BAY SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL

Located at 393 BROOK AVE, in BAY SHORE, New York, BAY SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL is an expansive middle-grades school that instructs 1,258 students (grades 6 through 8), run under BAY SHORE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Compared to the state average of about 531 students per school, that is 137% larger than typical.

BAY SHORE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 5,529 students. BAY SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, BAY SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 24% White, 17% Black, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

On the income-and-resources front, BAY SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL logs 119 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.6:1. The state averages about 10.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, BAY SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.9%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Suffolk County indicate median household income runs about $130,686, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Suffolk County runs 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), of which BAY SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

MARY G CLARKSON SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BAY SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BAY SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 43.4%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. BAY SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 9% since 2018, when it stood at 1,382 (now 1,258). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 43% to 52%. Class-load math has fell: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.