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What's the most underrated thing about UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
2,106
High
DISTRICT 749 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNIONDALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362928003944
UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOL
933 GOODRICH ST, UNIONDALE, NY 11553 · (516) 560-8820 · Nassau County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,106 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of New York public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
163 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
1,293 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 560 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 491 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 529 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 510 | 24% |
| Ungraded | 16 | 1% |
Student demographics
47%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
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
79.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
26.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 26.0% |
| 2023-24 | 79.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
46.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOL
UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (46.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOL this school | 2,106 | 61.4% | 46.3% |
| FREEPORT HIGH SCHOOL FREEPORT | 2,244 | 64.3% | 52.8% |
| HEMPSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL HEMPSTEAD | 1,879 | 68.2% | 43.7% |
| WESTBURY HIGH SCHOOL OLD WESTBURY | 1,574 | 64.3% | 52.2% |
| WALTER G O'CONNELL COPIAGUE HIGH SCHOOL COPIAGUE | 1,567 | 53.6% | 52.3% |
| MIDDLETOWN HIGH SCHOOL MIDDLETOWN | 2,495 | 71.2% | 56.7% |
Matched among New York high 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 UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #798 of 1,135 | #53 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #947 of 1,109 ▼ 121 | #57 of 57 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #445 of 1,135 ▲ 59 | #41 of 56 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,106 | #44 of 1,216 | #3 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #829 of 1,058 | #49 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.3% | #550 of 1,070 | #40 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.4% | #586 of 1,167 | #5 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.4% | #361 of 743 | #7 of 34 |
Ranked against other public high 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
2,106
-212 (-9%) vs 2020
+82% since 1990-91, when it was 1,160
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 2,106 | 162.7 | 12.9:1 | 61% (1,293) |
| 2023-24 | 2,150 | 166.4 | 12.9:1 | 60% (1,290) |
| 2022-23 | 2,080 | 180 | 11.6:1 | 62% (1,291) |
| 2020-21 | 2,318 | 180 | 12.9:1 | 47% (1,097) |
| 2017-18 | 2,404 | 165 | 14.6:1 | 65% (1,553) |
| 2015-16 | 2,258 | 148 | 15.3:1 | 68% (1,545) |
| 2010-11 | 2,016 | 154 | 13.1:1 | 30% (607) |
| 2000-01 | 1,859 | 135 | 13.8:1 | 10% (188) |
| 1990-91 | 1,160 | 98 | 11.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOL.
About UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOL
UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOL is a high school in UNIONDALE, New York, and it is part of UNIONDALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. It covers grades 9 through 12, with a total enrollment of 2,106 students. Enrollment is 215% higher than the average for high schools in New York, which is about 668.
UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOL is one school in an 8-school district, UNIONDALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which enrolls 5,995 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOL, at 65%. Other students are 33% Black. That is higher than the 19% Hispanic share among all Nassau County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 47% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOL employs 162.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 12.9:1. This ratio sits 1.9 above the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 61% in 2024-25. That is higher than the 31% average for public schools in Nassau County.
Measured against New York public high schools, UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOL receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 46.3% and a predicted 52.4%.
Within Nassau County, the median household income is $146,202, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOL, Nassau County has 314 other public schools.
The school nearest to UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOL is WALNUT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at a distance of about 0.1 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOL places 4th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Federal data place UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOL in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 2,106, a 9% decrease from 2,318 in 2020-21.
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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
- CALIFORNIA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 730 students
- TURTLE HOOK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 637 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
- ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UNIONDALECombined · 1,607 students
- CALIFORNIA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 730 students
- TURTLE HOOK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 637 students
- NORTHERN PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 612 students
- WALNUT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 505 students
- SMITH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 476 students
Nearby schools
- WALNUT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 505
- BARNUM WOODS SCHOOL0.5 mi · 797
- TURTLE HOOK MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 637
- SMITH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 476
- CALIFORNIA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 730
- HAROLD D FAYETTE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 286
Frequently asked questions
About UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOL?
UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 2,106 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOL serve?
UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOL?
UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 1% White, 65% Hispanic, 33% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOL?
UNIONDALE HIGH 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.