NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools NY

Best-Resourced Schools in Merrick, NY

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7 public K-12 schools in Merrick from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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7
Schools
4,702
Students
51.9/100
Avg Resource Index
13:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Merrick has more public-school enrollment than 52% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Merrick lands in the upper national tier on both the average Resource Investment Index and teacher staffing intensity. Those measures come from different inputs: the index combines reported counselors, gifted access, attendance, and staffing, while the staffing percentile compares the city's student-teacher ratio directly. Agreement across both measures is stronger evidence of broad reported capacity than either score alone, though neither is a test-score rating or a guarantee about an individual classroom.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

3 of Merrick's 7 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 31-point gap between Merrick Avenue Middle School and Old Mill Road School shows the range hidden by Merrick's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 48%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
91st percentile
Teacher staffing
79th percentile

Sanford H Calhoun High School accounts for 25.9% of all Merrick public-school enrollment

That concentration means Merrick-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Merrick school enrollment varies 2.7× across entities

Merrick school enrollment ranges from 451 students (lowest) to 1,219 students (highest), a spread of 768 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Merrick student-teacher ratio is 13.0:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Merrick Avenue Middle School 64
2. Sanford H Calhoun High School 62
3. Norman J Levy Lakeside School 62
4. Chatterton School 52
5. Birch School 51
6. Camp Avenue School 39
7. Old Mill Road School 33

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Merrick

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Old Mill Road School 51.4/100
  2. 2 Sanford H Calhoun High School 46.3/100
  3. 3 Chatterton School 45.9/100
  4. 4 Merrick Avenue Middle School 42.5/100
  5. 5 Camp Avenue School 42.2/100

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Which Merrick school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Merrick Avenue Middle School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Merrick schools in this federal-data comparison at 64/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Merrick, NY? ▼

Merrick has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,702 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.