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Enrollment
848
Middle
DISTRICT 633 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH COUNTRY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360000800192
BELLPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL
35 KREAMER ST, BELLPORT, NY 11713 · (631) 730-1626 · Suffolk County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL848 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 8% of New York public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public middle schools
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
93 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.8:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
480 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 293 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 286 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 248 | 29% |
| Ungraded | 21 | 2% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
BELLPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL→BELLPORT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within SOUTH COUNTRY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
22.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
38.2%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.0% | 38.2% |
| 2023-24 | 22.0% | 40.9% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like BELLPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL
BELLPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (37.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELLPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 848 | 56.6% | 37.6% |
| WILLIAM FLOYD MIDDLE SCHOOL MORICHES | 1,124 | 54.4% | 50.3% |
| WILLIAM PACA MIDDLE SCHOOL MASTIC BEACH | 1,078 | 54.5% | 49.0% |
| SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL NEWBURGH | 782 | 52.8% | 29.1% |
| RIVERHEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL RIVERHEAD | 793 | 52.2% | 51.5% |
| IS 318 EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS BROOKLYN | 1,028 | 62.3% | 66.7% |
Matched among New York middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where BELLPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #639 of 766 | #60 of 66 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #643 of 768 ▼ 39 | #62 of 66 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #742 of 768 ▼ 7 | #65 of 66 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 848 | #130 of 796 | #21 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.1:1 | #136 of 683 | #9 of 66 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.5% | #143 of 688 | #13 of 66 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.6% | #369 of 773 | #10 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.0% | #199 of 524 | #24 of 59 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
848
-134 (-14%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 1,149
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
was 10.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 848 | 93.1 | 9.1:1 | 57% (480) |
| 2023-24 | 833 | 91 | 9.2:1 | 58% (483) |
| 2022-23 | 838 | 85.3 | 9.8:1 | 55% (465) |
| 2020-21 | 982 | 91 | 10.8:1 | 60% (592) |
| 2017-18 | 1,009 | 86.7 | 11.6:1 | 56% (567) |
| 2015-16 | 995 | 80 | 12.4:1 | 55% (550) |
| 2010-11 | 1,038 | 80 | 13.0:1 | 42% (432) |
| 2000-01 | 1,021 | 77 | 13.3:1 | 26% (264) |
| 1990-91 | 1,149 | 95 | 12.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BELLPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About BELLPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL
BELLPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL is a large middle school that serves part of BELLPORT, New York. The school covers grades 6 through 8 and reported 848 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 60% bigger than the 531-student average for middle schools in New York.
SOUTH COUNTRY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT includes 6 schools. Together they enroll 3,798 students.
Of every 100 students at BELLPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 51 are Hispanic. It is also 28% White, 15% Black, and 4% multiracial. Suffolk County's residents are about 23% Hispanic, 28 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 63%.
The school has 93.1 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 9.1 students per teacher. Middle schools in New York average 10.3:1, 1.2 more students per teacher than here. Of all students at BELLPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL, 57% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 39% average among public schools in Suffolk County.
BELLPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 8% of New York public middle schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, BELLPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL would be expected to post about 54.2%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 37.6%.
The county, Suffolk County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $130,686, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 40% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. The county has 343 public schools and about 222,439 students.
KREAMER STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 35.1%; BELLPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL's is 37.6%, ranking 3rd of 8.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment decreased 14% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Students per teacher dropped from 10.8 in 2020-21 to 9.1 in 2024-25.
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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 SOUTH COUNTRY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- BELLPORT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,340 students
- FRANK P LONG INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 542 students
- BROOKHAVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 515 students
- KREAMER STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 284 students
- VERNE W CRITZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 269 students
Other schools in BELLPORT
- FRANK P LONG INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 542 students
- KREAMER STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 284 students
Nearby schools
- KREAMER STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 284
- VERNE W CRITZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 269
- BELLPORT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.4 mi · 1,340
- FRANK P LONG INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 542
- BROOKHAVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 515
- EASTERN SUFFOLK BOCES3.2 mi · 2,043
Frequently asked questions
About BELLPORT MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at BELLPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL?
BELLPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 848 students in grades 06-08.
Is BELLPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
BELLPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at BELLPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 9.1:1 students per teacher at BELLPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is BELLPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL?
BELLPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 28% White, 51% Hispanic, 15% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is BELLPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
BELLPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of SOUTH COUNTRY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.