WANTAGH MIDDLE SCHOOL

WANTAGH MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a mid-sized 6-8 campus in WANTAGH, New York, part of WANTAGH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 645 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 21% larger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 531 students.

Within WANTAGH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 5 schools and 2,854 students, WANTAGH MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WANTAGH MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 57% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 12% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Nassau County (around 31%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, WANTAGH MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 70.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 68.5%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Nassau County indicate median household earnings sit near $146,202, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. WANTAGH MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 315 public schools in Nassau County (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students).

WANTAGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WANTAGH MIDDLE SCHOOL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 70.7%.

WANTAGH MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. WANTAGH MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 669 (now 645). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 88% to 82% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 today.

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