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The number of students below the poverty level is the New York State
Census Poverty Index: The number of children 5
to 17 years of age in families below the poverty level, as determined by
the 1990 Federal census, divided by the total number of children within
the district boundaries who are 5 to 17 years of age.
The Federal Health and Human Services Poverty Level for a family of three
in 2003 was $15 260 per year.:
(Federal Register, Vol. 68, No. 26, February 7, 2003, pp. 6456-6458.
The Nassau County 1999 median household income was $72 000 (http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36/36059.html)
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