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Enrollment
1,340
High
DISTRICT 633 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH COUNTRY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360000800193
BELLPORT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
205 BEAVER DAM RD, BROOKHAVEN, NY 11719 · (631) 730-1575 · Suffolk County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,340 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% of New York public high schools
- CTest 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
117 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.8:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
734 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 288 | 21% |
| Grade 10 | 317 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 350 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 359 | 27% |
| Ungraded | 26 | 2% |
Student demographics
66%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
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
74.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +21.0pp since 2023
Math
38.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 74 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 are up about 21 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 42.0% |
% 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
44.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
BELLPORT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (44.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELLPORT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,340 | 54.8% | 44.5% |
| HUNTINGTON HIGH SCHOOL HUNTINGTON | 1,363 | 55.2% | 50.2% |
| RIVERDALE/KINGSBRIDGE ACADEMY (MS/HS 141) BRONX | 1,383 | 58.0% | 58.3% |
| ART AND DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 1,485 | 48.5% | 81.0% |
| WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL HUNTINGTON STATION | 1,939 | 49.1% | 79.5% |
| NORTH BABYLON HIGH SCHOOL NORTH BABYLON | 1,607 | 48.0% | 63.5% |
Matched among New York high 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 SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #844 of 1,135 | #55 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #761 of 1,109 ▼ 32 | #50 of 57 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #504 of 1,135 ▲ 438 | #43 of 56 ▲ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,340 | #133 of 1,216 | #24 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #597 of 1,058 | #30 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.8% | #160 of 1,070 | #8 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.8% | #647 of 1,167 | #8 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.5% | #667 of 743 | #39 of 45 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,340
-52 (-4%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 1,370
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 1,340 | 117.4 | 11.4:1 | 55% (734) |
| 2023-24 | 1,382 | 115.2 | 12.0:1 | 54% (752) |
| 2022-23 | 1,392 | 114.4 | 12.2:1 | 52% (727) |
| 2020-21 | 1,392 | 122 | 11.4:1 | 55% (768) |
| 2017-18 | 1,374 | 109.4 | 12.6:1 | 56% (774) |
| 2015-16 | 1,325 | 107 | 12.4:1 | 55% (734) |
| 2010-11 | 1,361 | 100 | 13.6:1 | 34% (462) |
| 2000-01 | 1,302 | 92 | 14.2:1 | 16% (212) |
| 1990-91 | 1,370 | 98 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BELLPORT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About BELLPORT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
BELLPORT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, located in BROOKHAVEN, New York, is a high-enrollment high school. The latest federal count shows 1,340 students in grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in New York is about 668 students, so this school is 101% above average.
Across its 6 schools, SOUTH COUNTRY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 3,798 students. BELLPORT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of those schools.
Federal enrollment data show Hispanic students as the largest group at BELLPORT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, at 47%. The rest of enrollment is 31% White, 16% Black, and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of Suffolk County, the Hispanic share is about 23%. The school's diversity index is 66%, meaning two students picked at random have a 66% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its 117.4 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 11.4:1. That is close to the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 55%. That is 16 points above the 39% average for public schools in Suffolk County.
The allk12 Grade for BELLPORT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is C-. Compared with New York public high schools, the school scored higher than 16% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with New York schools that have similar shares of low-income students, BELLPORT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's results are 10.3 points below predicted: 44.5% against 54.9%.
Census Bureau estimates for Suffolk County show that the median household income is $130,686, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. There are 343 public schools in Suffolk County, enrolling about 222,439 students in all.
Nearest public school: BROOKHAVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.5 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts BELLPORT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL at 1st 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.
Enrollment is down 4% from 2020-21, when BELLPORT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL had 1,392 students, to 2024-25, when it had 1,340.
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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 MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 848 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
Nearby schools
- BROOKHAVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 515
- FRANK P LONG INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 542
- BELLPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 848
- KREAMER STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 284
- VERNE W CRITZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 269
- WILLIAM FLOYD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.5 mi · 757
Frequently asked questions
About BELLPORT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend BELLPORT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
BELLPORT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,340 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does BELLPORT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
BELLPORT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at BELLPORT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.4:1 students per teacher at BELLPORT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at BELLPORT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at BELLPORT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 31% White, 47% Hispanic, 16% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is BELLPORT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL in?
BELLPORT SENIOR HIGH 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.