Jonas E Salk Middle School, Levittown NY

Original Research by School Decision on Jonas E Salk Middle School

Jonas E. Salk Middle School serves a student body that spans grades six through eight in Levittown, a built-out, predominantly owner-occupied post-war suburb on western Long Island. The school sits within the Levittown Union Free School District, which has signaled ongoing operating growth through a proposed budget increase for the coming year along with recent capital investment in athletics facilities.

The school enrolls a student population where a majority is white, followed by a substantial share of Hispanic students and a smaller share of Asian students. A modest portion of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The enrollment is stable, with balanced cohorts across the three grades served.

State test results from the most recent year show proficiency patterns that vary across grade and subject. In mathematics, seventh grade performs notably higher than sixth or eighth grade, with a solid majority reaching proficiency. Sixth-grade math trails the seventh-grade performance. In English Language Arts, seventh grade again shows the strongest results, though still below seventh-grade math performance. Sixth and eighth grades in ELA are both weaker, with eighth grade particularly low. Eighth-grade science results, where they are reported, fall well below math and ELA. These data suggest some strength in the seventh-grade cohort but also a pattern of lower performance among eighth graders across multiple subjects that a parent may want to look into further with the school. The overall proficiency index places the school below the midpoint among Nassau County districts, meaning students here are testing below the county median across tested subjects and grades.

The school is a regular public middle school within a district that has proposed increased spending on curriculum, instruction, and facilities. No special magnet or charter designation applies. Data on staffing, attendance, discipline, course-specific offerings, or special populations such as students with IEPs or English learners was not available.

Levittown itself is a car-oriented residential suburb where commercial life concentrates along the Hempstead Turnpike corridor rather than in a walkable downtown. Housing values in the zip code are moderately elevated for the region, reflecting the settled, established character of the community. The area is zoned to preserve its original low-density layout, limiting large new development; change comes mainly through infill and redevelopment of existing sites. The community has an active public library and a network of neighborhood parks, pools, and ball fields embedded in the residential blocks. Bus service runs along the Hempstead Turnpike, and nearby Long Island Rail Road stations provide access to Manhattan, though driving remains the dominant commute mode for most residents.

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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	95	100.0%
Math	88	100.0%

Math

Grade 659%

School 59% · District 59%

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

Grade 778%

School 78% · District 75% · ▲ 3 pts above district

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

Grade 863%

School 63% · District 67% · ▼ 4 pts below district

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

English language arts

Grade 650%

School 50% · District 48% · ▲ 2 pts above district

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

Grade 759%

School 59% · District 61% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▲ 12 pts above state median · even with county median

Grade 848%

School 48% · District 54% · ▼ 6 pts below district

even with state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Science

Grade 837%

School 37% · District 47% · ▼ 10 pts below district

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

Social studies

Grade 898%

School 98% · district not reported

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

This schoolLEVITTOWN 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 6Lower-income39%Higher-income54%16 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income64%Higher-income57%6 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income19%Higher-income57%38 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income63%Higher-income58%5 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income55%Higher-income86%32 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income23%Higher-income80%57 pp gap