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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·THREE VILLAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362820003802

ARROWHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

62 ARROWHEAD LN, EAST SETAUKET, NY 11733 · (631) 730-4100 · Suffolk County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL562 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of New York public elementary schools
  • BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public elementary schools

Enrollment
562
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 443
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
111 students
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K407%
Kindergarten6712%
Grade 18215%
Grade 26512%
Grade 37313%
Grade 47814%
Grade 57313%
Grade 67413%
Ungraded102%

This year's kindergarten class (67) is 9% smaller than its 6th grade class (74).

Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 72% · US 70%
White
33860%
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
10218%
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
102%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
8515%
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
275%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
30654%
Female
25646%

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
67.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +24.0pp since 2023
Math
61.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +5.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 24 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2567.0%61.0%
2023-2443.0%56.0%
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
55.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.8pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Schools most like ARROWHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

ARROWHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (55.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
ARROWHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school56219.8%55.0%
SAWMILL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
COMMACK
55020.9%56.7%
GARDINERS AVENUE SCHOOL
LEVITTOWN
54222.1%57.3%
PS 166 RICHARD ROGERS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS & SCIENCE (THE)
NEW YORK
60719.4%90.3%
JOHN H WEST SCHOOL
BETHPAGE
47318.0%55.3%
SUNQUAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MELVILLE
53824.0%65.6%
Matched among New York elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where ARROWHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn Suffolk County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
55.0%#965 of 2,335#67 of 168
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
61.0%#1,047 of 2,342
▲ 46
#69 of 169
▲ 9
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
67.0%#664 of 2,343
▲ 489
#34 of 169
▲ 39
Enrollment
ranked largest first
562#591 of 2,585#50 of 209
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
10.9:1#811 of 2,338#72 of 196
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
58.0%#804 of 2,388#76 of 197
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
19.8%#2,241 of 2,534#148 of 200
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-4.9%#1,483 of 1,757#104 of 137
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
562
-11 (-2%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 504
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 10.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2556251.310.9:120% (111)
2023-2456551.411.0:119% (105)
2022-2357155.510.3:121% (119)
2020-215735410.6:117% (97)
2017-185914912.1:10% (0)
2015-165904612.8:17% (41)
2010-117406311.8:16% (45)
2000-015914912.1:15% (31)
1990-91504519.9:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ARROWHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

About ARROWHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

ARROWHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public elementary school in EAST SETAUKET, New York. It serves 562 students in pre-K through 6. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average about 443 students.

THREE VILLAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 5,629 students in 8 schools, including ARROWHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

Roughly 60% of students at ARROWHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are White. Other reported shares: 18% Hispanic, 15% Asian, and 5% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 58% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

The school employs the equivalent of 51.3 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 10.9:1. That is 1.9 students per teacher below the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at ARROWHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 20%. That is lower than the 39% average for public schools in Suffolk County.

allk12 grades ARROWHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a B-. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.

Based on student poverty, the model expects 67.7% at ARROWHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 55.0%.

Across Suffolk County, the median household income is $130,686, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 40% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Suffolk County is home to 343 public schools and about 222,439 public school students.

Nearby, NORWOOD AVENUE SCHOOL is about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 58.6% on proficiency, and ARROWHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is below that at 55.0%.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 573 to 562.

Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.

Suffolk County at a glance

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Population
1,530,146
Census ACS
Median income
$130,686
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
343
222,439 students

Quick facts

School name
ARROWHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
District
THREE VILLAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Address
62 ARROWHEAD LN, EAST SETAUKET, NY 11733
Phone
(631) 730-4100
County
Suffolk County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–06
Total enrollment
562
Teachers (FTE)
51
Student–teacher ratio
10.9:1
Free and reduced lunch
111 (20%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
362820003802
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in THREE VILLAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Other schools in EAST SETAUKET
Other Arrowhead Elementary schools

10 other US public schools in 11 states are named Arrowhead Elementary. ARROWHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 11.

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Frequently asked questions

About ARROWHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
How large is ARROWHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ARROWHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 562 students in grades PK-06.
Is ARROWHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
ARROWHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at ARROWHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.9:1 students per teacher at ARROWHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at ARROWHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at ARROWHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 60% White, 18% Hispanic, 2% Black, 15% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is ARROWHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
ARROWHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of THREE VILLAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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