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Alumni: what's one memory from SCHOOL 7-OCEANSIDE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
1,668
High
DISTRICT 852 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OCEANSIDE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362157003059
SCHOOL 7-OCEANSIDE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
3160 SKILLMAN AVE, OCEANSIDE, NY 11572 · (516) 678-7526 · Nassau County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,668 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of New York public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
11.3:1
147 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.0:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
336 students
DISTRICT 20% · 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 | 397 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 381 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 424 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 439 | 26% |
| Ungraded | 27 | 2% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
94.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
59.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +11.0pp 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 94.0% | 59.0% |
| 2023-24 | 95.0% | 48.0% |
% 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
68.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% 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 SCHOOL 7-OCEANSIDE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
SCHOOL 7-OCEANSIDE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (68.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHOOL 7-OCEANSIDE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,668 | 20.1% | 68.0% |
| MAMARONECK HIGH SCHOOL MAMARONECK | 1,764 | 23.0% | 83.0% |
| CONNETQUOT HIGH SCHOOL BOHEMIA | 1,774 | 18.1% | 79.5% |
| JOHN JAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL HOPEWELL JUNCTION | 1,768 | 23.2% | 71.3% |
| WARWICK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL WARWICK | 1,314 | 20.7% | 74.8% |
| MAHOPAC HIGH SCHOOL MAHOPAC | 1,255 | 23.4% | 78.3% |
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 SCHOOL 7-OCEANSIDE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #387 of 1,135 | #39 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #435 of 1,109 ▲ 229 | #42 of 57 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 94.0% | #104 of 1,135 ▲ 20 | #22 of 56 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,668 | #74 of 1,216 | #9 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #575 of 1,058 | #31 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.1% | #381 of 1,070 | #31 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.1% | #1,095 of 1,167 | #38 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.7% | #614 of 743 | #25 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
1,668
-76 (-4%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 1,637
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 1,668 | 147.5 | 11.3:1 | 20% (336) |
| 2023-24 | 1,692 | 157.4 | 10.8:1 | 20% (346) |
| 2022-23 | 1,692 | 148.4 | 11.4:1 | 20% (338) |
| 2020-21 | 1,744 | 149 | 11.7:1 | 19% (337) |
| 2017-18 | 1,751 | 125.2 | 14.0:1 | 19% (325) |
| 2015-16 | 1,741 | 125 | 13.9:1 | 13% (228) |
| 2010-11 | 1,972 | 148 | 13.3:1 | 9% (177) |
| 2000-01 | 1,774 | 132 | 13.4:1 | 3% (60) |
| 1990-91 | 1,637 | 129 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SCHOOL 7-OCEANSIDE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About SCHOOL 7-OCEANSIDE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
SCHOOL 7-OCEANSIDE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a large high school in New York, with an address in OCEANSIDE. Total enrollment is 1,668 students, and the grades served are 9 through 12. It has 150% more students than the average for high schools in New York (about 668).
SCHOOL 7-OCEANSIDE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports to OCEANSIDE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 10 schools and 5,465 students.
More than half of enrollment at SCHOOL 7-OCEANSIDE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is White: 61%. Enrollment also includes 27% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 4% Black, and 4% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 55%.
SCHOOL 7-OCEANSIDE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1, with 147.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among high schools in New York is similar, at 11.0:1. The school has 20% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Nassau County is 31%.
SCHOOL 7-OCEANSIDE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 52% of New York public high schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 68.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 67.6%.
The school's county is Nassau County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $146,202 a year, roughly 50% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. SCHOOL 7-OCEANSIDE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL shares Nassau County with 314 other public schools.
Among nearby public schools, SCHOOL 4 is closest at about 0.5 miles. SCHOOL 7-OCEANSIDE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, SCHOOL 7-OCEANSIDE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 4th on proficiency.
NCES describes the area around SCHOOL 7-OCEANSIDE SENIOR HIGH 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.
A 4% drop took enrollment from 1,744 in 2020-21 to 1,668 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 OCEANSIDE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SCHOOL 9M-OCEANSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 801 students
- SCHOOL 6-KINDERGARTEN CENTERElementary · 625 students
- SCHOOL 5Elementary · 452 students
- SCHOOL 3Elementary · 447 students
- SCHOOL 8Elementary · 433 students
- SCHOOL 2Elementary · 407 students
Other schools in OCEANSIDE
- SCHOOL 9M-OCEANSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 801 students
- SCHOOL 6-KINDERGARTEN CENTERElementary · 625 students
- SCHOOL 5Elementary · 452 students
- SCHOOL 3Elementary · 447 students
- SCHOOL 8Elementary · 433 students
- SCHOOL 2Elementary · 407 students
Nearby schools
- SCHOOL 40.5 mi · 264
- SCHOOL 30.5 mi · 447
- CASTLETON ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL OF OCEANSIDE0.6 mi · 35
- SCHOOL 6-KINDERGARTEN CENTER0.6 mi · 625
- SCHOOL 9M-OCEANSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 801
- SCHOOL 80.9 mi · 433
Frequently asked questions
About SCHOOL 7-OCEANSIDE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow large is SCHOOL 7-OCEANSIDE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
SCHOOL 7-OCEANSIDE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,668 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does SCHOOL 7-OCEANSIDE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
SCHOOL 7-OCEANSIDE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at SCHOOL 7-OCEANSIDE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.3:1 students per teacher at SCHOOL 7-OCEANSIDE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is SCHOOL 7-OCEANSIDE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
SCHOOL 7-OCEANSIDE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 61% White, 27% Hispanic, 4% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees SCHOOL 7-OCEANSIDE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
SCHOOL 7-OCEANSIDE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by OCEANSIDE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Nassau County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.