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Enrollment
1,121
High
DISTRICT 1,203 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362952003980
VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
135 FLETCHER AVE, VALLEY STREAM, NY 11580 · (516) 561-4410 · Nassau County
GRADES 10–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,121 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of New York public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
13.3:1
84 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
494 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 10 | 372 | 33% |
| Grade 11 | 388 | 35% |
| Grade 12 | 361 | 32% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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 VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH 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
93.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
64.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 93 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 93.0% | 64.0% |
| 2023-24 | 93.0% | 69.0% |
% 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
63.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (63.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,121 | 44.1% | 63.5% |
| VALLEY STREAM SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL VALLEY STREAM | 1,229 | 37.6% | 71.3% |
| SEWANHAKA HIGH SCHOOL FLORAL PARK | 1,572 | 47.2% | 53.1% |
| DEER PARK HIGH SCHOOL DEER PARK | 1,326 | 44.6% | 70.7% |
| ELMONT MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL ELMONT | 1,492 | 41.2% | 54.9% |
| VALLEY STREAM NORTH HIGH SCHOOL FRANKLIN SQUARE | 1,260 | 36.0% | 56.9% |
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 VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #477 of 1,135 | #45 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #374 of 1,109 ▲ 7 | #39 of 57 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 93.0% | #124 of 1,135 ▲ 68 | #24 of 56 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,121 | #202 of 1,216 | #30 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #864 of 1,058 | #52 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.0% | #71 of 1,070 | #5 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.1% | #782 of 1,167 | #10 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.6% | #106 of 339 | #4 of 23 |
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
1,121
+129 (+13%) vs 2020
+32% since 1990-91, when it was 852
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 1,121 | 84.3 | 13.3:1 | 44% (494) |
| 2023-24 | 1,120 | 79.9 | 14.0:1 | 44% (497) |
| 2022-23 | 1,078 | 78.6 | 13.7:1 | 43% (463) |
| 2020-21 | 992 | 78 | 12.7:1 | 43% (423) |
| 2017-18 | 987 | 52.8 | 18.7:1 | 35% (347) |
| 2015-16 | 1,045 | 71 | 14.7:1 | 33% (344) |
| 2010-11 | 1,068 | 68 | 15.7:1 | 9% (92) |
| 2000-01 | 983 | 59 | 16.7:1 | 1% (11) |
| 1990-91 | 852 | 55 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL.
About VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a high school in VALLEY STREAM, New York. It serves 1,121 students in grades 10 through 12. For comparison, high schools in New York average about 668 students.
VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT is the district for VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL. It has 4 schools and 4,547 students.
The most common group at VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is Black students, at 40%. After that, the student body is 27% Hispanic, 23% Asian, and 7% White. Among all residents of Nassau County, the Black share is about 11%. Pick two students at random and there is a 71% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is 84.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 13.3:1. This ratio sits 2.3 above the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 44%. The rate at public schools in Nassau County averages 31%, lower than here.
Measured against New York public high schools, VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 58.8% at VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 63.5%.
Federal survey data for Nassau County show that the median household income is $146,202, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. There are 315 public schools in Nassau County, enrolling about 200,775 students in all.
VALLEY STREAM MEMORIAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. The five-mile area around VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL's average proficiency of 63.5% compares with 63.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment grew 13% from its 2020-21 level of 992.
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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 VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
- VALLEY STREAM NORTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,260 students
- VALLEY STREAM SOUTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,229 students
- VALLEY STREAM MEMORIAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 937 students
Other schools in VALLEY STREAM
- VALLEY STREAM SOUTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,229 students
- VALLEY STREAM MEMORIAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 937 students
- SHAW AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 740 students
- WHEELER AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 608 students
- HOWELL ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 599 students
- JAMES A DEVER SCHOOLElementary · 437 students
Nearby schools
- VALLEY STREAM MEMORIAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 937
- WHEELER AVENUE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 608
- HOWELL ROAD SCHOOL0.7 mi · 599
- SHAW AVENUE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 740
- BROOKLYN AVENUE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 357
- CLEARSTREAM AVENUE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 385
Frequently asked questions
About VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHow large is VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL?
VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,121 students in grades 10-12.
What age range does VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL serve?
VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 10 through grade 12.
How many teachers does VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL have?
VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL employs 84 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the student diversity at VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 7% White, 27% Hispanic, 40% Black, 23% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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