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Enrollment
856
High
DISTRICT 592 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLAINEDGE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362319003248
PLAINEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
241 WYNGATE DR, MASSAPEQUA, NY 11758 · (516) 992-7550 · Nassau County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL856 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 85% of New York public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
12.1:1
71 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
141 students
DISTRICT 12% · 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 9 | 215 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 214 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 207 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 204 | 24% |
| Ungraded | 16 | 2% |
Student demographics
34%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
Feeds from
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
94.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
59.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -23.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 94 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 23 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 94.0% | 59.0% |
| 2023-24 | 96.0% | 82.0% |
% 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
84.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
PLAINEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (84.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLAINEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 856 | 16.5% | 84.3% |
| SOMERS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL LINCOLNDALE | 847 | 13.7% | 93.3% |
| MERRICK AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL MERRICK | 848 | 13.0% | 74.8% |
| KINGS PARK HIGH SCHOOL KINGS PARK | 823 | 14.3% | 86.3% |
| SAYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL WEST SAYVILLE | 814 | 13.6% | 91.8% |
| SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL-WEST SMITHTOWN | 1,158 | 16.7% | 87.8% |
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 PLAINEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.3% | #126 of 1,135 | #23 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #436 of 1,109 ▼ 242 | #43 of 57 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 94.0% | #106 of 1,135 ▼ 12 | #23 of 56 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 856 | #294 of 1,216 | #42 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #705 of 1,058 | #42 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.0% | #752 of 1,070 | #53 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.5% | #1,118 of 1,167 | #44 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.8% | #353 of 743 | #6 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 2024-25Enrollment
856
-18 (-2%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 828
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 856 | 71 | 12.1:1 | 16% (141) |
| 2023-24 | 847 | 68.5 | 12.4:1 | 16% (136) |
| 2022-23 | 845 | 70.6 | 12.0:1 | 13% (111) |
| 2020-21 | 874 | 76 | 11.5:1 | 13% (111) |
| 2017-18 | 982 | 77.3 | 12.7:1 | 12% (118) |
| 2015-16 | 1,013 | 70 | 14.5:1 | 10% (104) |
| 2010-11 | 1,057 | 77 | 13.7:1 | 9% (100) |
| 2000-01 | 866 | 62 | 14.0:1 | 14% (120) |
| 1990-91 | 828 | 68 | 12.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PLAINEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About PLAINEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
PLAINEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a high school with a street address in MASSAPEQUA, New York. It is open to students in grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 856 students. That is 28% larger than the average of about 668 students for high schools in New York.
PLAINEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is part of a district of 5 schools: PLAINEDGE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 2,959 students.
By race and ethnicity, PLAINEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 80% White. Other groups include 10% Hispanic and 7% Asian. The county population is about 57% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 34, compared with 70 nationally.
For every teacher at PLAINEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, there are about 12.1 students; the school has 71 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in New York, 11.0:1, is lower. There are 141 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 16% of enrollment. Across public schools in Nassau County, the average is 31%.
PLAINEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 85% of New York public high schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, PLAINEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL would score about 68.9%. It scores 84.3%, 15.4 points above that figure.
Census data for Nassau County show median household income comes to about $146,202, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 50%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. There are 315 public schools in the county, enrolling about 200,775, PLAINEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL among them.
About 0.5 miles separate PLAINEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL from the closest public school, CHARLES E SCHWARTING SCHOOL. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: PLAINEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 2nd of 9 nearby schools, at 84.3% versus a 69.2% average.
NCES assigns PLAINEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment went from 874 in 2020-21 to 856 in 2024-25, a change of 18 students.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at PLAINEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 661 students
- CHARLES E SCHWARTING SCHOOLElementary · 524 students
- JOHN H WEST SCHOOLElementary · 473 students
- EASTPLAIN SCHOOLElementary · 445 students
Other schools in MASSAPEQUA
- BERNER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,487 students
- MASSAPEQUA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,407 students
- CHARLES E SCHWARTING SCHOOLElementary · 524 students
- FAIRFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 513 students
- UNQUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 496 students
- MHS AMES CAMPUSHigh · 495 students
Nearby schools
- CHARLES E SCHWARTING SCHOOL0.5 mi · 524
- EASTPLAIN SCHOOL0.8 mi · 445
- EAST BROADWAY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 662
- ALBANY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 536
- LOCKHART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 359
- MHS AMES CAMPUS1.1 mi · 495
Frequently asked questions
About PLAINEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow large is PLAINEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
PLAINEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 856 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does PLAINEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
PLAINEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PLAINEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PLAINEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 12.1:1 (71 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at PLAINEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PLAINEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 80% White, 10% Hispanic, 2% Black, 7% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is PLAINEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
PLAINEDGE SENIOR HIGH 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.