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HEMPSTEAD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT

Hempstead, New York · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

5,677
Students enrolled
8
Public schools
280
Classroom teachers (FTE)
20.3:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 252
  • Kindergarten 321
  • Grade 1 385
  • Grade 2 378
  • Grade 3 369
  • Grade 4 374
  • Grade 5 357
  • Grade 6 357
  • Grade 7 372
  • Grade 8 394
  • Grade 9 427
  • Grade 10 485
  • Grade 11 502
  • Grade 12 482
  • Ungraded 222

By race/ethnicity

  • Hispanic/Latino 75%
  • Black or African American 23%
  • Asian 2%
  • White <1%
  • Two or more races <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

75% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 3,984 of 5,321 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 71%
  • Reduced-price lunch 3%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$36,593 spent per student on day-to-day operations New York median: $27,061 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $24,215
  • Support services $11,703
  • Other (food service, etc.) $676

Where the money comes from

  • Local 26%
  • State 67%
  • Federal 7%

Total revenue $345.3 milliontotal spending $329.8 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year. Some figures for this district are NCES estimates.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Suburb: Large

Total staff (FTE)

836

District office

185 PENINSULA BLVD, Hempstead NY 11550

County

Nassau County

Official website

NCES District ID

3614130

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About HEMPSTEAD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

It is a pleasure and honor to serve as the Hempstead Public School Pre-K Principal. This is my 33rd year as an educator in the Hempstead Public Schools and my second year as the Hempstead Public School Principal. It is our goal to make sure each child gains the necessary skills for kindergarten. Together, we are creating a Professional Learning Culture. We are laying the educational foundation for each child.
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