Howitt School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

70 Van Cott Ave

Farmingdale NY, 11735, Nassau County

Phone: 516-752-6519

Ranking:

(911 out of 3,424, top 27%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Farmingdale Union Free School District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	123		121		123		115		130		128		124
Total Students:	1,377		1,396		1,419		1,455		1,423		1,470		1,454
Grade 6:	478	34.7%	440	31.5%	442	31.1%	463	31.8%	462	32.5%	465	31.6%	458	31.5%
Grade 7:	446	32.4%	453	32.4%	492	34.7%	474	32.6%	483	33.9%	463	31.5%	532	36.6%
Grade 8:	450	32.7%	500	35.8%	483	34.0%	490	33.7%	465	32.7%	529	36.0%	453	31.2%
Ungraded:	3	0.2%	3	0.2%	0	0.0%	28	1.9%	13	0.9%	13	0.9%	11	0.8%
Student By Gender:
Male:	735	53.4%	736	52.7%	745	52.5%	760	52.2%	735	51.7%	758	51.6%	745	51.2%
Female:	642	46.6%	660	47.3%	674	47.5%	695	47.8%	680	47.8%	704	47.9%	705	48.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%
Asian:	76	5.5%	69	4.9%	72	5.1%	73	5.0%	69	4.8%	69	4.7%	62	4.3%
Hispanic:	219	15.9%	211	15.1%	205	14.4%	197	13.5%	182	12.8%	164	11.2%	159	10.9%
Black:	91	6.6%	74	5.3%	69	4.9%	81	5.6%	79	5.6%	80	5.4%	88	6.1%
White:	988	71.8%	1,039	74.4%	1,071	75.5%	1,104	75.9%	1,092	76.7%	1,156	78.6%	1,144	78.7%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	2	0.1%	3	0.2%	2	0.1%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	215	15.6%	212	15.2%	192	13.5%	154	10.6%	153	10.8%	98	6.7%	132	9.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	51	3.7%	61	4.4%	57	4.0%	61	4.2%	48	3.4%	44	3.0%	51	3.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	11.17		11.51		11.50		12.66		10.93		11.50		11.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NY State Assessments
2006	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	68%	68%	N/A
2007	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	77%	77%	N/A
2008	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	81%	81%	N/A
2009	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	89%	89%	N/A
2010	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	61%	61%	N/A
2011	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	67%	67%	N/A
2012	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	66%	65%	N/A
2013	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	27%	27%	N/A
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	74%	74%	N/A
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	87%	86%	N/A
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	90%	89%	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	93%	92%	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	67%	67%	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78%	78%	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75%	75%	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	31.9%	31.9%	N/A
2006	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	76%	76%	N/A
2007	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	72%	72%	N/A
2008	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	85%	85%	N/A
2009	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	89%	89%	N/A
2010	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	66%	66%	N/A
2011	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	57%	57%	N/A
2012	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	60%	60%	N/A
2013	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	26.1%	26.1%	N/A
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75%	75%	N/A
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	83%	83%	N/A
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	94%	93%	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	94%	93%	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	73%	73%	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	66%	66%	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	74%	74%	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	24.8%	24.8%	N/A
2006	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	70%	69%	N/A
2007	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	74%	74%	N/A
2008	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	68%	68%	N/A
2009	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	84%	84%	N/A
2010	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	57%	57%	N/A
2011	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	64%	63%	N/A
2012	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	57%	57%	N/A
2013	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	32.9%	32.9%	N/A
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	73%	72%	N/A
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79%	79%	N/A
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	83%	83%	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69%	68%	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79%	78%	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	66%	66%	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	14.7%	14.7%	N/A
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	88%	86%	N/A
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	88%	88%	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	83%	83%	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	86%	87%	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	88%	87%	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	84%	83%	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	82%	82%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	80%	80%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	88%	88%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	87%	87%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	87%	87%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
Regents
2005	Earth Science	End of course	% met std	100%	83%	N/A
2006	Earth Science	End of course	% met std	100%	87%	N/A
2007	Earth Science	End of course	% met std	99%	81%	N/A
2008	Earth Science	End of course	% met std	100%	85%	N/A
2009	Earth Science	End of course	% met std	98%	82%	N/A
2010	Earth Science	End of course	% met std	100%	84%	N/A
2011	Earth Science	End of course	% met std	99%	77%	N/A
2012	Earth Science	End of course	% met std	99%	83%	N/A
2009	Integrated Algebra	End of course	% met std	100%	86%	N/A
2010	Integrated Algebra	End of course	% met std	100%	86%	N/A
2011	Integrated Algebra	End of course	% met std	100%	84%	N/A
2012	Integrated Algebra	End of course	% met std	100%	88%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Howitt School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.