BAY SHORE PREKINDERGARTEN CENTER

BAY SHORE PREKINDERGARTEN CENTER is an one-room-style elementary school in BAY SHORE, New York, one of the schools within BAY SHORE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school caters to 27 students in grade K. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 94% smaller than typical.

Within BAY SHORE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 8 schools and 5,529 students, BAY SHORE PREKINDERGARTEN CENTER is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, BAY SHORE PREKINDERGARTEN CENTER records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 67% of enrollment; the rest looks like 15% White, 15% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Suffolk County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 3.4:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 15% of students are eligible 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.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Suffolk County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $130,686 per year, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Suffolk County's 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), BAY SHORE PREKINDERGARTEN CENTER is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is BROOK AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BAY SHORE PREKINDERGARTEN CENTER.

BAY SHORE PREKINDERGARTEN CENTER operates from a bedroom-community location.

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