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High · Regular · Grades 9 to 12

Sanford H Calhoun High School, Merrick, NY

Sanford H Calhoun High School is a public high school in Merrick, part of Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District. It enrolled 1,219 students in 2024-25, with 9.8 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "SANFORD H CALHOUN HIGH SCHOOL".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
1,219
Teachers (FTE)
124.0
Students per teacher
9.8
Grades
9 to 12

This school's ratio is 1.3 lower than the district figure of 11.1. The New York average across schools is 11.4. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school9.8
District11.1
New York11.4
United States15.3

School details

Address
1786 State St, Merrick, NY 11566
Phone
(516)992-1300
District
Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District
County
Nassau County
Level
High
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
361902001721
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
222
Reduced-price lunch
26
Free or reduced-price lunch
24820.3% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other high schools in Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.