WOODLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL

WOODLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle-grades school of large scale in EAST MEADOW, New York, run under EAST MEADOW UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, hosting 1,141 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 115% larger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 531 students.

Across the 9 schools in EAST MEADOW UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (7,793 students total), WOODLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, WOODLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that the most-represented group is White (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 32% Asian, 21% Hispanic, 7% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.

On the resource side, On paper, WOODLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL has 107 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 30% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WOODLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 73.5%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Nassau County indicate the typical household earns roughly $146,202 per year, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. WOODLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 315 public schools in Nassau County (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students).

The closest other public school is HAROLD D FAYETTE SCHOOL, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WOODLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 64.7%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 6%: 1,076 students in 2018 compared to 1,141 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 54% to 38%.

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