MHS AMES CAMPUS

MHS AMES CAMPUS, a small four-year high school in MASSAPEQUA, New York, part of MASSAPEQUA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, works with 495 students, covering grade 9. That puts it 26% smaller than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

MASSAPEQUA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 6,461 students. MHS AMES CAMPUS is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, MHS AMES CAMPUS lists that nearly all students (81%) are White. Beyond that, the school records 12% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Nassau County as a whole is about 57% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 13% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Nassau County's rate of about 31%.

After controlling for student poverty, MHS AMES CAMPUS sits in the top 10% of New York schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 70.4%; actual is 98.5%, +28.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, census data for Nassau County shows the typical household earns roughly $146,202 per year, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Nassau County's 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), MHS AMES CAMPUS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: LOCKHART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.1 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), MHS AMES CAMPUS ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 65.5%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MHS AMES CAMPUS has ticked down 6%, going from 529 students in 2018 to 495 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 92% to 81% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 10.4:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 in 2025.

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