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If you could change one rule at SEAFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL, what would it be?
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Enrollment
522
Middle
DISTRICT 546 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEAFORD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362640003618
SEAFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL
3940 SUNSET AVE, SEAFORD, NY 11783 · (516) 592-4280 · Nassau County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL522 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.7:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.8:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
65 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
SEAFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL→SEAFORD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within SEAFORD 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
59.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
81.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
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
73.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
522
-24 (-4%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
8.7:1
was 10.7:1
% White
86%
was 87%
% Hispanic
8%
was 9%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
4%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About SEAFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL
Set in SEAFORD, New York, SEAFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL is a moderately sized middle school, overseen by SEAFORD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. It caters to 522 students across grades 6 through 8.
SEAFORD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 2,184 students; SEAFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.
On demographics, SEAFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 4% Asian. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.
Looking at school resources, SEAFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL records 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.7:1. The state averages around 10.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 12% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Nassau County (around 31%), the school's rate is south of typical.
With demographic context factored in, SEAFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 70.4%; this one delivers 73.5%.
Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Nassau County indicate median household earnings sit near $146,202, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Nassau County runs 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), of which SEAFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.
SEAFORD MANOR SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SEAFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SEAFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 72.9%.
SEAFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a commuter-belt location.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SEAFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL has contracted 4%, going from 546 students in 2018 to 522 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 10.7:1 in 2018 to 8.7:1 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, the feed for SEAFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 SEAFORD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SEAFORD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 650 students
- SEAFORD HARBOR SCHOOLElementary · 544 students
- SEAFORD MANOR SCHOOLElementary · 468 students
Other schools in SEAFORD
- EAST BROADWAY SCHOOLElementary · 662 students
- SEAFORD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 650 students
- SEAFORD HARBOR SCHOOLElementary · 544 students
- SEAFORD MANOR SCHOOLElementary · 468 students
Nearby schools
- SEAFORD MANOR SCHOOL0.1 mi · 468
- SEAFORD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 650
- CHARLES E SCHWARTING SCHOOL0.8 mi · 524
- WANTAGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 672
- LOCKHART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 359
- PLAINEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.2 mi · 856
Frequently asked questions
About SEAFORD MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is SEAFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SEAFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 522 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does SEAFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
SEAFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SEAFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SEAFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 8.7:1 (60 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at SEAFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At SEAFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 86% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is SEAFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
SEAFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of SEAFORD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.