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If you had an hour of school board time for WESTBURY HIGH SCHOOL, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
1,574
High
DISTRICT 747 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTBURY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363096004162
WESTBURY HIGH SCHOOL
1 POST RD, OLD WESTBURY, NY 11568 · (516) 876-5047 · Nassau County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,574 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
116 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
1,012 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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
Student demographics
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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within WESTBURY UNION FREE 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
74.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
45.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
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
52.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 2024-25Enrollment
1,574
-66 (-4%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 16.2:1
% White
3%
was 1%
% Hispanic
76%
was 70%
% Black
20%
was 27%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About WESTBURY HIGH SCHOOL
WESTBURY HIGH SCHOOL, a big senior high in OLD WESTBURY, New York, overseen by WESTBURY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, serves 1,574 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 136% bigger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.
WESTBURY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 4,480 students. WESTBURY HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
On demographics, WESTBURY HIGH SCHOOL reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 76%. Beyond that, the school shows 20% Black, 3% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.
Looking at school resources, WESTBURY HIGH SCHOOL records 116 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting WESTBURY HIGH SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Nassau County (around 31%), the school's rate is north of typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, WESTBURY HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.4%; this one delivers 52.2%.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Nassau County indicate median household income runs about $146,202, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Nassau County runs 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), of which WESTBURY HIGH SCHOOL is one.
Nearest neighbor: WESTBURY MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WESTBURY HIGH SCHOOL comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 52.2%.
The campus sits in a small-town setting.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WESTBURY HIGH SCHOOL has ticked down 4%, going from 1,640 students in 2018 to 1,574 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment shrank from 27% to 20% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.
On the community side, members of the WESTBURY HIGH SCHOOL community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 WESTBURY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WESTBURY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 945 students
- PARK AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 557 students
- DREXEL AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 513 students
- POWELLS LANE SCHOOLElementary · 476 students
- DRYDEN STREET SCHOOLElementary · 415 students
- NASSAU CO JUVENILE DETENTION CENTERElementary
Nearby schools
- WESTBURY MIDDLE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 945
- POWELLS LANE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 476
- DREXEL AVENUE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 513
- DRYDEN STREET SCHOOL1.1 mi · 415
- PARK AVENUE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 557
- CARLE PLACE MIDDLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 617
Frequently asked questions
About WESTBURY HIGH SCHOOLHow large is WESTBURY HIGH SCHOOL?
WESTBURY HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,574 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does WESTBURY HIGH SCHOOL serve?
WESTBURY HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WESTBURY HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WESTBURY HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 13.6:1 (116 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at WESTBURY HIGH SCHOOL?
At WESTBURY HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 3% White, 76% Hispanic, 20% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is WESTBURY HIGH SCHOOL in?
WESTBURY HIGH SCHOOL is part of WESTBURY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.