AMITYVILLE MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL

AMITYVILLE MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL is a medium-sized senior high in AMITYVILLE, New York, operated by AMITYVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school instructs 936 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 40% larger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

Across the 5 schools in AMITYVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (2,802 students total), AMITYVILLE MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, AMITYVILLE MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 63% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 29% Black, 3% White, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 79 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting AMITYVILLE MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. About 69% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Suffolk County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), AMITYVILLE MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.2%.

In the broader community, census data for Suffolk County shows median household earnings sit near $130,686, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Suffolk County's 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), AMITYVILLE MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

DEAUVILLE GARDENS WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around AMITYVILLE MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts AMITYVILLE MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 46.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. AMITYVILLE MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has increased 25% since 2018, when it stood at 751 (now 936). Black enrollment moved from 47% to 29% across the same window.

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