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What tradition at BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL should never be changed?
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Enrollment
440
Elementary
DISTRICT 459 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST ISLIP UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363069004125
BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
165 SNEDECOR AVE, WEST ISLIP, NY 11795 · (631) 504-5600 · Suffolk County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL440 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
48 students
DISTRICT 16% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
52.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +20.0pp since 2023
Math
55.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 20 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
46.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-24.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 71% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
440
+38 (+9%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 13.0:1
% White
87%
was 87%
% Hispanic
9%
was 9%
% Black
1%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
As an average-sized primary school in WEST ISLIP, New York, BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL caters to 440 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by WEST ISLIP UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WEST ISLIP UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,816 students; BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.
In terms of who attends, BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that nearly all students (87%) are White. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 66% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, On paper, BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 11% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Suffolk County's rate of about 39%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 71.0%; this one comes in at 46.6%, -24.4 points off the demographic line.
Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Suffolk County indicate median household income runs about $130,686, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Suffolk County runs 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), of which BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.
Nearest neighbor: WEST ISLIP SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 54.7%.
The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 9%: 402 students in 2018 compared to 440 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Suffolk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
Related schools
Other schools in WEST ISLIP UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WEST ISLIP SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,163 students
- MANETUCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 514 students
- PAUL J BELLEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 463 students
- UDALL ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 438 students
- OQUENOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 418 students
- BEACH STREET MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 380 students
Other schools in WEST ISLIP
- WEST ISLIP SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,163 students
- MANETUCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 514 students
- PAUL J BELLEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 463 students
- UDALL ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 438 students
- OQUENOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 418 students
- BEACH STREET MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 380 students
Nearby schools
- WEST ISLIP SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 1,163
- PAUL J BELLEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 463
- BEACH STREET MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 380
- SOUTH COUNTRY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 496
- OQUENOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 418
- BABYLON JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.1 mi · 662
Frequently asked questions
About BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 440 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the student diversity at BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 87% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by WEST ISLIP UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Suffolk County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.