SOUTH WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL

Located at 99 PELL LN, in SYOSSET, New York, SOUTH WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL is an expansive intermediate school that enrolls 802 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within SYOSSET CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 531 students each, so SOUTH WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 51% bigger than that benchmark.

SYOSSET CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 6,980 students. SOUTH WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, SOUTH WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is Asian at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 37% White, 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Nassau County as a whole is about 12% Asian, so the school skews visibly more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 84 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 10.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 16% of students at SOUTH WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Nassau County runs at roughly 31%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SOUTH WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 69.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 87.1%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Nassau County shows the typical household earns roughly $146,202 per year, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Nassau County runs 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), of which SOUTH WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is SYOSSET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SOUTH WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 84.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SOUTH WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL has rose 10%, going from 728 students in 2018 to 802 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 55% to 37% over that span.

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