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Enrollment
372
Middle
DISTRICT 524 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST WILLISTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361005000782
WILLETS ROAD SCHOOL
455 I U WILLETS RD, ROSLYN HEIGHTS, NY 11577 · (516) 333-8797 · Nassau County
GRADES 05–07MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL372 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 93% of New York public middle schools
- A+Test 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
7.8:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.0:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
5%
20 students
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 130 | 35% |
| Grade 6 | 115 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 126 | 34% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
WILLETS ROAD SCHOOL→WHEATLEY SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within EAST WILLISTON 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
84.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
96.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 96 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.0% | 96.0% |
| 2023-24 | 77.0% | 93.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
85.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 →
Schools most like WILLETS ROAD SCHOOL
WILLETS ROAD SCHOOL's state test result (85.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILLETS ROAD SCHOOL this school | 372 | 5.4% | 85.5% |
| MANHASSET MIDDLE SCHOOL MANHASSET | 541 | 12.8% | 90.6% |
| MS 255 SALK SCHOOL OF SCIENCE NEW YORK | 378 | 19.6% | 92.6% |
| H B MATTLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL PLAINVIEW | 783 | 11.0% | 79.8% |
| BRIARCLIFF MIDDLE SCHOOL BRIARCLIFF MANOR | 298 | 2.7% | 90.0% |
| ROBERT E BELL SCHOOL CHAPPAQUA | 587 | 6.1% | 89.6% |
Matched among New York middle 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 WILLETS ROAD SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.5% | #24 of 766 | #6 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 96.0% | #76 of 768 ▲ 11 | #10 of 52 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #22 of 768 ▲ 23 | #2 of 52 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 372 | #474 of 796 | #46 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.8:1 | #23 of 683 | #3 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.1% | #192 of 688 | #18 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 5.4% | #763 of 773 | #50 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.3% | #420 of 524 | #19 of 30 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
372
-35 (-9%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 301
Student : Teacher
7.8:1
was 8.5:1
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 | 372 | 47.9 | 7.8:1 | 5% (20) |
| 2023-24 | 378 | 50 | 7.5:1 | 9% (34) |
| 2022-23 | 404 | 46.4 | 8.7:1 | 9% (37) |
| 2020-21 | 407 | 48 | 8.5:1 | 10% (39) |
| 2017-18 | 393 | 39 | 10.1:1 | 6% (22) |
| 2015-16 | 415 | 36 | 11.5:1 | 5% (21) |
| 2010-11 | 415 | 35 | 11.9:1 | 1% (4) |
| 2000-01 | 385 | 38 | 10.1:1 | 1% (3) |
| 1990-91 | 301 | 24 | 12.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WILLETS ROAD SCHOOL.
About WILLETS ROAD SCHOOL
WILLETS ROAD SCHOOL is a small middle school serving families in ROSLYN HEIGHTS, New York. The school's enrollment of 372 students covers grades 5 through 7. Statewide, middle schools in New York average about 531 students each.
The EAST WILLISTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT system has 3 schools and 1,571 students.
WILLETS ROAD SCHOOL is 51% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 36% Asian, 8% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. WILLETS ROAD SCHOOL's diversity index is 60%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reported 47.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 7.8:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. Eligible students account for 5% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Across public schools in Nassau County, the average is 31%.
allk12 grades WILLETS ROAD SCHOOL an A. The grade compares the school only with New York public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, WILLETS ROAD SCHOOL would score about 73.0%. It scores 85.5%, 12.4 points above that figure.
Nassau County has about 1,389,591 residents, and the median household income is $146,202, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Nassau County has 315 public schools and roughly 200,775 students.
The closest public school to WILLETS ROAD SCHOOL is ROSLYN MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.9 miles away. WILLETS ROAD SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, WILLETS ROAD SCHOOL ranks 2nd on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at WILLETS ROAD SCHOOL dropped 9% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 407 to 372 students.
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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 EAST WILLISTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WHEATLEY SCHOOLHigh · 689 students
- NORTH SIDE SCHOOLElementary · 510 students
Other schools in ROSLYN HEIGHTS
- ROSLYN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,086 students
- ROSLYN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 802 students
- EAST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 552 students
- ROSLYN HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCombined · 307 students
Nearby schools
- ROSLYN MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 802
- WHEATLEY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 689
- NORTH SIDE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 510
- MEADOW DRIVE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 309
- EAST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 552
- SEARINGTOWN SCHOOL1.3 mi · 549
Frequently asked questions
About WILLETS ROAD SCHOOLHow large is WILLETS ROAD SCHOOL?
WILLETS ROAD SCHOOL enrolls approximately 372 students in grades 05-07.
Is WILLETS ROAD SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WILLETS ROAD SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 05-07.
How many teachers does WILLETS ROAD SCHOOL have?
WILLETS ROAD SCHOOL employs 48 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.8:1.
What is the student diversity at WILLETS ROAD SCHOOL?
Student demographics at WILLETS ROAD SCHOOL are roughly 51% White, 8% Hispanic, 0% Black, 36% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is WILLETS ROAD SCHOOL public or private?
WILLETS ROAD SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by EAST WILLISTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.