MALVERNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

MALVERNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a reasonably sized high school in MALVERNE, New York, overseen by MALVERNE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school enrolls 628 students in grades 9 through 12.

Within MALVERNE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 4 schools and 1,808 students, MALVERNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, MALVERNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL logs that the most-represented group is Black (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 29% Hispanic, 15% White, 7% Asian. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, MALVERNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.0:1. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 0% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Nassau County (around 31%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MALVERNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 74.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 72.0%.

Across the wider county, Nassau County reports that the typical household earns roughly $146,202 per year, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. MALVERNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 315 public schools in Nassau County (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students).

HOWARD T HERBER MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MALVERNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 65.4%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 12%: 561 students in 2018 compared to 628 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment edged down from 54% to 47% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.