Lynbrook North Middle School, Lynbrook NY

Original Research by School Decision on Lynbrook North Middle School

Lynbrook North Middle School serves grades six through eight in a mid-sized village on Long Island's South Shore, where the student body of about that size spans the ethnic and economic mix common to this part of Nassau County. About a fifth of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Roughly half the enrollment is white, with a substantial share identifying as Hispanic, a meaningful population of Asian students, and a smaller share of Black students. A small number of students are of two or more races.

The school's state test results show academic performance that warrants close attention. In sixth-grade math and English language arts, proficiency rates sit in the mid-range—roughly three-fifths reach proficiency in math and roughly two-fifths in ELA. Performance declines noticeably as students advance. In seventh-grade math, less than half meet proficiency; in seventh-grade ELA, the rate drops further. Eighth-grade results are weaker still. Only a small fraction of eighth-graders tested met proficiency in math, though this figure reflects a much smaller tested population at that grade level, which may signal enrollment or testing-participation fluctuations the school's leadership could clarify. Eighth-grade ELA shows roughly half the tested students at proficiency. No science testing data for eighth grade was available in the current assessment cycle. The school's overall proficiency index across tested subjects and grades places it in the bottom quartile relative to other districts in Nassau County, meaning a parent may want to look into this further with the school to understand whether these results reflect broader systemic challenges, resource constraints, or recent instructional changes.

The test participation rates suggest some complexity in the school's testing picture. Participation is roughly two-thirds in sixth-grade math and ELA, similar in seventh grade, but drops sharply in eighth grade—to roughly a quarter in math and less than half in ELA—indicating that only a fraction of eighth-graders actually sat for these assessments. Parents may want to ask the school directly about what accounts for these participation gaps.

The district that operates this school, Lynbrook Union Free School District, has undertaken two significant pedagogical shifts in early grades and secondary programming. It adopted a Science of Reading approach using the Sounds-Write phonics program for kindergarten and first-grade instruction, moving away from leveled books and high-frequency-word memorization toward structured phonics. The district also launched its "Profile of the Owl," a graduation competency framework centered on creative and critical thinking, real-life skills, social-emotional development, and global citizenship, aligning with New York State's revised graduation requirements. At the high school level, the district expanded business coursework and college-credit offerings, adding accounting, business law, and new electives. These changes suggest a district in motion, though their effects on middle-grade proficiency are not yet evident in the current data.

Lynbrook itself is a walkable village with a compact downtown centered on the LIRR station, where recent transit-oriented residential development has brought new apartments and rental housing. The housing market here is moderately expensive by national standards but sits near the midpoint for Long Island. Greis Park serves as the village recreation hub and civic anchor. The community is residential, with older single-family homes on compact lots and a growing stock of apartments near the station. For families considering this school, the academic trajectory from sixth to eighth grade and the pronounced drop in test participation at the upper grade deserve conversation with school leadership about instructional support, student engagement, and underlying causes.

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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	50	98.0%
Math	44	100.0%

Math

Grade 673%

School 73% · District 65% · ▲ 7 pts above district

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

Grade 752%

School 52% · District 58% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

Grade 839%

School 39% · District 43% · ▼ 4 pts below district

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

English language arts

Grade 664%

School 64% · District 69% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▲ 18 pts above state median · even with county median

Grade 743%

School 43% · District 38% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Grade 848%

School 48% · District 50% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Science

Grade 80%

School 0% · district not reported

▼ 33 pts below state median · ▼ 21 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 898%

School 98% · district not reported

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

This schoolLYNBROOK 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-income43%Higher-income66%23 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income28%Higher-income49%21 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income55%Higher-income45%9 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income50%Higher-income76%26 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income44%Higher-income54%10 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income30%Higher-income46%16 pp gap