Island Trees Middle School, Levittown NY

Original Research by School Decision on Island Trees Middle School

Island Trees Middle School serves grades five through eight in Levittown, an unincorporated residential hamlet in Nassau County that was the first large-scale mass-produced suburb in the United States, built in the late 1940s to house returning World War II veterans. The school sits in a car-oriented, built-out community of single-family homes and tree-lined streets where commercial life concentrates along the Hempstead Turnpike corridor. Housing values in the area are substantial and climbing; the median listing price reflects a moderately affluent suburb where homeownership remains high, though population has held steady rather than surged. The Island Trees district itself has been gradually raising its budget and property-tax levy over recent years, including bond-funded facility improvements completed after a voter-approved capital project in 2021.

The enrollment is modest in size and mixed in composition. About a third of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The student body spans multiple racial and ethnic backgrounds: roughly half the enrollment is white, a quarter Hispanic, and a fifth Asian, with smaller populations of Black and multiracial students. The school draws from neighborhoods within what can be a complex boundary area where Levittown mailing addresses fall across more than one school district.

In state testing, the school's performance shows strength in the lower grades that softens in the higher ones. In grade five, roughly seven in ten students meet proficiency in math and roughly seven in ten in English language arts, with nearly six in ten meeting proficiency in science. By grade six, math proficiency drops to roughly six and a half in ten, and ELA to roughly five and a half in ten. Grade seven holds steadier, with roughly two-thirds meeting proficiency in both math and ELA. Grade eight marks a significant dip: roughly half the students meet math proficiency, roughly six in ten meet ELA proficiency, and only about four in ten meet science proficiency. The school's overall proficiency index across tested subjects and grades places it above the midpoint among Nassau County's school districts, a position that reflects solid middle-of-the-pack performance regionally. A parent may want to note that eighth-grade math and science proficiency are notably lower, and participation rates in grade eight testing are substantially lower than in earlier grades, which could reflect scheduling, student course placement, or other factors worth asking the school about directly.

State testing data for social studies is available only from 2009-10 and should not be treated as current. No recent data on chronic absenteeism, school discipline, special education enrollment, or English learner enrollment was available, so a parent would need to request those details from the school directly if they are relevant to their child's needs.

The school sits within the Island Trees Union Free School District, which maintains a standard middle school curriculum. The district's website and budget materials are publicly available, and the district has undertaken recent capital improvements including a new auxiliary gymnasium and synthetic turf field funded through the 2021 bond.

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Academic performance

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

New York Regents Exams

2 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
Science	58	100.0%
Math	48	100.0%

Math

Grade 571%

School 71% · District 71%

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 665%

School 65% · District 65%

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 766%

School 66% · District 66%

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 856%

School 56% · District 56%

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

English language arts

Grade 569%

School 69% · District 69%

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 656%

School 56% · District 56%

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 767%

School 67% · District 67%

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Grade 858%

School 58% · District 58%

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Science

Grade 559%

School 59% · District 59%

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 846%

School 46% · District 46%

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▲ 25 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 597%

School 97% · district not reported

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 896%

School 96% · district not reported

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

This schoolISLAND TREES UNION FREE 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 5Lower-income56%Higher-income76%20 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income39%Higher-income67%28 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income64%Higher-income69%5 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income42%Higher-income65%23 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 5Lower-income72%Higher-income71%1 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income59%Higher-income69%10 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income62%Higher-income68%7 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income48%Higher-income61%13 pp gap