West Hollow Middle School, Melville NY

Original Research by School Decision on West Hollow Middle School

West Hollow Middle School serves grades six through eight in Melville, a hamlet on Long Island's corporate Route 110 corridor where office parks and headquarter campuses sit alongside quiet residential neighborhoods of split-level homes and newer builds on acre-plus lots. The school sits within Half Hollow Hills Central School District, which spans the towns of Huntington and Babylon and operates two middle schools total.

The school's most recent state testing data shows a mixed picture. In sixth-grade math, about three-quarters of students tested reached proficiency. Seventh-grade math proficiency runs slightly higher. Eighth grade math dips to about two-thirds proficiency. In English language arts, sixth graders achieved proficiency at a rate in the low sixties, with seventh and eighth grades performing similarly in that range. Science testing data is sparse: only eighth grade is reported, where proficiency sits at around four-fifths of half. The school's overall proficiency index across tested subjects and grades places it above the midpoint among the county's districts, a position that reflects solid but uneven performance.

A parent may want to look into why test participation rates vary significantly across grades, particularly the much lower eighth-grade participation in math and science. The school does not report special populations data for students with IEPs or English learners, so families seeking that information should contact the school directly.

The school enrolls roughly one thousand students, with a racial and ethnic makeup that includes a substantial population of Asian American students, a meaningful share of white students, and sizable Hispanic and Black populations. About a quarter of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating moderate economic diversity for the area.

Melville itself is an affluent community where median home values run high and rents are substantial. The hamlet is entirely car-dependent; it has no LIRR station and minimal walkable commercial life. Daily life centers on nearby West Hills County Park and the Walt Whitman Shops. Major employers concentrate in the Route 110 corridor, and the Town of Huntington is actively pursuing mixed-use redevelopment that would add housing and street-level retail to the aging office parks. For families weighing a move, the district has signaled a fiscal strategy centered on avoiding long-term debt by funding capital projects from reserves, with voters approving separate capital reserve funds for roof replacement and building improvements. This approach shapes the district's property-tax trajectory and building maintenance practices.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Advanced Placement & IB

1 subject 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

Sciences

Environmental Science

3 tested · HS

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

New York Regents Exams

1 course 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
Science	162	100.0%

Math

Grade 50%

School 0% · District 75% · ▼ 75 pts below district

▼ 51 pts below state median · ▼ 49 pts below county median

Grade 673%

School 73% · District 73%

▲ 28 pts above state median · ▲ 27 pts above county median

Grade 774%

School 74% · District 78% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▲ 22 pts above state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

Grade 864%

School 64% · District 70% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▲ 27 pts above state median · ▲ 39 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 50%

School 0% · District 76% · ▼ 76 pts below district

▼ 54 pts below state median · ▼ 47 pts below county median

Grade 661%

School 61% · District 64% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

Grade 763%

School 63% · District 65% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

Grade 864%

School 64% · District 65% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 20 pts above county median

Science

Grade 50%

School 0% · District 67% · ▼ 67 pts below district

▼ 42 pts below state median · ▼ 40 pts below county median

Grade 845%

School 45% · District 49% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 897%

School 97% · district not reported

▲ 18 pts above state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

This schoolHALF HOLLOW HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, same grade

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.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 6Lower-income36%Higher-income67%31 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income50%Higher-income67%17 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income50%Higher-income69%19 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income37%Higher-income82%45 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income58%Higher-income80%22 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income46%Higher-income74%27 pp gap