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Sanford H Calhoun High School

Serves grades 9 - 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
1786 State St
Merrick, NY 11566
Phone
(516) 992-1300
District
BELLMORE-MERRICK CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
NASSAU COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
Yes
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1168
Classroom Teachers
123

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New York

9

(10 is best)

Better than 86.7% of all NY schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Sanford H Calhoun High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

100 80 60 40 20 0
88%
65%
94%
78%
81%
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
10
11
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 284 24.3%
Grade 10 260 22.3%
Grade 11 300 25.7%
Grade 12 318 27.2%
Total 1168 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 74.5% 74.1% 42.2%
Black 3.7% 3.1% 16.4%
Hispanic 13.6% 13.6% 30.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 7.7% 8.5% 10.3%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.4% 0.6% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 14.6% 13.5% 53.7%
Free lunch eligible 13.1% 11.9% 51.2%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.5% 1.6% 2.6%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 69,899 19,677,151
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 4,988.9 416
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.6% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.4% 17.7%
20-44 YEARS OLD 29.3% 33.7%
45-64 YEARS OLD 29.8% 26.0%
65 OR OLDER 16.9% 17.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 22,820 7,604,523
Single Parent Households With Children 3.1% 7.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 96.4% 87.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 55.4% 38.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 57.0% 24.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.2% 16.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 7.1% 11.5%
$50,000 - $74,999 9.2% 14.1%
$30,000 - $49,999 4.8% 12.4%
$15,000 - $29,999 4.0% 10.4%
$15,000 or less 2.6% 9.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $19,567 $102,592,000 64.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,554 $8,148,000 5.2%
Staff $1,135 $5,952,000 3.8%
General Administration $523 $2,743,000 1.7%
School Administration $1,431 $7,502,000 4.7%
Operation $2,322 $12,172,000 7.7%
Transportation $1,353 $7,094,000 4.5%
Other $519 $2,719,000 1.7%
Total Support $8,837 $46,330,000 29.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,725 $9,046,000 5.7%
Total Expenditures $30,129 $157,968,000 100.0%
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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