East Meadow High School, East Meadow NY

Original Research by School Decision on East Meadow High School

East Meadow High School serves grades nine through twelve in a mid-sized suburban district on Long Island's central Nassau County. The school enrolls a diverse student body, with white and Asian students together making up the majority, alongside substantial Hispanic enrollment and smaller numbers of Black and other students. Just under one-third of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting modest but meaningful economic diversity.

The school sits in East Meadow, a densely built post-World War II suburb of single-family homes and commercial arterials where car travel dominates. The district's housing market reflects Long Island's steep valuations, with median home prices well above the state benchmark and rents in the mid-range for the region. This is an owner-occupied, settled community with flat population growth, though recent smaller multifamily projects and adaptive reuse have added rental stock. The area's major employment anchor is Nassau University Medical Center, a large teaching hospital and trauma center on Carman Avenue, the same street that houses the high school. Eisenhower Park, one of the largest public parks in the metro area, sits nearby with golf courses, athletic facilities, swimming centers, and memorials.

The district has tangible momentum. In March 2026, voters approved a substantial capital bond that funds security upgrades including controlled-entry vestibules at all buildings, athletic facility improvements at the high school including synthetic-turf fields and a renovated football field with new lighting, and renovated playgrounds at the elementary level with sensory playgrounds for students with special needs. These projects will reshape the physical environment students experience. The bond will increase property taxes at peak, though existing debt expiration in later years is expected to bring decreases for some residents, a consideration for families buying into the district.

State testing data and four-year graduation rates are not available for the school, so a parent cannot assess proficiency or completion outcomes from this record. The school environment metrics, including attendance and discipline data, are also not reported. This limits what can be said from the data about academic performance or school climate. A parent may want to look into these measures directly with the high school or district, as well as inquire about the breadth of course offerings, Advanced Placement access, career and dual-credit pathways, and the composition of the teaching staff and support services. The school's programs and academic focus are not detailed in the materials available.

What is clear is that East Meadow High School is embedded in a district making visible investments in infrastructure, safety, and student amenities, and serving a stable, diverse community with meaningful homeowner commitment.

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Academic performance

How students graduate and prepare for what comes next.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

95.0%Cohort of 376 students · Class of 2021

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

1,253 schools plotted. 14 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Advanced Placement & IB

24 subjects offered · 2023-24

Each card is one AP or IB subject. The headline number is the share of students scoring 3 or higher on the exam — the threshold for college credit at most universities. The bar below each rate shows the underlying distribution across performance levels.

Score:12· no credit345· extremely well qualified

Math and Computer Science

Calculus AB

30 tested

73.3%

scored 3 or higher

Calculus BC

43 tested

93.0%

scored 3 or higher

Computer Science A

18 tested

72.2%

scored 3 or higher

Computer Science Principles

25 tested · Grade 9

88.0%

scored 3 or higher

Statistics

74 tested · Grade 10

83.8%

scored 3 or higher

Sciences

Biology

57 tested · Grade 10

82.5%

scored 3 or higher

Chemistry

35 tested · Grade 10

97.1%

scored 3 or higher

Environmental Science

14 tested

85.7%

scored 3 or higher

Physics 1

32 tested · Grade 10

68.8%

scored 3 or higher

Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism

10 tested

60.0%

scored 3 or higher

Physics C: Mechanics

11 tested

81.8%

scored 3 or higher

English

Research

15 tested

93.3%

scored 3 or higher

Seminar

78 tested · Grade 10

98.7%

scored 3 or higher

History and Social Sciences

Comparative Government and Politics

26 tested

92.3%

scored 3 or higher

Psychology

28 tested · Grade 10

60.7%

scored 3 or higher

U.S. History

60 tested

95.0%

scored 3 or higher

World Languages and Cultures

Spanish Language and Culture

15 tested

100.0%

scored 3 or higher

Arts

Music Theory

2 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Studio Art Drawing

5 tested

100.0%

scored 3 or higher

Other

Language and Comp

48 tested

79.2%

scored 3 or higher

Literature and Comp

61 tested

100.0%

scored 3 or higher

Studio Art 2d Design

11 tested

81.8%

scored 3 or higher

U S Government and Politics

68 tested

95.6%

scored 3 or higher

World History

91 tested · Grade 10

86.8%

scored 3 or higher

New York Regents Exams

4 courses reported · 2024-25

End-of-course exams required for a New York Regents diploma. Each row shows the cohort size and the share of students scoring at the proficient level or higher.

Course	Students tested	% proficient
Ela	383	90.0%
Social Studies	381	93.0%
Math	241	90.0%
Science	236	85.0%

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.