Massapequa High School, Massapequa NY

Original Research by School Decision on Massapequa High School

Massapequa High School serves students in grades ten through twelve in a mid-sized school that draws from a stable, predominantly white suburban community on Long Island's South Shore. The school body is substantially white, with modest representation of Hispanic students and small numbers of Asian, Black, and multiracial peers. A small share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the overall affluence of the area.

The school sits on Merrick Road as the main campus, with a separate ninth-grade facility (Ames Campus) on Baltimore Avenue. The district also operates a middle school feeding into the high school, creating a traditional K-12 pathway through Massapequa's public system. Housing values in the surrounding zipcode are at a significant premium to state and national medians, typical of Long Island's established suburban character. Homes trade in price ranges that reflect the area's desirability, and inventory turnover shows patterns consistent with a stable, though not booming, residential market. The local economy centers on small-to-midsize businesses, retail services, and the school district itself as an employer; retail has been in decline following the winding down of the Sunrise Mall in East Massapequa, which closed its major department store in 2025.

State assessment data, four-year graduation rates, and chronic absenteeism metrics were not available for this school, so a reader cannot see how students perform on state tests or compare completion rates to other Nassau County schools. The school's website and public directories do not report these figures, which are standard benchmarks for understanding academic outcomes. A parent interested in how Massapequa High compares to neighboring districts on proficiency or college-readiness measures may want to contact the school or district directly for that information, or check whether the New York State Education Department releases school-level results through other channels.

The locale itself is family-oriented and car-dependent, with concentrations of single-family homes (Cape Cods, colonials, ranches) plus townhomes and waterfront properties along the Great South Bay. The walkable core lies in the neighboring Village of Massapequa Park, where a downtown along Park Boulevard hosts local shops and restaurants. The Massapequa Preserve, one of Nassau County's largest parks, anchors outdoor life with trails, fishing at the reservoir, and the Bethpage Bikeway. The LIRR Massapequa station on the Babylon Branch connects riders to New York City in roughly an hour and links to local bus service.

The district recently won voter approval for a capital bond that funded facility improvements including new boilers, roofs, playground upgrades, and athletic field work, with debt service affecting the tax levy in subsequent years. That infrastructure investment has left the schools in better physical condition, though it has also elevated tax burden.

A significant ongoing dispute concerns the district's use of a Native American mascot and logo. In 2023 the state Board of Regents issued a mandate banning Native American mascots and team names in public schools, with noncompliant districts facing potential loss of state aid. Massapequa challenged that mandate through federal litigation alongside three other Long Island districts, arguing First Amendment protection, but a federal judge dismissed the lawsuit in late 2025. The outcome leaves the district's long-term branding, mascot, and state funding status uncertain. A family evaluating the district may want to track how this dispute resolves, as rebranding costs and possible state aid consequences could affect school operations and finances.

Program offerings, course access, and staffing detail were not available in the data provided, so a prospective student or family cannot see from this summary what AP offerings, career pathways, electives, or support services the school delivers. The school's website and district office would be the place to learn about those specifics and to understand the school's academic culture and student support model.

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Academic performance

How students graduate and prepare for what comes next.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

>=99%Cohort of 572 students · Class of 2021

The federal source publishes a banded range instead of an exact rate when the graduating cohort is small enough that an exact number could risk identifying individual students.

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

27 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

60 tested

85.0%

scored 3 or higher

Calculus BC

28 tested

100.0%

scored 3 or higher

Computer Science A

8 tested

62.5%

scored 3 or higher

Statistics

10 tested

10.0%

scored 3 or higher

Sciences

Biology

76 tested

93.4%

scored 3 or higher

Chemistry

24 tested · Grade 10

95.8%

scored 3 or higher

Environmental Science

38 tested · Grade 10

68.4%

scored 3 or higher

Physics 1

52 tested

53.8%

scored 3 or higher

Physics 2

10 tested

30.0%

scored 3 or higher

Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism

12 tested

41.7%

scored 3 or higher

Physics C: Mechanics

12 tested

58.3%

scored 3 or higher

English

Research

80 tested

88.8%

scored 3 or higher

Seminar

116 tested · Grade 10

99.1%

scored 3 or higher

History and Social Sciences

Comparative Government and Politics

94 tested

74.5%

scored 3 or higher

European History

23 tested

69.6%

scored 3 or higher

Macroeconomics

42 tested

52.4%

scored 3 or higher

Microeconomics

41 tested

63.4%

scored 3 or higher

U.S. History

210 tested

80.0%

scored 3 or higher

World Languages and Cultures

Chinese Language and Culture

8 tested

100.0%

scored 3 or higher

French Language and Culture

5 tested

100.0%

scored 3 or higher

German Language and Culture

4 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Spanish Language and Culture

25 tested

96.0%

scored 3 or higher

Arts

Studio Art Drawing

41 tested

68.3%

scored 3 or higher

Other

Language and Comp

66 tested

56.1%

scored 3 or higher

Literature and Comp

49 tested

95.9%

scored 3 or higher

U S Government and Politics

94 tested

92.6%

scored 3 or higher

World History

223 tested · Grade 10

78.0%

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
Social Studies	459	96.0%
Ela	457	97.0%
Math	15	27.0%
Science	8	38.0%

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.