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Enrollment
637
Middle
DISTRICT 630 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNIONDALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362928003943
TURTLE HOOK MIDDLE SCHOOL
975 JERUSALEM AVE, UNIONDALE, NY 11553 · (516) 918-1301 · Nassau County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL637 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% of New York public middle schools
- CTest 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
71 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.8:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
430 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 195 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 221 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 221 | 35% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
TURTLE HOOK MIDDLE SCHOOL→UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within UNIONDALE 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
34.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
58.8%
NY avg 57.4% . -4.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 34 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 up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.0% | 58.8% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 63.0% |
% 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
44.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 TURTLE HOOK MIDDLE SCHOOL
TURTLE HOOK MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (44.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| TURTLE HOOK MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 637 | 67.5% | 44.6% |
| LAWRENCE ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOL HEMPSTEAD | 623 | 65.3% | 39.8% |
| EDMUND W MILES MIDDLE SCHOOL AMITYVILLE | 592 | 73.1% | 36.5% |
| ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL ROOSEVELT | 441 | 64.9% | 44.4% |
| CAROLINE G ATKINSON SCHOOL FREEPORT | 882 | 67.6% | 36.1% |
| WESTBURY MIDDLE SCHOOL WESTBURY | 945 | 63.9% | 41.9% |
Matched among New York middle 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 TURTLE HOOK MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #529 of 766 | #45 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.8% | #392 of 768 ▼ 70 | #44 of 52 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #642 of 768 ▲ 61 | #50 of 52 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 637 | #249 of 796 | #37 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.0:1 | #120 of 683 | #13 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.6% | #413 of 688 | #39 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.5% | #305 of 773 | #6 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.7% | #222 of 524 | #7 of 30 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
637
-171 (-21%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 570
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 637 | 70.8 | 9.0:1 | 68% (430) |
| 2023-24 | 653 | 75.6 | 8.6:1 | 67% (436) |
| 2022-23 | 669 | 77.2 | 8.7:1 | 66% (439) |
| 2020-21 | 808 | 72 | 11.2:1 | 49% (392) |
| 2017-18 | 747 | 67.2 | 11.1:1 | 70% (520) |
| 2015-16 | 740 | 67 | 11.0:1 | 74% (545) |
| 2010-11 | 723 | 67 | 10.8:1 | 41% (293) |
| 2000-01 | 649 | 58 | 11.2:1 | 55% (355) |
| 1990-91 | 570 | 66 | 8.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for TURTLE HOOK MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About TURTLE HOOK MIDDLE SCHOOL
TURTLE HOOK MIDDLE SCHOOL, a mid-sized middle school, is located in UNIONDALE, New York. The school serves grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 637 students.
TURTLE HOOK MIDDLE SCHOOL is among 8 schools run by UNIONDALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which serves 5,995 students.
About 69% of the student body at TURTLE HOOK MIDDLE SCHOOL is Hispanic. Smaller groups are 28% Black. County-wide, 19% of Nassau County residents are Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 45%.
Classroom staffing at TURTLE HOOK MIDDLE SCHOOL totals 70.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 9.0:1. The average for middle schools in New York, 10.3:1, is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at TURTLE HOOK MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 68%. The average for public schools in Nassau County is 31%.
Among New York public middle schools, TURTLE HOOK MIDDLE SCHOOL outscored 31%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, TURTLE HOOK MIDDLE SCHOOL would be expected to post about 50.2%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 44.6%.
In Nassau County, home to about 1,389,591 people, the median household earns about $146,202 a year, roughly 50% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Nassau County number 315, with about 200,775 students.
Measured in a straight line, SMITH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.3 miles from TURTLE HOOK MIDDLE SCHOOL. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, TURTLE HOOK MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 6th on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment decreased by 21% across 4 years, from 808 in 2020-21 to 637 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 11.2:1 in 2020-21, and 9.0:1 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 UNIONDALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,106 students
- CALIFORNIA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 730 students
- LAWRENCE ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 623 students
- NORTHERN PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 612 students
- WALNUT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 505 students
- SMITH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 476 students
Other schools in UNIONDALE
- UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,106 students
- ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UNIONDALECombined · 1,607 students
- CALIFORNIA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 730 students
- NORTHERN PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 612 students
- WALNUT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 505 students
- SMITH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 476 students
Nearby schools
- SMITH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 476
- ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 1,127
- UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 2,106
- ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 441
- WALNUT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 505
- NORTHERN PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 612
Frequently asked questions
About TURTLE HOOK MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend TURTLE HOOK MIDDLE SCHOOL?
TURTLE HOOK MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 637 students in grades 06-08.
Is TURTLE HOOK MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
TURTLE HOOK MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does TURTLE HOOK MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
TURTLE HOOK MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 71 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.0:1.
What is the student diversity at TURTLE HOOK MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at TURTLE HOOK MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 1% White, 69% Hispanic, 28% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees TURTLE HOOK MIDDLE SCHOOL?
TURTLE HOOK MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by UNIONDALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Nassau County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.