College Financial Aid Applications In Long Island Area: Compare To NY

Long Island NY

30 June, 2021

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LONG ISLAND, NY — Applications for federal college financial aid are notably lower this year, and that could mean fewer freshmen when classes begin this fall. Prospective college students can fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid to qualify for subsidized student loans and other forms of aid. FAFSA applications declined 5.8 percent nationally this year compared with the same time last year. About 1.72 million students completed the application as of June 25, compared with 1.83 million in 2020, according to an Associated Press analysis of FAFSA data. As of February this year, FAFSA applications were down 10 percent from last year. But the completion rate increased in the spring, when schools could hold more in-school FAFSA help events that were canceled last year because of the pandemic. A decline in the FAFSA completion rate could be a harbinger of lower enrollment in the fall. The class of 2020 had 3.7 percent fewer FAFSA applications than the class of 2019; postsecondary enrollment dropped 6.8 percent between the class of 2020 and 2019, according to the National College Attainment Network. In New York, 109,046 FAFSA applications were completed as of June 25, compared with 113,678 completions at the same point last year. That is a 4.1 percent decrease. (See how Long Island area high schools compare below.) The decline is steeper among Title 1 high schools, meaning those where low-income students make up at least 40 percent of enrollment. Title 1 high school completions dropped 8.83 percent, compared with a 3.86 decrease for non-Title 1 schools. In New York, completed applications dropped 6.9 percent from Title 1 schools, compared with a 1.4 percent drop for non-Title 1 school applications as of June 25. Here is how schools in the Long Island area are doing with FAFSA completion as of June 25. See more Long Island area high schools here. Note: Percent changes can be affected by a relatively small difference in completions, especially for smaller schools. FAFSA data only counts students who are no older than 19. School: Ward Melville Senior High School District: Three Village Central School District Municipality: East Setauket Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 410 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 363 Percent change: 12.95 Title 1 status: Not Title I schoolwide School: Massapequa High School District: Massapequa Union Free School District Municipality: Massapequa Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 396 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 425 Percent change: -6.82 Title 1 status: Not Title I schoolwide School: Syosset Senior High School District:Syosset Central School District Municipality: Syosset Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 380 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 354 Percent change: 7.34 Title 1 status:Not Title I schoolwide School: Longwood High School District:Longwood Central School District Municipality: Middle Island Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 349 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 322 Percent change: 8.39 Title 1 status:Title I schoolwide School: Sachem High School North District:Sachem Central School District Municipality: Lake Ronkonkoma Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 345 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 335 Percent change: 2.99 Title 1 status:Not Title I schoolwide School: Plainview-Old Bethpage/Jfk High School District:Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District Municipality: Plainview Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 337 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 310 Percent change: 8.71Title 1 status:Not Title I schoolwide School: School 7-Oceanside Senior High School District:Oceanside Union Free School District Municipality: Oceanside Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 333 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 317 Percent change: 5.05 Title 1 status:Not Title I schoolwide School: Sachem High School East District:Sachem Central School District Municipality: Farmingville Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 326 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 328 Percent change: -0.61Title 1 status:Not Title I schoolwide School: Northport Senior High School District:Northport-East Northport Union Free School District Municipality: Northport Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 322 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 338 Percent change: -4.73Title 1 status:Not Title I schoolwide School: Farmingdale Senior High School District:Farmingdale Union Free School District Municipality: Farmingdale Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 301 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 304 Percent change: -0.99Title 1 status:Not Title I schoolwide School: Smithtown High School-West District:Smithtown Central School District Municipality: Smithtown Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 292 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 294 Percent change: -0.68Title 1 status:Not Title I schoolwide School: Half Hollow Hills High School East District:Half Hollow Hills Central School District Municipality: Dix Hills Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 289 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 255 Percent change: 13.33Title 1 status:Not Title I schoolwide School: Lindenhurst Senior High School District:Lindenhurst Union Free School District Municipality: Lindenhurst Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 288 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 272 Percent change: 5.88Title 1 status:Not Title I schoolwide School: Baldwin Senior High School District:Baldwin Union Free School District Municipality: Baldwin Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 280 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 260 Percent change: 7.69Title 1 status:Not Title I schoolwide School: Patchogue-Medford High School District:Patchogue-Medford Union Free School District Municipality: Medford Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 278 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 257 Percent change: 8.17Title 1 status:Not Title I schoolwide School: Walt Whitman High School District:South Huntington Union Free School District Municipality: Huntington Station Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 273 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 282 Percent change: -3.19Title 1 status:Title I schoolwide School: William Floyd High School District:William Floyd Union Free School District Municipality: Mastic Beach Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 270 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 310 Percent change: -12.9Title 1 status:Not Title I schoolwide School: Herricks High School District:Herricks Union Free School District Municipality: New Hyde Park Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 268 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 259 Percent change: 3.47Title 1 status:Not Title I schoolwide School: Hicksville High School District:Hicksville Union Free School District Municipality: Hicksville Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 260 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 262 Percent change: -0.76Title 1 status:Not Title I schoolwide School: East Meadow High School District:East Meadow Union Free School District Municipality: East Meadow Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 251 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 273 Percent change: -8.06Title 1 status:Not Title I schoolwide School: Sanford H Calhoun High School District:Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Municipality: Merrick Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 249 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 212 Percent change: 17.45Title 1 status:Not Title I schoolwide School: Uniondale High School District:Uniondale Union Free School District Municipality: Uniondale Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 239 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 245 Percent change: -2.45Title 1 status:Title I schoolwide School: West Islip Senior High School District:West Islip Union Free School District Municipality: West Islip Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 239 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 263 Percent change: -9.13Title 1 status:Not Title I schoolwide School: New Hyde Park Memorial High School District:Sewanhaka Central High School District Municipality: New Hyde Park Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 236 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 256 Percent change: -7.81Title 1 status:Not Title I schoolwide School: Garden City High School District:Garden City Union Free School District Municipality: Garden City Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2021: 235 Total FAFSA completions as of June 25, 2020: 213 Percent change: 10.33Title 1 status:Not Title I schoolwide Click here to see the numbers for more Long Island area high schools. The FAFSA application for the 2020-21 academic year closes June 30 at 11:59 p.m. CT, according to the U.S. Department of Education. Many states and colleges set their own deadlines for aid applications. There has been a push in recent years to have students fill out the FAFSA earlier in their senior year. Editor's note: This list was automatically generated using FAFSA data analyzed by the Associated Press. Federal high school counts don't include students over the age of 19. Information isn't available for all schools. Schools with fewer than five completions are omitted from the data. Please report any errors or other feedback to [email protected].