Lynbrook Senior High School, Lynbrook NY

Original Research by School Decision on Lynbrook Senior High School

Lynbrook Senior High School serves grades nine through twelve in a suburban village on Long Island's South Shore, situated within Lynbrook Union Free School District. The school enrolls students from a mixed residential and increasingly diverse community undergoing transit-oriented growth near the LIRR station.

The student population reflects the village's demographic composition. About three-fifths of students identify as white, with roughly one-fifth identifying as Hispanic, and smaller shares identifying as Black or Asian. A modest share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The enrollment is small and evenly distributed across the four grades.

State testing data were not available, so a reader cannot assess proficiency levels in English language arts or mathematics at this school. A graduation rate was not reported. Without these measures, it is not possible to position the school's academic achievement against comparison districts in Nassau County or to characterize student outcomes. A parent seeking performance data should contact the school or district directly.

The district has signaled instructional priorities that shape the environment students enter. Lynbrook launched its Profile of the Owl, a districtwide framework centered on critical and creative thinking, real-life skills, social-emotional growth, and global citizenship, to align with New York State's revised graduation framework. At the high school level, the district expanded course offerings in accounting, business law, and related electives alongside an award-winning Virtual Enterprise program, broadening practical and college-prep pathways. These choices suggest an institutional push toward applied learning and competency-based growth alongside traditional academics.

The village itself is undergoing residential transformation. Lynbrook's walkable downtown around the LIRR station has attracted new mixed-use development, and rental housing has grown substantially in recent years. This means the student population may shift as the community continues to densify. The village center offers civic anchors including the public library, Greis Park with its recreation facilities and pool, and direct rail access to Brooklyn and Manhattan, shaping what commute and after-school life looks like for families.

Housing in the zip code is in the upper-middle range for the region, with home values and rents both climbing year over year. The local real estate market is active, with a moderate supply of listings and relatively brisk turnover, creating both stability and churn in the neighborhood.

A parent evaluating this school should note the absence of state testing results and graduation data in publicly available sources. Contacting the school or district office to ask about academic performance, course offerings beyond what the district brief describes, AP or dual-credit availability, teacher credentials, and student support services would ground a decision. The district's stated focus on applied learning and the school's location in a community in flux may appeal to families seeking practical pathways and a diverse peer environment, though whether that translates to strong outcomes across all student populations is not visible in the data provided here.

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Academic performance

How students graduate and prepare for what comes next.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

98.0%Cohort of 201 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

23 tested

91.3%

scored 3 or higher

Calculus BC

21 tested

76.2%

scored 3 or higher

Computer Science A

8 tested · Grade 10

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Precalculus

52 tested · Grade 10

94.2%

scored 3 or higher

Statistics

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Sciences

Biology

33 tested · Grade 10

72.7%

scored 3 or higher

Chemistry

34 tested

91.2%

scored 3 or higher

Environmental Science

15 tested

26.7%

scored 3 or higher

Physics 1

61 tested

29.5%

scored 3 or higher

Physics 2

3 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Physics C: Mechanics

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

History and Social Sciences

Comparative Government and Politics

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Microeconomics

113 tested

23.9%

scored 3 or higher

Psychology

73 tested · Grade 10

56.2%

scored 3 or higher

U.S. History

110 tested

73.6%

scored 3 or higher

World Languages and Cultures

Italian Language and Culture

10 tested

10.0%

scored 3 or higher

Spanish Language and Culture

49 tested · Grade 10

32.7%

scored 3 or higher

Arts

Music Theory

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Studio Art Drawing

9 tested

100.0%

scored 3 or higher

Other

Language and Comp

67 tested

62.7%

scored 3 or higher

Literature and Comp

61 tested

83.6%

scored 3 or higher

U S Government and Politics

113 tested

44.2%

scored 3 or higher

World History

101 tested · Grade 10

50.5%

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	217	94.0%
Social Studies	212	97.0%
Math	129	89.0%
Science	118	93.0%

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.