SEWANHAKA HIGH SCHOOL

Set in FLORAL PARK, New York, SEWANHAKA HIGH SCHOOL is a well-populated high school, operated by SEWANHAKA CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT. It instructs 1,572 students across grades 7 through 12. That puts it 135% larger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

SEWANHAKA CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 7,727 students; SEWANHAKA HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

On the student-mix side, SEWANHAKA HIGH SCHOOL lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 27% Black, 27% Asian, 7% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

On the resource side, SEWANHAKA HIGH SCHOOL records 137 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.5:1. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 47% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Nassau County's rate of about 31%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SEWANHAKA HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.6%; this one delivers 53.1%.

In the area at large, Nassau County reports that median household income runs about $146,202, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Nassau County runs 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), of which SEWANHAKA HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is COVERT AVENUE SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, SEWANHAKA HIGH SCHOOL comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 65.5%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 3%: 1,627 students in 2018 compared to 1,572 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 13% to 7% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.

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