WEST HEMPSTEAD SECONDARY SCHOOL

WEST HEMPSTEAD SECONDARY SCHOOL is a senior high of reasonably sized scale in WEST HEMPSTEAD, New York, one of the schools within WEST HEMPSTEAD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, hosting 806 students in grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 668 students per school, that is 21% above typical.

WEST HEMPSTEAD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,597 students. WEST HEMPSTEAD SECONDARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, WEST HEMPSTEAD SECONDARY SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 49%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 21% Black, 17% White, 9% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Nassau County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, WEST HEMPSTEAD SECONDARY SCHOOL logs 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 33% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, WEST HEMPSTEAD SECONDARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 61.0%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Nassau County put the typical household earns roughly $146,202 per year, roughly 50% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Nassau County's 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), WEST HEMPSTEAD SECONDARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is CHESTNUT STREET SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WEST HEMPSTEAD SECONDARY SCHOOL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WEST HEMPSTEAD SECONDARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 54.2%.

WEST HEMPSTEAD SECONDARY SCHOOL operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 14%: 710 students in 2018 compared to 806 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 28% to 17%. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 in 2025.

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