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Enrollment
848
High
DISTRICT 1,092 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLMORE-MERRICK CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361902001726
MERRICK AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL
1870 MERRICK AVE, MERRICK, NY 11566 · (516) 992-1200 · Nassau County
GRADES 07–10HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL848 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% of New York public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
11.2:1
76 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
110 students
DISTRICT 17% · 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 7 | 433 | 51% |
| Grade 8 | 400 | 47% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 10 | 2 | 0% |
| Ungraded | 12 | 1% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
72.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
91.3%
NY avg 57.4% . -0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 91 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.0% | 91.3% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 92.1% |
% 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
74.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 MERRICK AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL
MERRICK AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (74.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERRICK AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 848 | 13.0% | 74.8% |
| ROBERT M GRABLE JR MOUNT SINAI HIGH SCHOOL MOUNT SINAI | 710 | 12.3% | 95.5% |
| SOMERS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL LINCOLNDALE | 847 | 13.7% | 93.3% |
| PLAINEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MASSAPEQUA | 856 | 16.5% | 84.3% |
| NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL GLEN HEAD | 776 | 14.4% | 93.0% |
| YORKTOWN HIGH SCHOOL YORKTOWN HEIGHTS | 1,105 | 15.7% | 92.3% |
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 MERRICK AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.8% | #258 of 1,135 | #32 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 91.3% | #33 of 1,109 ▲ 40 | #8 of 57 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #552 of 1,135 ▲ 221 | #49 of 56 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 848 | #300 of 1,216 | #43 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #548 of 1,058 | #27 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.5% | #635 of 1,070 | #47 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.0% | #1,142 of 1,167 | #49 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.8% | #218 of 339 | #14 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
848
+95 (+13%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 783
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 10.6:1
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 | 848 | 76 | 11.2:1 | 13% (110) |
| 2023-24 | 846 | 77.6 | 10.9:1 | 10% (87) |
| 2022-23 | 814 | 74.4 | 10.9:1 | 8% (68) |
| 2020-21 | 753 | 71 | 10.6:1 | 5% (35) |
| 2017-18 | 809 | 61.9 | 13.1:1 | 7% (60) |
| 2015-16 | 852 | 62 | 13.7:1 | 8% (64) |
| 2010-11 | 942 | 72 | 13.1:1 | 5% (43) |
| 2000-01 | 936 | 61 | 15.3:1 | 1% (8) |
| 1990-91 | 783 | 59 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MERRICK AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About MERRICK AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL
MERRICK AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a medium-sized high school in BELLMORE-MERRICK CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT, located in MERRICK, New York. It covers grades 7 through 10, with a total enrollment of 848 students. Statewide, high schools in New York average about 668 students each.
Enrollment across the 5 schools in BELLMORE-MERRICK CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT totals 5,283 students.
MERRICK AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment is 74% White. Other groups make up 14% Hispanic, 8% Asian, and 3% Black. County-wide, 57% of Nassau County residents are White. MERRICK AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL has a diversity index of 43%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at MERRICK AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL total 76 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.2:1. High schools in New York have a similar average ratio of 11.0:1. The school counts 110 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 13%. The 31% average for public schools in Nassau County is 18 points higher.
Measured against New York public high schools, MERRICK AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, MERRICK AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL is 4.6 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New York schools.
Census estimates describe Nassau County this way: median household income is about $146,202, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Nassau County number 315 and enroll about 200,775.
Nearby, CHATTERTON SCHOOL is about 0.4 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 73.8%; MERRICK AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL's is 74.8%, ranking 5th of 9.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 753 in 2020-21 and 848 in 2024-25, a rise of 95 students.
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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 BELLMORE-MERRICK CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SANFORD H CALHOUN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,219 students
- WELLINGTON C MEPHAM HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,211 students
- JOHN F KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,089 students
- GRAND AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 916 students
Other schools in MERRICK
- SANFORD H CALHOUN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,219 students
- NORMAN J LEVY LAKESIDE SCHOOLElementary · 644 students
- BIRCH SCHOOLElementary · 588 students
- CAMP AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 491 students
- OLD MILL ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 461 students
- CHATTERTON SCHOOLElementary · 451 students
Nearby schools
- CHATTERTON SCHOOL0.4 mi · 451
- SANFORD H CALHOUN HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 1,219
- CAMP AVENUE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 491
- GRAND AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 916
- PARK AVENUE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 324
- WELLINGTON C MEPHAM HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 1,211
Frequently asked questions
About MERRICK AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is MERRICK AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
MERRICK AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 848 students in grades 07-10.
Is MERRICK AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
MERRICK AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 07-10.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MERRICK AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MERRICK AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 11.2:1 (76 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at MERRICK AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At MERRICK AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 74% White, 14% Hispanic, 3% Black, 8% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is MERRICK AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
MERRICK AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BELLMORE-MERRICK CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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