LONG BEACH HIGH SCHOOL

LONG BEACH HIGH SCHOOL is an expansive senior high in LONG BEACH, New York, one of the schools within LONG BEACH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school teaches 1,253 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so LONG BEACH HIGH SCHOOL sits 88% bigger than that benchmark.

LONG BEACH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 3,458 students. LONG BEACH HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, LONG BEACH HIGH SCHOOL records that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 32% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% Asian, 2% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 120 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 32% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, LONG BEACH HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 72.5%.

In the broader community, census data for Nassau County shows median household earnings sit near $146,202, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Nassau County's 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), LONG BEACH HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is LONG BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LONG BEACH HIGH SCHOOL at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 61.8%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LONG BEACH HIGH SCHOOL has declined 6%, going from 1,333 students in 2018 to 1,253 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 61% to 52% across the same window.

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