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BAYPORT-BLUE POINT HIGH SCHOOL
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Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 91 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 90% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 68% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in New York's top 10%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About BAYPORT-BLUE POINT HIGH SCHOOL
BAYPORT-BLUE POINT HIGH SCHOOL, a reasonably sized 9-12 campus in BAYPORT, New York, operated by BAYPORT-BLUE POINT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, hosts 579 students, covering grades 9 through 12.
BAYPORT-BLUE POINT HIGH SCHOOL is one of 5 schools operated by BAYPORT-BLUE POINT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that instructs 1,831 students overall.
In terms of who attends, BAYPORT-BLUE POINT HIGH SCHOOL logs that nearly all students (85%) are White; the rest breaks down as 8% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 66% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.
On the resource side, BAYPORT-BLUE POINT HIGH SCHOOL logs 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. About 19% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Suffolk County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, BAYPORT-BLUE POINT HIGH SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 68.1%; BAYPORT-BLUE POINT HIGH SCHOOL posts 89.7%, +21.5 points above that line.
In the area at large, Suffolk County reports that median household earnings sit near $130,686, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. BAYPORT-BLUE POINT HIGH SCHOOL is one of 343 public schools in Suffolk County (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students).
The closest other public school is ACADEMY STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, BAYPORT-BLUE POINT HIGH SCHOOL comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 65.6%.
BAYPORT-BLUE POINT HIGH SCHOOL operates from a residential location.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 22%: 743 students in 2018 compared to 579 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 89% to 85% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 today.
In the discussion threads here, the feed for BAYPORT-BLUE POINT HIGH SCHOOL typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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