6 | #22 of 52 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #142 of 768 ▼ 101 | #20 of 52 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 427 | #413 of 796 | #44 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.6:1 | #72 of 683 | #8 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.3% | #407 of 688 | #37 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.8% | #696 of 773 | #32 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.2% | #249 of 524 | #10 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
427
-55 (-11%) vs 2020
-20% since 2000-01, when it was 531
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 | 427 | 49.9 | 8.6:1 | 21% (89) |
| 2023-24 | 442 | 53.3 | 8.3:1 | 22% (96) |
| 2022-23 | 472 | 54 | 8.8:1 | 17% (82) |
| 2020-21 | 482 | N/A | N/A | 22% (106) |
| 2017-18 | 492 | 38 | 12.9:1 | 20% (97) |
| 2015-16 | 502 | 36 | 13.9:1 | 16% (81) |
| 2010-11 | 538 | 49 | 11.0:1 | 13% (72) |
| 2000-01 | 531 | 49 | 10.8:1 | 5% (26) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LOCUST VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About LOCUST VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL
LOCUST VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public middle-grades school in LOCUST VALLEY, New York. The school has 427 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 9.
LOCUST VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is in LOCUST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district with 1,794 students across 6 schools.
The share of White students at LOCUST VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is 70%, a majority. It is also 22% Hispanic and 6% Asian. For comparison, the population of Nassau County is roughly 57% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 45%.
There are 49.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 8.6:1. Across middle schools in New York, the average ratio is 10.3:1. Of all students at LOCUST VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, 21% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 10 points below the 31% average for public schools in Nassau County.
Among New York public middle schools, LOCUST VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL outscored 92%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for LOCUST VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is +14.3 points: 81.6% actual, 67.3% predicted.
The school's county is Nassau County. According to Census Bureau estimates, 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.
LOCUST VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile from LOCUST VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL, its nearest public school. LOCUST VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: LOCUST VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 2nd of 6 nearby schools, at 81.6% versus a 63.2% average.
LOCUST VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 427 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 482.
LOCUST VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 LOCUST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- LOCUST VALLEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 583 students
- LOCUST VALLEY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 227 students
- ANN MACARTHUR PRIMARYElementary · 211 students
- BAYVILLE PRIMARYElementary · 179 students
- BAYVILLE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 167 students
Other schools in LOCUST VALLEY
- LOCUST VALLEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 583 students
- LOCUST VALLEY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 227 students
- ANN MACARTHUR PRIMARYElementary · 211 students
Nearby schools
- LOCUST VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 583
- LOCUST VALLEY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 227
- ANN MACARTHUR PRIMARY0.4 mi · 211
- GRIBBIN SCHOOL1.7 mi · 334
- BAYVILLE PRIMARY1.8 mi · 179
- GLEN COVE HIGH SCHOOL1.9 mi · 1,060
Frequently asked questions
About LOCUST VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at LOCUST VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
LOCUST VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 427 students in grades 06-09.
What age range does LOCUST VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
LOCUST VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 09.
How many teachers does LOCUST VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
LOCUST VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.6:1.
How diverse is LOCUST VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
LOCUST VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 70% White, 22% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is LOCUST VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
LOCUST VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of LOCUST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.