SYOSSET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

SYOSSET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a four-year high school of well-populated scale in SYOSSET, New York, overseen by SYOSSET CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, hosting 2,400 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so SYOSSET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits 259% larger than that benchmark.

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

In terms of who attends, SYOSSET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL logs that 50% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 42% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 12% Asian, putting the school's mix considerably more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 228 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 18% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Nassau County (around 31%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, SYOSSET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of New York schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 68.5%; actual is 92.8%, +24.3 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Nassau County) shows that median household earnings sit near $146,202, roughly 50% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 SYOSSET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one.

SOUTH WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SYOSSET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 83.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 14%: 2,108 students in 2018 compared to 2,400 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 62% to 42% over that span.

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