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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH SHORE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362637003614

NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

450 GLEN COVE AVE, GLEN HEAD, NY 11545 · (516) 277-7001 · Nassau County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL776 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% 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.
  • ABeats 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

Enrollment
776
High
DISTRICT 509 · STATE 668
Student : Teacher
8.2:1
95 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.6:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
112 students
DISTRICT 13% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 921428%
Grade 1018223%
Grade 1118023%
Grade 1219325%
Ungraded71%
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 72% · US 70%
White
55171%
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
9512%
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
9012%
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
355%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
30%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
38650%
Female
39050%

School pathway

Feeds from
NORTH SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL06–08
Based on grade levels within NORTH SHORE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
100.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
96.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 100 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 96 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-25100.0%96.0%
2023-24100.0%94.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
93.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.3pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 93% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 70% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 23 points, placing it in New York's top 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 NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (93.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school77614.4%93.0%
ROBERT M GRABLE JR MOUNT SINAI HIGH SCHOOL
MOUNT SINAI
71012.3%95.5%
MERRICK AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL
MERRICK
84813.0%74.8%
JOHN F KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL
BELLMORE
1,08916.3%87.7%
PLAINEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
MASSAPEQUA
85616.5%84.3%
IRVINGTON HIGH SCHOOL
IRVINGTON
54713.0%92.8%
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 NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn Nassau County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
93.0%#29 of 1,135#5 of 57
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
96.0%#19 of 1,109
▲ 41
#5 of 57
▲ 5
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
100%#8 of 1,135
▲ 7
#1 of 56
no change
Enrollment
ranked largest first
776#327 of 1,216#47 of 59
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
8.2:1#70 of 1,058#2 of 57
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
46.5%#568 of 1,070#43 of 57
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
14.4%#1,135 of 1,167#48 of 57
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-11.9%#372 of 743#9 of 34
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 2024-25
Enrollment
776
-32 (-4%) vs 2020
+45% since 1990-91, when it was 536
Student : Teacher
8.2:1
was 8.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2577694.88.2:114% (112)
2023-24742967.7:113% (96)
2022-2376498.27.8:1N/A
2020-21808988.2:111% (85)
2017-188818210.7:111% (100)
2015-168997811.5:14% (37)
2010-118658110.7:17% (57)
2000-016395711.2:15% (30)
1990-915365310.1:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

About NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a public high school in GLEN HEAD, New York. The school's 776 students are in grades 9 through 12.

NORTH SHORE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (5 schools, 2,544 students) runs NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

White students make up a majority at NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, at 71%. Smaller groups are 12% Hispanic, 12% Asian, and 5% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Nassau County is roughly 57% White. NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's diversity index is 47%, against a US figure of 70%.

Its teaching staff equals 94.8 full-time positions, a ratio of 8.2:1. That is lower than the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 14%. Among public schools in Nassau County, the average eligibility rate is 31%.

The allk12 Grade for NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is A+. Compared with New York public high schools, the school scored higher than 95% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.

NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL beats its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 23.3 points (93.0% versus 69.7%), a top-10% result in New York on BeatsExpectations.

Federal survey data for Nassau County show that the median household income is $146,202, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 50% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Nassau County is home to 315 public schools and about 200,775 public school students.

The next-closest public school is NORTH SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is ahead of the 69.5% nearby average, ranking 1st of 8.

NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Compared with 2020-21, the school had 32 fewer students in 2024-25.

Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.

Nassau County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
District
NORTH SHORE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Address
450 GLEN COVE AVE, GLEN HEAD, NY 11545
Phone
(516) 277-7001
County
Nassau County
Level
High
Grade range
09–12
Total enrollment
776
Teachers (FTE)
95
Student–teacher ratio
8.2:1
Free and reduced lunch
112 (14%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
362637003614
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in NORTH SHORE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Other schools in GLEN HEAD
Other North Shore Senior High schools

One other US public school is named North Shore Senior High. NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.

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Frequently asked questions

About NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
What is the total enrollment at NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 776 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 8.2:1 students per teacher at NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 71% White, 12% Hispanic, 0% Black, 12% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by NORTH SHORE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Nassau County.
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