Schools · Hempstead
Hempstead, NY schools
Hempstead’s public schools score well above New York’s averages: 83% of students are proficient in reading against 62.4% statewide, and 94% of high schoolers graduate on time against 83.5%. Kids attend one of 9 schools through grade 12, then one of 11 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
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Hempstead’s School Grade: A
The public schools Hempstead’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 90% of New York’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
ATest scoresA-Graduation
New York school districts we grade (781)Better than 90%
Lower resultsHigher results
New York towns with similar household incomes (429)Better than 90%
High confidence. Built on 4,964 tested students and a graduating class of 1,414; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on New York’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of New York only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in New York with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Hempstead kids go to school
Grades 12
11 high schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Sewanhaka Central High School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well above the state in reading
Reading (Bellmore-Merrick Central High)88%
State average 62.4%
Reading (grades 7–12, Sewanhaka Central High)83%
State average 62.4%
Reading (Valley Stream Central High)76%
State average 62.4%
Math (Bellmore-Merrick Central High)84%
State average 55.9%
Math (grades 7–12, Sewanhaka Central High)76%
State average 55.9%
Math (Valley Stream Central High)71%
State average 55.9%
Graduation · class of 2020
94% graduate on time
Graduation rate
94%
NY: 83.5%
Graduating class
1,414
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Districts
Three districts serve Hempstead
Bellmore-Merrick Central High School DistrictGrades 7–12 · 5 schools · 5,283 students
$32,828 per studentNY $34,607ASewanhaka Central High School DistrictGrades 7–12 · 5 schools · 7,727 students
$28,186 per studentNY $34,607AValley Stream Central High School DistrictGrades 7–12 · 4 schools · 4,547 students
$30,358 per studentNY $34,607A-Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 223 schools in Hempstead
Showing 1–30 of 223 schools
FLORAL PARK-BELLEROSE SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–6 · 904 students
A-PublicBOWLING GREEN SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 895 students
A-PublicMCVEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 838 students
APublicBARNUM WOODS SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 797 students
APublicWASHINGTON STREET SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–6 · 782 students
B+PublicCLARA H CARLSON SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–6 · 764 students
B-PublicSHAW AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–6 · 740 students
BPublicCALIFORNIA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 730 students
DPublicDUTCH BROADWAY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–6 · 715 students
BPublicSAW MILL ROAD SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–6 · 700 students
B-PublicROOSEVELT CHILDREN'S ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–8 · 676 students
CharterJOHN LEWIS CHILDS SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–6 · 674 students
B+PublicWANTAGH SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 672 students
B+PublicWASHINGTON ROSE SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–6 · 667 students
DPublicEAST BROADWAY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 662 students
A-PublicCOVERT AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–6 · 646 students
BPublicNORMAN J LEVY LAKESIDE SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–6 · 644 students
B+PublicSTRATFORD AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · Grades 2–5 · 638 students
APublicRHODES ACADEMY OF HUMANITIES AND THE ARTSElementary · Grades K–6 · 631 students
PublicSCHOOL 6-KINDERGARTEN CENTERElementary · Grades PK–K · 625 students
PublicSTEWART SCHOOLElementary · Grades 2–5 · 624 students
APublicMEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 613 students
BPublicNORTHERN PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 612 students
DPublicWHEELER AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–6 · 608 students
B+PublicABBEY LANE SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 607 students
B+PublicHOWELL ROAD SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–6 · 599 students
B+PublicPOLK STREET SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–6 · 594 students
B+PublicBIRCH SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–6 · 588 students
B+PublicPARKWAY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 570 students
A-PublicNORTHSIDE SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 560 students
B+PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.