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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
Enrollment
1,121
High
DISTRICT 1,203 · STATE 668
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
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Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Grade 10
372
Grade 11
388
Grade 12
361
Student demographics
White
767%
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 39%
Hispanic
30627%
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 31%
Black
44540%
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 16%
Asian
25723%
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 10%
Two+
222%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 4%
Native American
50%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 1%
Pacific Islander
101%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 0%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
57551%
Female
54649%

School pathway

Feeds from
VALLEY STREAM MEMORIAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL07–09
Based on grade levels within VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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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.

Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
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 →

7-year change

SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
1,121
+134 (+14%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 18.7:1
% White
7%
was 8%
% Hispanic
27%
was 29%
% Black
40%
was 41%
% Asian
23%
was 20%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

About VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL

VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is a high-enrollment secondary school in VALLEY STREAM, New York, overseen by VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school instructs 1,121 students in grades 10 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 68% larger than the state mean of about 668.

Across the 4 schools in VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT (4,547 students total), VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL reports that the most-represented group is Black (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 27% Hispanic, 23% Asian, 7% White. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

Looking at school resources, VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL records 84 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. An estimated 44% of students are eligible 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 somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.8%, the actual is 63.5%, a residual of +4.7 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Nassau County put the typical household earns roughly $146,202 per year, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is one of 315 public schools in Nassau County (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students).

VALLEY STREAM MEMORIAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 63.4%.

VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has edged up 14% since 2018, when it stood at 987 (now 1,121). Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

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Nassau County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
District
VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
Address
135 FLETCHER AVE, VALLEY STREAM, NY 11580
Phone
(516) 561-4410
County
Nassau County
Level
High
Grade range
10–12
Total enrollment
1,121
Teachers (FTE)
84
Student–teacher ratio
13.3:1
Free/Reduced lunch
494 (44%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
362952003980
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
How 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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