MERRICK AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL

MERRICK AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a 9-12 campus of middle-of-the-pack scale in MERRICK, New York, part of BELLMORE-MERRICK CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT, teacheing 848 students in grades 7 through 10. That puts it 27% bigger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

Across the 5 schools in BELLMORE-MERRICK CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT (5,283 students total), MERRICK AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, MERRICK AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that White students make up the majority at 74%; the rest reads as 14% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 3% Black. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.

On the resource side, On paper, MERRICK AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL has 76 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 13% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Nassau County runs at roughly 31%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MERRICK AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 70.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 74.8%.

In the surrounding community, 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. MERRICK AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 315 public schools in Nassau County (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students).

Nearest neighbor: CHATTERTON SCHOOL, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, MERRICK AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 73.8%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. MERRICK AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has grew 5% since 2018, when it stood at 809 (now 848). White enrollment moved from 82% to 74% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

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