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What advice would you give to incoming students at WOODLANDS MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL?
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Enrollment
658
High
DISTRICT 325 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREENBURGH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361272001050
WOODLANDS MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL
475 W HARTSDALE AVE, HARTSDALE, NY 10530 · (914) 761-6052 · Westchester County
GRADES 07–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL658 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% of New York public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
8.2:1
80 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 6.8:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
265 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 7 | 113 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 108 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 92 | 14% |
| Grade 11 | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 126 | 19% |
| Ungraded | 15 | 2% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within GREENBURGH CENTRAL 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
66.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.4pp since 2023
Math
59.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 59.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.7% | 60.4% |
% 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
56.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 WOODLANDS MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL
WOODLANDS MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (56.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOODLANDS MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL this school | 658 | 40.3% | 56.0% |
| WEST HEMPSTEAD SECONDARY SCHOOL WEST HEMPSTEAD | 806 | 33.0% | 61.0% |
| ALEXANDER HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL ELMSFORD | 493 | 46.7% | 45.0% |
| COLUMBIA SECONDARY SCHOOL NEW YORK | 714 | 44.5% | 83.1% |
| PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 522 | 43.3% | 78.8% |
| CHESTER ACADEMY-MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL CHESTER | 538 | 42.0% | 54.4% |
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 WOODLANDS MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #622 of 1,135 | #36 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #434 of 1,109 ▲ 66 | #29 of 48 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #655 of 1,135 ▲ 145 | #44 of 48 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 658 | #386 of 1,216 | #33 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.2:1 | #75 of 1,058 | #3 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.1% | #195 of 1,070 | #5 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.3% | #848 of 1,167 | #19 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.0% | #501 of 743 | #16 of 29 |
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
658
-35 (-5%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 743
Student : Teacher
8.2:1
was 19.3:1
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 | 658 | 79.9 | 8.2:1 | 40% (265) |
| 2023-24 | 688 | 78.7 | 8.7:1 | 63% (431) |
| 2022-23 | 681 | 76.7 | 8.9:1 | 66% (449) |
| 2020-21 | 693 | 36 | 19.3:1 | 62% (433) |
| 2017-18 | 715 | 72 | 9.9:1 | 62% (444) |
| 2015-16 | 491 | 36 | 13.6:1 | 50% (247) |
| 2010-11 | 495 | 46 | 10.8:1 | 30% (148) |
| 2000-01 | 534 | 52 | 10.3:1 | 33% (174) |
| 1990-91 | 743 | 79 | 9.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WOODLANDS MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL.
About WOODLANDS MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL
WOODLANDS MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL, a medium-sized high school, is located in HARTSDALE, New York. The school had 658 students in grades 7 through 12 in 2024-25.
The district, GREENBURGH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, has 1,626 students enrolled across 5 schools.
Hispanic students are the largest group at WOODLANDS MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL, with 50% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 31% Black, 11% White, 6% Asian, and 2% multiracial. Westchester County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. By the diversity index, WOODLANDS MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL comes in at 64%.
The school reported 79.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 8.2:1. The 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York is higher than this school's figure. Eligible students account for 40% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Across public schools in Westchester County, the average is about the same, 38%.
WOODLANDS MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is graded C by allk12, scoring above 34% of New York public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
WOODLANDS MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL scores 56.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 60.2%.
In Westchester County (population about 999,677), median household income is about $118,976, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 53% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. WOODLANDS MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is one of 255 public schools in Westchester County, which together enroll about 140,968 students.
EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, WOODLANDS MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL ranks 4th on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes WOODLANDS MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL as Suburb: Large.
WOODLANDS MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL had 693 students in 2020-21 and 658 in 2024-25, a 5% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 19.3:1 to 8.2:1.
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Westchester County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
999,677
Census ACS
Median income
$118,976
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
255
140,968 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GREENBURGH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- RICHARD J BAILEY SCHOOLMiddle · 404 students
- HIGHVIEW SCHOOLElementary · 257 students
- LEE F JACKSON SCHOOLElementary · 245 students
- EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMElementary · 62 students
Other schools in HARTSDALE
- HIGHVIEW SCHOOLElementary · 257 students
- EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMElementary · 62 students
Nearby schools
- EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM0.0 mi · 62
- LEE F JACKSON SCHOOL0.6 mi · 245
- HIGHVIEW SCHOOL0.7 mi · 257
- RICHARD J BAILEY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 404
- POST ROAD SCHOOL1.5 mi · 605
- ALEXANDER HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 493
Frequently asked questions
About WOODLANDS MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOLHow large is WOODLANDS MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL?
WOODLANDS MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 658 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does WOODLANDS MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL serve?
WOODLANDS MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WOODLANDS MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WOODLANDS MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 8.2:1 (80 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at WOODLANDS MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at WOODLANDS MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 11% White, 50% Hispanic, 31% Black, 6% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is WOODLANDS MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL in?
WOODLANDS MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is part of GREENBURGH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.