Lynbrook South Middle School, Lynbrook NY

Original Research by School Decision on Lynbrook South Middle School

Lynbrook South Middle School serves grades six through eight in a suburban village setting on Long Island. The school has a stable enrollment across its grade band, with the student body majority white and a secondary population that includes Hispanic, Asian, and Black students in smaller proportions. About one in eight students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a below-average rate for the region.

Academic performance is uneven across subjects and grades. In English language arts, sixth graders show stronger proficiency, while seventh graders' results are notably lower. Eighth-grade ELA proficiency sits in the middle range. Math proficiency in grades six and seven runs roughly around the middle of the proficiency spectrum, but eighth-grade math proficiency drops substantially, though the tested group in that grade is small enough that a parent may want to check with the school about what accounts for the difference in participation. Science testing data for grade eight was not available. This mixed picture suggests the school supports some students well in earlier grades but may face challenges maintaining and building on that momentum as students progress.

When set against other districts in Nassau County, Lynbrook South's overall proficiency index falls below the midpoint. The comparison reflects results across both subjects and grades reported by the state. Graduation rates do not apply to a middle school.

Lynbrook itself is an incorporated village with a compact, walkable downtown centered on the LIRR station and Atlantic Avenue, where shops, cafes, and restaurants draw pedestrian traffic. The village is undergoing transit-oriented residential growth; a large mixed-use apartment complex opened near the station around 2025, and smaller condo developments have followed. The housing market in the zip code reflects broader Long Island dynamics: median home values are substantial, rents are moderate to high, and the market shows active inventory with moderate days on market. Families considering the area should factor in that affordability relative to household income is tight for renters and more so for buyers.

The Lynbrook Union Free School District has undertaken structural changes that parents should know about. The district shifted its kindergarten and first-grade reading instruction to a Science of Reading framework using the Sounds-Write phonics program, moving away from leveled books and high-frequency word memorization. The district also launched the "Profile of the Owl," a districtwide competency framework aligned with New York State's revised graduation requirements, emphasizing creative and critical thinking, real-life skills, social-emotional growth, and global citizenship. At the high school level, the district expanded business and college-level course offerings, adding accounting and business law courses and new electives, alongside its established Virtual Enterprise program.

For a family evaluating Lynbrook South, the key considerations are the school's mixed performance profile—stronger in sixth-grade ELA, weaker in seventh-grade ELA and eighth-grade math—and the district's ongoing curricular reorientation toward deeper competencies. The village itself appeals to those seeking walkability and transit access to the city, though housing costs are a real constraint.

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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
Math	68	100.0%
Science	63	86.0%

Math

Grade 661%

School 61% · District 65% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Grade 763%

School 63% · District 58% · ▲ 5 pts above district

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

Grade 848%

School 48% · District 43% · ▲ 5 pts above district

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

English language arts

Grade 674%

School 74% · District 69% · ▲ 5 pts above district

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

Grade 734%

School 34% · District 38% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 25 pts below county median

Grade 853%

School 53% · District 50% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▼ 3 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 899%

School 99% · district not reported

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 5 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-income86%Higher-income73%13 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income31%Higher-income34%3 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income43%Higher-income55%12 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income67%Higher-income60%7 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income50%Higher-income66%16 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income44%Higher-income50%6 pp gap