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WOODLANDS MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)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.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About WOODLANDS MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL
Located at 475 W HARTSDALE AVE, in HARTSDALE, New York, WOODLANDS MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is a reasonably sized senior high that educates 658 students (grades 7 through 12), overseen by GREENBURGH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Across the 5 schools in GREENBURGH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,626 students total), WOODLANDS MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
In terms of who attends, WOODLANDS MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 31% Black, 11% White, 6% Asian, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Westchester County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the resource side, WOODLANDS MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL shows 80 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.2:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 40% of students at WOODLANDS MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, WOODLANDS MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.2%; this one delivers 56.0%.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Westchester County put median household income runs about $118,976, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Westchester County's 255 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students), WOODLANDS MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WOODLANDS MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WOODLANDS MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 52.8%.
The school occupies an outer-ring site.
Looking at the recent track record. WOODLANDS MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 8% since 2018, when it stood at 715 (now 658). Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 46% to 31%. Class-load math has fell: from 9.9:1 in 2018 to 8.2:1 in 2025.
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