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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the PLAINEDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
661
Middle
DISTRICT 592 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLAINEDGE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362319005613
PLAINEDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL
200 STEWART AVE, BETHPAGE, NY 11714 · (516) 992-7650 · Nassau County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL661 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
82 students
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 218 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 210 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 220 | 33% |
| Ungraded | 13 | 2% |
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
PLAINEDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL→PLAINEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within PLAINEDGE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
50.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
99.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 99 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 99.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 97.0% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
64.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% 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 PLAINEDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL
PLAINEDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (64.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLAINEDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 661 | 12.4% | 64.2% |
| PAUL J GELINAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SETAUKET | 651 | 12.4% | 81.6% |
| MOUNT SINAI MIDDLE SCHOOL MOUNT SINAI | 617 | 12.3% | 59.2% |
| GOWANA MIDDLE SCHOOL CLIFTON PARK | 764 | 15.7% | 82.3% |
| NORTH SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL GLEN HEAD | 642 | 13.6% | 86.4% |
| EAST NORTHPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST NORTHPORT | 633 | 15.2% | 69.0% |
Matched among New York middle 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 PLAINEDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #207 of 766 | #33 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 99.0% | #60 of 768 ▲ 7 | #7 of 52 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #347 of 768 ▼ 22 | #40 of 52 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 661 | #225 of 796 | #32 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #391 of 683 | #31 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.5% | #473 of 688 | #46 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.4% | #746 of 773 | #44 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.4% | #461 of 524 | #24 of 30 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
661
+17 (+3%) vs 2020
-20% since 2010-11, when it was 831
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 9.3:1
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 | 661 | 62.4 | 10.6:1 | 12% (82) |
| 2023-24 | 654 | 58.3 | 11.2:1 | 12% (80) |
| 2022-23 | 663 | 62.3 | 10.7:1 | 11% (74) |
| 2020-21 | 644 | 69 | 9.3:1 | 12% (75) |
| 2017-18 | 684 | 59 | 11.6:1 | 14% (97) |
| 2015-16 | 751 | 61 | 12.3:1 | 11% (83) |
| 2010-11 | 831 | 59 | 14.1:1 | 12% (98) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PLAINEDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About PLAINEDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL
PLAINEDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a medium-sized middle school located in BETHPAGE, New York. It enrolled 661 students in grades 6 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, middle schools in New York average about 531 students each.
PLAINEDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL belongs to PLAINEDGE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district of 5 schools and 2,959 students.
White students are the majority at PLAINEDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL, with 77% of enrollment. The remaining students are 10% Hispanic and 9% Asian. The White share of the county population is lower, at 57%. Pick two students at random and there is a 38% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 10.6 students per teacher and 62.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, middle schools in New York average 10.3:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 12%. The rate at public schools in Nassau County averages 31%, higher than here.
PLAINEDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (64.2%) and its predicted rate (70.4%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
Census estimates describe Nassau County this way: the median household income is $146,202, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides PLAINEDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL, Nassau County has 314 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, CENTRAL BOULEVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is about 0.6 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, PLAINEDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is 4th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
NCES describes the area around PLAINEDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has grown by 17 students since 2020-21, to 661. The school's ratio rose from 9.3:1 to 10.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Questions about school safety, transportation, and start times can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 PLAINEDGE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PLAINEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 856 students
- CHARLES E SCHWARTING SCHOOLElementary · 524 students
- JOHN H WEST SCHOOLElementary · 473 students
- EASTPLAIN SCHOOLElementary · 445 students
Other schools in BETHPAGE
- BETHPAGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 995 students
- JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 759 students
- CENTRAL BOULEVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 491 students
- JOHN H WEST SCHOOLElementary · 473 students
- CHARLES CAMPAGNE SCHOOLElementary · 354 students
Nearby schools
- CENTRAL BOULEVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 491
- JOHN H WEST SCHOOL0.7 mi · 473
- ISLAND TREES HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 701
- ISLAND TREES MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 725
- MICHAEL F STOKES SCHOOL1.1 mi · 511
- EASTPLAIN SCHOOL1.2 mi · 445
Frequently asked questions
About PLAINEDGE MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at PLAINEDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
PLAINEDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 661 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does PLAINEDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
PLAINEDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PLAINEDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PLAINEDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 10.6:1 (62 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PLAINEDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At PLAINEDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 77% White, 10% Hispanic, 1% Black, 9% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is PLAINEDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
PLAINEDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by PLAINEDGE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.