MASSAPEQUA HIGH SCHOOL

Set in MASSAPEQUA, New York, MASSAPEQUA HIGH SCHOOL is a sprawling 9-12 campus, part of MASSAPEQUA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. It educates 1,407 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 111% larger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

MASSAPEQUA HIGH SCHOOL is one of 9 schools operated by MASSAPEQUA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that works with 6,461 students overall.

In terms of who attends, MASSAPEQUA HIGH SCHOOL shows that nearly all students (88%) are White. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 57% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 133 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 12% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Nassau County (around 31%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MASSAPEQUA HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 70.5%, the actual is 74.3%, a residual of +3.8 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Nassau County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $146,202 per year, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. MASSAPEQUA HIGH SCHOOL is one of 315 public schools in Nassau County (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students).

Nearest neighbor: BIRCH LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MASSAPEQUA HIGH SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 64.5%.

MASSAPEQUA HIGH SCHOOL operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MASSAPEQUA HIGH SCHOOL has contracted 17%, going from 1,695 students in 2018 to 1,407 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 95% to 88% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.