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What's one thing LONG BEACH HIGH SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
1,253
High
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LONG BEACH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361773001599
LONG BEACH HIGH SCHOOL
322 LAGOON DR W, LONG BEACH, NY 11561 · (516) 897-2012 · Nassau County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,253 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of New York public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
120 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.4:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
398 students
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 297 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 301 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 305 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 324 | 26% |
| Ungraded | 26 | 2% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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 LONG BEACH CITY 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
83.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -5.0pp since 2023
Math
61.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.0% | 61.0% |
| 2023-24 | 88.0% | 70.0% |
% 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
72.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 LONG BEACH HIGH SCHOOL
LONG BEACH HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (72.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LONG BEACH HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,253 | 31.8% | 72.5% |
| COMSEWOGUE HIGH SCHOOL PORT JEFFERSON STA | 1,160 | 27.9% | 76.5% |
| WEST BABYLON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL WEST BABYLON | 1,228 | 28.5% | 68.5% |
| VALLEY CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL MONTGOMERY | 1,385 | 36.2% | 78.3% |
| CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL CARMEL | 1,299 | 35.9% | 80.5% |
| WASHINGTONVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL WASHINGTONVILLE | 1,308 | 35.9% | 69.7% |
Matched among New York high 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 LONG BEACH HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #294 of 1,135 | #34 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #404 of 1,109 ▼ 37 | #41 of 57 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #367 of 1,135 ▼ 44 | #38 of 56 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,253 | #161 of 1,216 | #24 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #411 of 1,058 | #14 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.0% | #244 of 1,070 | #19 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.8% | #969 of 1,167 | #19 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.0% | #571 of 743 | #21 of 34 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,253
-60 (-5%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 1,143
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 9.9:1
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 | 1,253 | 119.6 | 10.5:1 | 32% (398) |
| 2023-24 | 1,300 | 123.7 | 10.5:1 | 11% (139) |
| 2022-23 | 1,314 | 127.6 | 10.3:1 | 31% (404) |
| 2020-21 | 1,313 | 133 | 9.9:1 | 24% (318) |
| 2017-18 | 1,333 | 117.6 | 11.3:1 | 42% (555) |
| 2015-16 | 1,348 | 102 | 13.2:1 | 30% (405) |
| 2010-11 | 1,328 | 110 | 12.1:1 | 29% (384) |
| 2000-01 | 1,267 | 97 | 13.1:1 | 11% (139) |
| 1990-91 | 1,143 | 110 | 10.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LONG BEACH HIGH SCHOOL.
About LONG BEACH HIGH SCHOOL
LONG BEACH HIGH SCHOOL is a large high school. Its address is in LONG BEACH, New York. The school enrolls 1,253 students, from grades 9 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in New York) has about 668 students.
LONG BEACH HIGH SCHOOL is a school in LONG BEACH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. The district has 6 schools and 3,458 students.
White students make up a majority at LONG BEACH HIGH SCHOOL, at 52%. Other students are 32% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% Asian, and 2% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 61% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 119.6 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 10.5:1. For comparison, high schools in New York average 11.0:1. LONG BEACH HIGH SCHOOL reports 32% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Nassau County average 31%.
Measured against New York public high schools, LONG BEACH HIGH SCHOOL receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
LONG BEACH HIGH SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 72.5% and a predicted 63.3%.
Within Nassau County, the median household income is $146,202, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides LONG BEACH HIGH SCHOOL, Nassau County has 314 other public schools.
The shortest distance from LONG BEACH HIGH SCHOOL to another public school is about 0.3 miles, to LONG BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 61.8% proficiency; LONG BEACH HIGH SCHOOL posts 72.5%.
NCES assigns LONG BEACH HIGH SCHOOL the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 1,253 students in 2024-25, 60 fewer than the 1,313 it had in 2020-21.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 LONG BEACH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- LONG BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 664 students
- LIDO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 468 students
- LINDELL BOULEVARD SCHOOLElementary · 462 students
- WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 340 students
- EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 271 students
Other schools in LONG BEACH
- LONG BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 664 students
- LIDO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 468 students
- LINDELL BOULEVARD SCHOOLElementary · 462 students
- WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 340 students
- EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 271 students
Other Long Beach High schools
One other US public school is named Long Beach High. LONG BEACH HIGH SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Long Beach High SchoolLong Beach, MS · 895 students
Nearby schools
- LONG BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 664
- LIDO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 468
- EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 271
- ISLAND PARK LINCOLN ORENS MIDDLE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 264
- FRANCIS X HEGARTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 451
- SCHOOL 9E-BOARDMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 333
Frequently asked questions
About LONG BEACH HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at LONG BEACH HIGH SCHOOL?
LONG BEACH HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,253 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does LONG BEACH HIGH SCHOOL serve?
LONG BEACH HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at LONG BEACH HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at LONG BEACH HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 10.5:1 (120 FTE teachers).
How diverse is LONG BEACH HIGH SCHOOL?
LONG BEACH HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 52% White, 32% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees LONG BEACH HIGH SCHOOL?
LONG BEACH HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by LONG BEACH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Nassau County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.