NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools NY

Best-Resourced Schools in Wyandanch, NY

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

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5
Schools
2,940
Students
23.8/100
Avg Resource Index
17.7:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Wyandanch has more public-school enrollment than 28% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Wyandanch's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Wyandanch's list includes 2 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high-school campus, plus 1 combined-grade record. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Economic need crosses separate district systems

85.1% of enrollment in reporting Wyandanch schools is eligible for free lunch, while the city list spans 2 districts. That pairing makes a citywide average especially easy to misread: the need measure follows students, but staffing decisions, calendars, program rules, and federal allocations are administered through separate district structures. The 41-point gap between Wyandanch Memorial High School and Academy Charter School 2 (the) shows how much reported resource capacity can vary inside the same municipal label. Compare schools within the same district first, then use the city view to see how those local systems differ.

City enrollment
Top 72%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
3rd percentile
Teacher staffing
28th percentile

Wyandanch Memorial High School accounts for 28.9% of all Wyandanch public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Wyandanch-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

Wyandanch reports 85.1% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Wyandanch student-teacher ratio is 17.7:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

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 Variation between sub-units within Wyandanch is typically wider than the Wyandanch-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

1 of Wyandanch's 5 listed schools are charters

20% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Wyandanch Memorial High School 41
2. Milton L Olive Middle School 40
3. Martin Luther King Elementary School 19
4. Lafrancis Hardiman Elementary School 19
5. Academy Charter School 2 (the) -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Wyandanch

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 Academy Charter School 2 (the) 55.8/100
  2. 2 Wyandanch Memorial High School 46.1/100
  3. 3 Lafrancis Hardiman Elementary School 44.0/100
  4. 4 Milton L Olive Middle School 41.9/100
  5. 5 Martin Luther King Elementary School 40.4/100

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Which Wyandanch school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Wyandanch Memorial High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Wyandanch schools in this federal-data comparison at 41/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Wyandanch, NY? ▼

Wyandanch has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,940 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 17.7:1.

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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.