Is Amityville Memorial High School a good school?

Amityville Memorial High School ranks in the bottom 22.5% of New York high schools.

How many students attend Amityville Memorial High School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 953 students attended Amityville Memorial High School.

What is the racial makeup of Amityville Memorial High School?

Students at Amityville Memorial High School are 60% Hispanic, 32% African American, 3% White, 2% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

What schools feed into Amityville Memorial High School?

Amityville Memorial High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Northeast School Elementary : Northwest Elementary School Elementary : Park Avenue School Middle : Edmund W Miles Middle School

Amityville Memorial High School

Summary:

Amityville Memorial High School is a public high school serving grades 9-12 in Amityville, New York, which is part of the Amityville Union Free School District. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom quarter of New York high schools over the past decade, with a 1-star or 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Amityville Memorial High School faces significant challenges in terms of academic performance, with proficiency rates on Regents/Common Core exams that are significantly lower than state averages across most subject areas. The school also struggles with low graduation rates, high dropout rates, and high chronic absenteeism, particularly among economically disadvantaged student subgroups. In comparison, nearby schools such as Wantagh Senior High School, Babylon Junior-Senior High School, and Gen Douglas MacArthur Senior High School generally outperform Amityville Memorial High School across a range of academic and other metrics.

Despite the school's relatively low academic performance, Amityville Memorial High School has a relatively high per-student spending level, suggesting that the Amityville Union Free School District may need to examine how resources are being allocated and utilized to improve student outcomes. Addressing the challenges faced by Amityville Memorial High School will likely require a comprehensive, data-driven approach to improve the educational outcomes for the students.

Detail:

Public 9-12

250 Merrick Rd
Amityville, NY 11701-3195

(631) 565-6100

District: Amityville Union Free School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
963^rd of 1,242 New York High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $21,069

Feeder schools for Amityville Memorial High School:

Elementary:	Northeast School
	Northwest Elementary School
	Park Avenue School
Middle:	Edmund W Miles Middle School

Student/teacher ratio: 10.5

Number of students: 953

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

60.1%

African American:

31.8%

White:

3.4%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 63.1%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Amityville Memorial High School ranks worse than 77.5% of high schools in New York. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 21.15. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Amityville Memorial High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.

The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (60.1%), African American (31.8%), White (3.4%). (See more...)

Compare Details 63.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Amityville Memorial High School is 10.5. (See more...)

Compare Amityville Memorial High School employs 90.1 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Amityville Memorial High School is $21,069.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Amityville Memorial High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Amityville Memorial High School 963^rd of 1242 New York public high schools. (See Amityville Memorial High School in the ranking list.)

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Amityville Union Free School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Amityville Union Free School District 809^th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Amityville Memorial High School

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Rank History for all students at Amityville Memorial High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2005	40.14	687^th	935	26.5%
2006	41.61	678^th	986	31.2%
2007	57.37	504^th	1002	49.7%
2008	51.56	606^th	1027	41.0%
2009	53.75	577^th	1086	46.9%
2010	38.10	758^th	1117	32.1%
2011	31.89	822^nd	1165	29.4%
2012	35.21	800^th	1198	33.2%
2013	38.42	788^th	1217	35.3%
2014	38.85	781^st	1237	36.9%
2015	30.17	884^th	1255	29.6%
2016	31.10	879^th	1255	30.0%
2017	17.91	952^nd	1221	22.0%
2018	8.88	1105^th	1210	8.7%
2019	12.10	1052^nd	1207	12.8%
2022	19.66	923^rd	1190	22.4%
2023	18.43	968^th	1228	21.2%
2024	21.15	963^rd	1242	22.5%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Amityville Memorial High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	21.94	261^st	306	14.7%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Amityville Memorial High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	25.10	446^th	546	18.3%
2019	26.88	449^th	565	20.5%
2022	30.48	365^th	481	24.1%
2023	43.22	307^th	583	47.3%
2024	38.32	395^th	637	38.0%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Amityville Memorial High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	19.31	959^th	1095	12.4%
2019	17.68	1007^th	1132	11.0%
2022	29.17	744^th	1038	28.3%
2023	21.23	956^th	1130	15.4%
2024	29.92	832^nd	1144	27.3%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Amityville Memorial High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	8.08	1086^th	1154	5.9%
2019	10.47	1074^th	1179	8.9%
2022	21.86	870^th	1101	21.0%
2023	18.90	936^th	1155	19.0%
2024	21.96	928^th	1170	20.7%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Amityville Memorial High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	28.14	392^nd	498	21.3%
2019	16.26	470^th	493	4.7%
2022	53.05	132^nd	389	66.1%
2023	30.42	401^st	531	24.5%
2024	44.54	287^th	564	49.1%

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Rank History for Female students at Amityville Memorial High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	7.63	1111^th	1176	5.5%
2019	11.04	1077^th	1193	9.7%
2022	19.94	901^st	1155	22.0%
2023	19.68	943^rd	1197	21.2%
2024	24.87	919^th	1219	24.6%

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Rank History for Male students at Amityville Memorial High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	10.24	1070^th	1176	9.0%
2019	13.51	1023^rd	1190	14.0%
2022	19.39	911^th	1154	21.1%
2023	18.44	947^th	1191	20.5%
2024	19.36	974^th	1211	19.6%

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Rank History for African American students at Amityville Memorial High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	20.74	581^st	679	14.4%
2019	27.14	522^nd	686	23.9%
2022	48.66	262^nd	593	55.8%
2023	34.65	428^th	671	36.2%
2024	44.47	354^th	690	48.7%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Amityville Memorial High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	13.23	731^st	791	7.6%
2019	13.27	732^nd	815	10.2%
2022	23.58	583^rd	760	23.3%
2023	23.92	655^th	851	23.0%
2024	26.31	644^th	865	25.5%

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Rank History for White students at Amityville Memorial High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	36.33	562^nd	765	26.5%
2019	42.33	509^th	793	35.8%
2022	24.59	619^th	738	16.1%
2023	56.30	339^th	776	56.3%
2024	35.95	549^th	781	29.7%

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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: NY State Education Department

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by a student
Friday, July 15, 2011

they moved the ninth grade to the middle school because the highschool was to full. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Amityville Memorial High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	200	447	23	43	0	n/a	n/a	0	713
1990	179	403	32	35	0	n/a	n/a	0	649
1991	146	376	13	37	0	n/a	n/a	0	572
1992	192	523	13	58	0	n/a	n/a	0	786
1993	178	479	10	49	0	n/a	n/a	0	716
1994	195	489	9	75	0	n/a	n/a	0	768
1995	166	458	25	61	0	n/a	n/a	0	710
1996	166	458	25	61	0	n/a	n/a	0	710
1997	156	514	8	75	0	n/a	n/a	0	753
1998	163	546	12	77	0	n/a	n/a	0	798
1999	157	513	8	95	0	n/a	n/a	0	773
2000	157	527	8	100	1	n/a	n/a	0	793
2001	149	452	0	106	0	n/a	n/a	0	707
2002	146	583	10	149	3	n/a	n/a	0	891
2003	146	583	10	149	3	n/a	n/a	0	891
2004	136	584	9	129	3	n/a	n/a	0	861
2005	130	533	12	140	0	n/a	n/a	0	815
2006	116	526	7	153	3	n/a	n/a	0	805
2007	115	575	8	183	0	n/a	n/a	0	881
2008	121	553	13	214	0	n/a	n/a	0	901
2009	116	513	15	195	0	n/a	n/a	0	839
2010	80	385	9	176	0	n/a	n/a	6	656
2011	77	400	11	206	1	0	6	0	701
2012	70	406	9	214	1	0	5	0	705
2013	58	395	6	238	3	0	8	0	708
2014	67	397	5	284	2	0	6	0	761
2015	55	379	10	303	2	0	9	0	758
2016	52	378	9	317	0	0	11	0	767
2017	41	347	10	341	2	1	13	0	755
2018	33	355	9	337	2	0	15	0	751
2019	38	334	6	343	3	0	11	0	735
2020	38	310	8	383	6	0	16	0	761
2021	46	349	10	496	6	2	17	0	926
2022	46	305	10	535	7	2	17	0	922
2023	45	314	8	567	10	4	20	0	968
2024	32	303	15	573	7	2	21	0	953

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Amityville Memorial High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	713	61.9	11.5	n/a
1990	649	59.9	10.8	n/a
1991	572	48.7	11.7	n/a
1992	786	64.1	12.2	n/a
1993	716	49.9	14.3	n/a
1994	768	44.4	17.3	33.2
1995	710	53.7	13.2	40.3
1996	710	53.7	13.2	40.3
1997	753	52.6	14.3	40.9
1998	798	55.0	14.5	49.4
1999	773	49.5	15.6	30.4
2000	793	56.0	14.2	29.1
2001	707	54.0	13.1	36.8
2002	891	55.0	16.2	31.9
2003	891	55.0	16.2	31.9
2004	861	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	815	65.2	12.5	34.6
2006	805	66.0	12.2	36.5
2007	881	74.2	11.9	43.6
2008	901	76.4	11.8	55.6
2009	839	77.2	10.9	60.8
2010	656	58.9	11.1	42.3
2011	701	54.5	12.8	38.7
2012	705	48.3	14.5	54.5
2013	708	43.9	16.1	85.2
2014	761	46.6	16.3	0
2015	758	55.0	13.7	57.8
2016	767	59.0	13.0	69.4
2017	755	62.0	12.1	72.7
2018	751	62.2	12.0	70.6
2019	735	60.0	12.2	75.2
2020	761	75.4	10.0	74.8
2021	926	83.1	11.1	71.9
2022	922	83.0	11.0	69
2023	968	88.7	10.9	70.2
2024	953	90.1	10.5	63.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Amityville Memorial High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	713	61.9	11.5	n/a
1990	649	59.9	10.8	n/a
1991	572	48.7	11.7	n/a
1992	786	64.1	12.2	n/a
1993	716	49.9	14.3	n/a
1994	768	44.4	17.3	33.2
1995	710	53.7	13.2	40.3
1996	710	53.7	13.2	40.3
1997	753	52.6	14.3	40.9
1998	798	55.0	14.5	49.4
1999	773	49.5	15.6	30.4
2000	793	56.0	14.2	29.1
2001	707	54.0	13.1	36.8
2002	891	55.0	16.2	31.9
2003	891	55.0	16.2	31.9
2004	861	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	815	65.2	12.5	34.6
2006	805	66.0	12.2	36.5
2007	881	74.2	11.9	43.6
2008	901	76.4	11.8	55.6
2009	839	77.2	10.9	60.8
2010	656	58.9	11.1	42.3
2011	701	54.5	12.8	38.7
2012	705	48.3	14.5	54.5
2013	708	43.9	16.1	85.2
2014	761	46.6	16.3	0
2015	758	55.0	13.7	57.8
2016	767	59.0	13.0	69.4
2017	755	62.0	12.1	72.7
2018	751	62.2	12.0	70.6
2019	735	60.0	12.2	75.2
2020	761	75.4	10.0	74.8
2021	926	83.1	11.1	71.9
2022	922	83.0	11.0	69
2023	968	88.7	10.9	70.2
2024	953	90.1	10.5	63.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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