ANTHONY ALFANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a reasonably sized elementary campus in CENTRAL ISLIP, New York, ANTHONY ALFANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL educates 491 students from grades pre-K through 6, one of the schools within CENTRAL ISLIP UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

CENTRAL ISLIP UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 7,773 students. ANTHONY ALFANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, ANTHONY ALFANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that nearly all students (84%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 11% Black, 3% multiracial, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting ANTHONY ALFANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 73% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Suffolk County's rate of about 39%.

With demographic context factored in, ANTHONY ALFANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.0%, the actual is 30.4%, a residual of -17.6 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Suffolk County shows the typical household earns roughly $130,686 per year, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Suffolk County runs 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), of which ANTHONY ALFANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is CENTRAL ISLIP SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ANTHONY ALFANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 39.9%.

ANTHONY ALFANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ANTHONY ALFANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has contracted 32%, going from 726 students in 2018 to 491 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 79% to 84% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.

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