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What's something MALVERNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
628
High
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MALVERNE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361821001643
MALVERNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
80 OCEAN AVE, MALVERNE, NY 11565 · (516) 887-6420 · Nassau County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL628 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% 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.
- CBeats 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
11.0:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
0%
3 students
DISTRICT 1% · 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 | 134 | 21% |
| Grade 10 | 158 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 151 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 185 | 29% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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 MALVERNE UNION FREE 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
90.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
75.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 90 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 90.0% | 75.0% |
| 2023-24 | 92.0% | 74.0% |
% 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
72.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% 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 MALVERNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
MALVERNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (72.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MALVERNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 628 | 0.5% | 72.0% |
| WESTERN NEW YORK MARITIME CHARTER SCHOOL BUFFALO | 392 | 14.8% | 14.6% |
| ONTECH CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL SYRACUSE | 254 | 1.2% | 17.2% |
| HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL HASTINGS ON HUDSON | 525 | 4.2% | 96.2% |
| EASTCHESTER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL EASTCHESTER | 922 | 2.9% | 81.8% |
| BRIARCLIFF HIGH SCHOOL BRIARCLIFF MANOR | 463 | 5.6% | 93.8% |
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 MALVERNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #306 of 1,135 | #36 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #202 of 1,109 ▲ 108 | #30 of 57 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 90.0% | #184 of 1,135 ▲ 25 | #30 of 56 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 628 | #414 of 1,216 | #52 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #526 of 1,058 | #24 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.7% | #144 of 1,070 | #10 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 0.5% | #1,167 of 1,167 | #57 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.9% | #124 of 339 | #7 of 23 |
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
628
+83 (+15%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 542
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 628 | 57 | 11.0:1 | 0% (3) |
| 2023-24 | 638 | 56.3 | 11.3:1 | 37% (236) |
| 2022-23 | 628 | 53.4 | 11.8:1 | 43% (268) |
| 2020-21 | 545 | 46 | 11.8:1 | 49% (267) |
| 2017-18 | 561 | 41.6 | 13.5:1 | 48% (270) |
| 2015-16 | 549 | 40 | 13.7:1 | 42% (233) |
| 2010-11 | 586 | 52 | 11.3:1 | 38% (223) |
| 2000-01 | 544 | 40 | 13.6:1 | 12% (67) |
| 1990-91 | 542 | 48 | 11.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MALVERNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About MALVERNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
MALVERNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a mid-sized high school in MALVERNE, New York, one of the schools in MALVERNE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school enrolls 628 students in grades 9 through 12.
MALVERNE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT counts 1,808 students in its 4 schools, and MALVERNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of them.
At MALVERNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, Black students make up the biggest share, 47%. Other groups make up 29% Hispanic, 15% White, and 7% Asian. County-wide, 11% of Nassau County residents are Black. A diversity index of 67% means there is a 67% chance two randomly chosen students at MALVERNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL are from different groups.
The school has 57 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 11.0 students per teacher. The ratio is within a point of the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. The school reported 0% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in Nassau County report 31%.
On the allk12 Grade, MALVERNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL lands at B-, ahead of 53% of New York public high schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, MALVERNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL would score about 74.8%. It scores 72.0%, 2.8 points below that figure.
The county, Nassau County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $146,202 a year, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting MALVERNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, Nassau County has 315 public schools.
Measured in a straight line, HOWARD T HERBER MIDDLE SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile from MALVERNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 65.4% proficiency; MALVERNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL posts 72.0%.
MALVERNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
In 2020-21, MALVERNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolled 545 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 628.
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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 MALVERNE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HOWARD T HERBER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 428 students
- MAURICE W DOWNING PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 382 students
- DAVISON AVENUE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 370 students
Other schools in MALVERNE
- HOWARD T HERBER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 428 students
- MAURICE W DOWNING PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 382 students
Nearby schools
- HOWARD T HERBER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 428
- DAVISON AVENUE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 370
- WATSON SCHOOL0.7 mi · 224
- MAURICE W DOWNING PRIMARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 382
- SOUTH SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 806
- CORNWELL AVENUE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 331
Frequently asked questions
About MALVERNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow large is MALVERNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
MALVERNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 628 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does MALVERNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
MALVERNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MALVERNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MALVERNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 11.0:1 (57 FTE teachers).
How diverse is MALVERNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
MALVERNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 15% White, 29% Hispanic, 47% Black, 7% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees MALVERNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
MALVERNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by MALVERNE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Nassau County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.