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Enrollment
953
Middle
DISTRICT 868 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362322003257
PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL
121 CENTRAL PARK RD, PLAINVIEW, NY 11803 · (516) 434-3308 · Nassau County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL953 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
80 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
170 students
DISTRICT 14% · 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 5 | 214 | 22% |
| Grade 6 | 258 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 250 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 231 | 24% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL→PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE/JFK HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE CENTRAL 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
73.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
89.2%
NY avg 57.4% . -10.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 89.2% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% | 100.0% |
% 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
74.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL
PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (74.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 953 | 17.8% | 74.6% |
| H B THOMPSON MIDDLE SCHOOL SYOSSET | 951 | 15.8% | 80.8% |
| SOUTH WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL SYOSSET | 802 | 15.7% | 87.1% |
| MANHASSET MIDDLE SCHOOL MANHASSET | 541 | 12.8% | 90.6% |
| TRANSIT MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST AMHERST | 912 | 16.3% | 82.4% |
| H B MATTLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL PLAINVIEW | 783 | 11.0% | 79.8% |
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 PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.6% | #85 of 766 | #15 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 89.2% | #115 of 768 ▼ 80 | #19 of 52 ▼ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #85 of 768 ▲ 13 | #15 of 52 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 953 | #87 of 796 | #9 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #546 of 683 | #47 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.6% | #183 of 688 | #15 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.8% | #712 of 773 | #35 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.9% | #38 of 168 | #3 of 21 |
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
953
+104 (+12%) vs 2020
+52% since 1990-91, when it was 628
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
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 | 953 | 80 | 11.9:1 | 18% (170) |
| 2023-24 | 918 | 81.4 | 11.3:1 | 17% (158) |
| 2022-23 | 889 | 78.2 | 11.4:1 | 13% (115) |
| 2020-21 | 849 | 91 | 9.3:1 | 12% (105) |
| 2017-18 | 822 | 71 | 11.6:1 | 12% (96) |
| 2015-16 | 789 | 73 | 10.8:1 | 11% (84) |
| 2010-11 | 816 | 79 | 10.3:1 | 5% (40) |
| 2000-01 | 655 | 56 | 11.7:1 | 4% (27) |
| 1990-91 | 628 | 55 | 11.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL
PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a high-enrollment middle school based in PLAINVIEW, New York. The school covers grades 5 through 8 and reported 953 students in 2024-25. The school is 79% bigger than the average for middle schools in New York.
PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT operates 7 schools. Combined enrollment is 5,406 students.
The student body at PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL has no majority group. Asian students lead at 44%. The next largest groups are 43% White, 8% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. The school's Asian share is 32 points above the 12% share among Nassau County residents. A diversity index of 61% means there is a 61% chance two randomly chosen students at PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL are from different groups.
Staffing at PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL comes to 80 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 11.9:1. Middle schools in New York average 10.3:1, 1.6 fewer students per teacher than here. PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL counts 18% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 31% average for public schools in Nassau County.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 68.4% for PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL. The school posts 74.6%, 6.2 points above the prediction.
Census data for Nassau County show median household income comes to about $146,202, about 50% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. The county has 315 public schools and about 200,775 students.
PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is STRATFORD ROAD SCHOOL, about 0.8 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is 8th of 9 on proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL as Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 849 to 953, a 12% rise. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 9.3:1 in 2020-21 to 11.9:1 in 2024-25.
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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 PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE/JFK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,720 students
- H B MATTLIN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 783 students
- STRATFORD ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 621 students
- JUDY JACOBS PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 467 students
- PASADENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 455 students
- OLD BETHPAGE SCHOOLElementary · 407 students
Other schools in PLAINVIEW
- PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE/JFK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,720 students
- H B MATTLIN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 783 students
- STRATFORD ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 621 students
- JUDY JACOBS PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 467 students
- PASADENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 455 students
- BAYLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 416 students
Nearby schools
- STRATFORD ROAD SCHOOL0.8 mi · 621
- JUDY JACOBS PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 467
- PASADENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 455
- H B MATTLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 783
- BAYLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 416
- PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE/JFK HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 1,720
Frequently asked questions
About PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 953 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many teachers does PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 80 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
How diverse is PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 43% White, 8% Hispanic, 0% Black, 44% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.