Roslyn High School, Roslyn Heights NY

Original Research by School Decision on Roslyn High School

Roslyn High School is a regular public high school serving grades nine through twelve in Roslyn Heights, Nassau County. The school enrolls a mid-sized population with a student body that is majority white, about one quarter Asian, and smaller shares of Hispanic, Black, and multiracial students. A modest share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the broader economic stability of the immediate area.

State testing data for this school was not available in the form typically reported, which is unusual and worth clarifying directly with the school or district. This gap prevents a clear picture of where students stand in math, English language arts, or science proficiency relative to state and county benchmarks. Parents interested in academic performance should ask the school to provide recent state assessment results, graduation rates, college acceptance data, or other locally tracked outcome measures that might fill this gap.

The school's location in the Roslyn Heights area places it in a housing market with high property values. Homes in the 11577 zip code are valued well above the state median, and while values have risen modestly over the past year, the market shows signs of a slowdown compared to recent years; the number of pending sales has declined notably from the prior year. The rental market is tight relative to median household incomes in the region, meaning housing costs consume a substantial portion of family budgets. This is a community of established wealth and stability rather than rapid growth or demographic change.

No recent strategic priorities, curriculum changes, or district initiatives were found in publicly available sources, so it is unclear what direction the Roslyn Union Free School District is moving in operationally or pedagogically. A parent may want to contact the school directly about its current initiatives, any recent program expansions, or areas of instructional focus.

Among the districts across Nassau County, Roslyn High School's proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile of the county's schools where state testing results are reported, though again the absence of detailed performance data here makes this finding incomplete and difficult to interpret on its own.

Program offerings, staffing levels, course breadth, extracurricular depth, or student support services were not detailed in available data. Special education and English learner enrollment counts and rates also were not reported. Parents considering this school should reach out to learn about the range of AP or honors courses available, career and technical pathways, athletic and club life, and how the school supports students with different learning profiles or language backgrounds.

The school serves a suburban community with strong residential investment and draws from families with the economic means to stay in place. Whether the apparent gap in recent state testing results reflects a genuine performance issue, a data reporting lag, an alternative assessment approach the district uses, or another explanation should be clarified before drawing conclusions about academic quality.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

>=99%Cohort of 272 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

26 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

75 tested

72.0%

scored 3 or higher

Calculus BC

30 tested

86.7%

scored 3 or higher

Computer Science A

33 tested · Grade 10

75.8%

scored 3 or higher

Computer Science Principles

61 tested · Grade 10

83.6%

scored 3 or higher

Precalculus

28 tested · Grade 10

96.4%

scored 3 or higher

Statistics

100 tested · Grade 10

85.0%

scored 3 or higher

Sciences

Biology

95 tested · Grade 10

84.2%

scored 3 or higher

Chemistry

20 tested · Grade 10

95.0%

scored 3 or higher

Environmental Science

110 tested · Grade 10

48.2%

scored 3 or higher

Physics 1

91 tested

37.4%

scored 3 or higher

Physics 2

48 tested

35.4%

scored 3 or higher

Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism

6 tested

33.3%

scored 3 or higher

Physics C: Mechanics

25 tested

72.0%

scored 3 or higher

History and Social Sciences

European History

66 tested · Grade 10

98.5%

scored 3 or higher

Macroeconomics

103 tested

59.2%

scored 3 or higher

Psychology

115 tested · Grade 10

93.9%

scored 3 or higher

U.S. History

106 tested

100.0%

scored 3 or higher

World Languages and Cultures

French Language and Culture

11 tested

81.8%

scored 3 or higher

Spanish Language and Culture

40 tested

97.5%

scored 3 or higher

Arts

Art History

88 tested · Grade 10

83.0%

scored 3 or higher

Studio Art Drawing

10 tested

100.0%

scored 3 or higher

Other

Language and Comp

111 tested

82.0%

scored 3 or higher

Literature and Comp

82 tested

91.5%

scored 3 or higher

Studio Art 2d Design

2 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Studio Art 3d Design

3 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

U S Government and Politics

99 tested

87.9%

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	295	98.0%
Ela	279	96.0%
Math	252	88.0%
Science	5	60.0%

Math

Grade 80%

School 0% · District 48% · ▼ 48 pts below district

▼ 37 pts below state median · ▼ 38 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 80%

School 0% · District 80% · ▼ 80 pts below district

▼ 48 pts below state median · ▼ 56 pts below county median

Science

Grade 80%

School 0% · District 59% · ▼ 58 pts below district

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

This schoolROSLYN 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.