LONG BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL

LONG BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of the mid-sized middle-grades schools in LONG BEACH, New York, run under LONG BEACH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 664 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 25% bigger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 531 students.

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

Looking at the student body, LONG BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL records that White students make up the majority at 62%. Beyond that, the school shows 24% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian.

Looking at the economic backdrop, LONG BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL logs 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.3:1, putting LONG BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 26% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, LONG BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 65.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 62.5%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Nassau County indicate the typical household earns roughly $146,202 per year, roughly 50% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Nassau County's 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), LONG BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: LIDO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LONG BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 63.1%.

LONG BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 14%: 774 students in 2018 compared to 664 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 10.2:1 in 2018 to 9.0:1 in 2025.

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