UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 933 GOODRICH ST, in UNIONDALE, New York, UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOL is a heavily attended secondary school that enrolls 2,106 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by UNIONDALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 215% larger than the state mean of about 668.

Across the 8 schools in UNIONDALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (5,995 students total), UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOL lists that 65% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 33% Black. By comparison, Nassau County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOL lists 163 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. About 61% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Nassau County (around 31%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.4%, the actual is 46.3%, a residual of -6.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Nassau County put median household earnings sit near $146,202, 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 UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOL is one.

WALNUT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 52.6%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOL has decreased 12%, going from 2,404 students in 2018 to 2,106 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 55% to 65% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

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