BABYLON JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

BABYLON JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a reasonably sized 9-12 campus in BABYLON, New York, one of the schools within BABYLON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school educates 662 students in grades 7 through 12.

BABYLON JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 3 schools operated by BABYLON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that instructs 1,489 students overall.

In terms of who attends, BABYLON JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports that White students make up the majority at 75%. The remainder reads as 17% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, BABYLON JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has 75 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting BABYLON JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 16% of students at BABYLON JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL qualify 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 below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BABYLON JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.0%; this one delivers 71.3%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Suffolk County indicate median household income runs about $130,686, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. BABYLON JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 343 public schools in Suffolk County (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students).

The closest other public school is BABYLON MEMORIAL GRADE SCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, BABYLON JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 64.9%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BABYLON JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has decreased 16%, going from 786 students in 2018 to 662 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 80% to 75% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 9.9:1 in 2018 to 8.9:1 in 2025.

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