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Enrollment
1,211
High
DISTRICT 1,092 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLMORE-MERRICK CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361902001725
WELLINGTON C MEPHAM HIGH SCHOOL
2401 CAMP AVE, BELLMORE, NY 11710 · (516) 992-1500 · Nassau County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,211 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 93% of New York public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
11.0:1
110 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
229 students
DISTRICT 17% · 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 | 285 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 307 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 277 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 342 | 28% |
Student demographics
52%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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
96.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -3.0pp since 2023
Math
85.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 96 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 96.0% | 85.0% |
| 2023-24 | 99.0% | 92.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
89.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 90% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 68% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in New York's top 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 WELLINGTON C MEPHAM HIGH SCHOOL
WELLINGTON C MEPHAM HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (89.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WELLINGTON C MEPHAM HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,211 | 18.9% | 89.7% |
| JOHN F KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL BELLMORE | 1,089 | 16.3% | 87.7% |
| HAUPPAUGE HIGH SCHOOL HAUPPAUGE | 1,038 | 20.4% | 88.8% |
| SANFORD H CALHOUN HIGH SCHOOL MERRICK | 1,219 | 20.3% | 88.2% |
| GEN DOUGLAS MACARTHUR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL LEVITTOWN | 1,295 | 23.1% | 90.3% |
| SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL EAST SAINT JAMES | 1,403 | 14.8% | 83.3% |
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 WELLINGTON C MEPHAM HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 89.7% | #65 of 1,135 | #13 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #92 of 1,109 ▼ 11 | #19 of 57 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 96.0% | #52 of 1,135 ▼ 21 | #10 of 56 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,211 | #170 of 1,216 | #27 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #530 of 1,058 | #25 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.8% | #453 of 1,070 | #35 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.9% | #1,105 of 1,167 | #41 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.0% | #655 of 743 | #30 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
1,211
-57 (-4%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 1,192
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 1,211 | 109.7 | 11.0:1 | 19% (229) |
| 2023-24 | 1,191 | 108.2 | 11.0:1 | 18% (212) |
| 2022-23 | 1,260 | 105.9 | 11.9:1 | 18% (228) |
| 2020-21 | 1,268 | 103 | 12.3:1 | 16% (197) |
| 2017-18 | 1,248 | 84 | 14.8:1 | 14% (178) |
| 2015-16 | 1,241 | 83 | 14.9:1 | 12% (149) |
| 2010-11 | 1,330 | 90 | 14.8:1 | 3% (44) |
| 2000-01 | 1,194 | 68 | 17.6:1 | 2% (18) |
| 1990-91 | 1,192 | 74 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WELLINGTON C MEPHAM HIGH SCHOOL.
About WELLINGTON C MEPHAM HIGH SCHOOL
WELLINGTON C MEPHAM HIGH SCHOOL is a large high school. Its address is in BELLMORE, New York. The school teaches grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 1,211 students. It has 81% more students than the average for high schools in New York (about 668).
BELLMORE-MERRICK CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT counts 5 schools and 5,283 students, including WELLINGTON C MEPHAM HIGH SCHOOL.
More than half of enrollment at WELLINGTON C MEPHAM HIGH SCHOOL is White: 67%. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 3% Black, and 2% multiracial. The county population is about 57% White. The diversity index for WELLINGTON C MEPHAM HIGH SCHOOL is 52%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
WELLINGTON C MEPHAM HIGH SCHOOL has 109.7 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.0:1. The ratio is within a point of the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. The school has 19% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Nassau County, the average eligibility rate is 31%.
WELLINGTON C MEPHAM HIGH SCHOOL earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 93% of New York public high schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for WELLINGTON C MEPHAM HIGH SCHOOL is +21.6 points, in the top 10% of New York. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 89.7%, and the predicted rate is 68.0%.
The school is in Nassau County, where the median household earns about $146,202 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 50% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Across Nassau County, 315 public schools serve about 200,775 students.
Of the public schools around it, WELLINGTON C MEPHAM HIGH SCHOOL is closest to GRAND AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.4 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, WELLINGTON C MEPHAM HIGH SCHOOL is 1st of 9 nearby schools with test data.
For locale, NCES codes WELLINGTON C MEPHAM HIGH SCHOOL as Suburb: Large.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 1,268 (2020-21) to 1,211 (2024-25). There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.0:1) than in 2020-21 (12.3:1).
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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 BELLMORE-MERRICK CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SANFORD H CALHOUN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,219 students
- JOHN F KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,089 students
- GRAND AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 916 students
- MERRICK AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOLHigh · 848 students
Other schools in BELLMORE
- JOHN F KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,089 students
- GRAND AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 916 students
- REINHARD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERElementary · 550 students
- MARTIN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 328 students
- WINTHROP AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 312 students
- SHORE ROAD SCHOOLMiddle · 273 students
Nearby schools
- GRAND AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 916
- PARK AVENUE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 324
- NEWBRIDGE ROAD SCHOOL0.5 mi · 336
- MARTIN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 328
- CHATTERTON SCHOOL0.8 mi · 451
- MERRICK AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 848
Frequently asked questions
About WELLINGTON C MEPHAM HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at WELLINGTON C MEPHAM HIGH SCHOOL?
WELLINGTON C MEPHAM HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,211 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does WELLINGTON C MEPHAM HIGH SCHOOL serve?
WELLINGTON C MEPHAM HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WELLINGTON C MEPHAM HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WELLINGTON C MEPHAM HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 11.0:1 (110 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at WELLINGTON C MEPHAM HIGH SCHOOL?
At WELLINGTON C MEPHAM HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 67% White, 16% Hispanic, 3% Black, 11% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is WELLINGTON C MEPHAM HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
WELLINGTON C MEPHAM HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BELLMORE-MERRICK CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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