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Valley Stream Central High School

Serves grades 10 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
135 Fletcher Ave
Valley Stream, NY 11580
Phone
(516) 561-4410
District
VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
NASSAU COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1078
Classroom Teachers
79

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New York

8

(10 is best)

Better than 76.4% of all NY schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

Valley Stream Central High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

100 80 60 40 20 0
80%
65%
93%
78%
66%
53%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
14
13
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 10 355 32.9%
Grade 11 392 36.4%
Grade 12 331 30.7%
Total 1078 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 7.6% 14.4% 42.2%
Black 39.9% 31.0% 16.4%
Hispanic 28.6% 31.1% 30.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 22.8% 22.1% 10.3%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.0% 1.3% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 42.9% 38.4% 53.7%
Free lunch eligible 39.0% 35.4% 51.2%
Reduced lunch eligible 4.0% 3.0% 2.6%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 67,430 19,677,151
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 10,637.8 415
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.6% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.5% 17.7%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.6% 33.7%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.5% 26.0%
65 OR OLDER 16.8% 17.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 20,135 7,604,523
Single Parent Households With Children 4.9% 7.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 90.6% 87.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 41.4% 38.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 44.9% 24.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 18.9% 16.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 10.2% 11.5%
$50,000 - $74,999 11.1% 14.1%
$30,000 - $49,999 7.4% 12.4%
$15,000 - $29,999 4.4% 10.4%
$15,000 or less 3.1% 9.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $15,885 $74,881,000 58.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,434 $6,758,000 5.2%
Staff $1,535 $7,234,000 5.6%
General Administration $482 $2,274,000 1.8%
School Administration $971 $4,578,000 3.5%
Operation $2,039 $9,613,000 7.5%
Transportation $989 $4,664,000 3.6%
Other $644 $3,034,000 2.4%
Total Support $8,094 $38,155,000 29.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,386 $15,963,000 12.4%
Total Expenditures $27,365 $128,999,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $18,290 $46,325,753,000 57.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $766 $1,940,420,000 2.4%
Staff $1,213 $3,072,691,000 3.8%
General Administration $408 $1,032,797,000 1.3%
School Administration $1,144 $2,897,632,000 3.6%
Operation $2,258 $5,718,874,000 7.1%
Transportation $1,460 $3,697,044,000 4.6%
Other $779 $1,972,819,000 2.4%
Total Support $8,027 $20,332,277,000 25.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,552 $14,062,158,000 17.4%
Total Expenditures $31,869 $80,720,188,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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