| Mepham High School | |
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| , , United States | |
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| Type | Public school |
| NCES School ID | 3619020[1] |
| Faculty | 105.92 FTEs[1] |
| Enrollment | 1,260 (as of 2022–23)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 11.90[1] |
| Color(s) | Garnet and gray |
| Nickname | Pirates |
Wellington C. Mepham High School is a public high school located on a 21-acre (85,000 m2) campus in North Bellmore, New York. It is the oldest of three high schools in the Bellmore–Merrick Central High School District. The school is known locally as "Mepham" (pronounced MEP-um[2]), and was named in honor of the first school superintendent in the district.[3]
As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,241 students and 83.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.9:1. There were 146 students (11.8% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 26 (2.1% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]
- ^ a b c d e School data for Wellington C Mepham High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed June 27, 2024.
- ^ Ketcham, Diane. "Long Island Journal", The New York Times, November 10, 1996. Accessed January 29, 2017. "The alumni association of W. C. Mepham High School in Bellmore is sponsoring a reunion concert for all chorus members on Nov. 30.... But he didn't, said Seth Poppel, a member of the Mepham (pronounced MEP-um) Class of '61."
- ^ "Mr. W. C. Mepham". mepham.org. Retrieved 20 March 2015.