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Enrollment
659
Elementary
DISTRICT 617 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH HUNTINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362730003722
BIRCHWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
121 WOLF HILL RD, MELVILLE, NY 11747 · (631) 812-3200 · Suffolk County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL659 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% of New York public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
350 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 229 | 35% |
| Grade 4 | 201 | 31% |
| Grade 5 | 228 | 35% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
BIRCHWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL→SILAS WOOD 6TH GRADE CENTER→HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL→WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within SOUTH HUNTINGTON UNION FREE 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
40.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +16.0pp since 2023
Math
48.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 24.0% | 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
37.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% 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 BIRCHWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
BIRCHWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL's state test result (37.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIRCHWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL this school | 659 | 53.1% | 37.3% |
| WASHINGTON IRVING INTERM SCHOOL TARRYTOWN | 605 | 51.1% | 47.5% |
| OAKWOOD PRIMARY CENTER HUNTINGTON | 643 | 48.2% | N/A |
| PS 84 JOSE DE DIEGO BROOKLYN | 636 | 58.6% | 50.4% |
| STONY POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STONY POINT | 666 | 49.1% | 45.0% |
| MAMARONECK AVENUE SCHOOL MAMARONECK | 611 | 47.6% | 51.1% |
Matched among New York elementary 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 BIRCHWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #1,750 of 2,335 | #130 of 168 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,548 of 2,342 ▲ 66 | #110 of 169 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #1,809 of 2,343 ▲ 243 | #126 of 169 ▲ 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 659 | #345 of 2,585 | #27 of 209 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #1,179 of 2,338 | #103 of 196 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.1% | #798 of 2,388 | #75 of 197 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.1% | #1,318 of 2,534 | #31 of 200 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.9% | #1,726 of 1,757 | #135 of 137 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
659
+60 (+10%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 596
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 659 | 56 | 11.8:1 | 53% (350) |
| 2023-24 | 636 | 58.6 | 10.9:1 | 51% (324) |
| 2022-23 | 633 | 58.9 | 10.7:1 | 59% (372) |
| 2020-21 | 599 | 54 | 11.1:1 | 60% (358) |
| 2017-18 | 665 | 56 | 11.9:1 | 55% (367) |
| 2015-16 | 687 | 55 | 12.5:1 | 49% (339) |
| 2010-11 | 701 | 53 | 13.2:1 | 39% (272) |
| 2000-01 | 720 | 49 | 14.7:1 | 27% (192) |
| 1990-91 | 596 | 39 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BIRCHWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL.
About BIRCHWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
At 121 WOLF HILL RD in MELVILLE, New York, BIRCHWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL operates as a mid-sized elementary school. It is open to students in grades 3 through 5 and enrolls 659 students. By comparison, elementary schools in New York enroll about 443 students on average.
BIRCHWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is one school in SOUTH HUNTINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a system of 7 schools with 5,670 students.
About 57% of the student body at BIRCHWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is Hispanic. Other groups include 29% White, 6% Black, 4% Asian, and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Suffolk County residents are about 23% Hispanic. A diversity index of 58% means there is a 58% chance two randomly chosen students at BIRCHWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio at BIRCHWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is 11.8:1, based on 56 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York, this school's ratio is lower. Lunch program data show 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Suffolk County, the average eligibility rate is 39%.
BIRCHWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 18% of New York public elementary schools.
In New York, BIRCHWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 37.3% actual against a predicted 55.5%.
In Suffolk County, home to about 1,530,146 people, the median household earns about $130,686 a year, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. BIRCHWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL shares Suffolk County with 342 other public schools.
COUNTRYWOOD PRIMARY CENTER, about 1.1 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of BIRCHWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, BIRCHWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is 7th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 10% increase took enrollment from 599 in 2020-21 to 659 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for BIRCHWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 HUNTINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,939 students
- HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 845 students
- OAKWOOD PRIMARY CENTERElementary · 643 students
- MAPLEWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 594 students
- COUNTRYWOOD PRIMARY CENTERElementary · 572 students
- SILAS WOOD 6TH GRADE CENTERMiddle · 418 students
Other schools in MELVILLE
- WEST HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 968 students
- SUNQUAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 538 students
Nearby schools
- COUNTRYWOOD PRIMARY CENTER1.1 mi · 572
- HALF HOLLOW HILLS HIGH SCHOOL WEST1.4 mi · 1,028
- SILAS WOOD 6TH GRADE CENTER1.4 mi · 418
- SAGAMORE CHILDREN'S PSYCHIATRIC CENTER1.6 mi · 36
- WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 1,939
- SIGNAL HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 672
Frequently asked questions
About BIRCHWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLHow large is BIRCHWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL?
BIRCHWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 659 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does BIRCHWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL serve?
BIRCHWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at BIRCHWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at BIRCHWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at BIRCHWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at BIRCHWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL are roughly 29% White, 57% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is BIRCHWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL public or private?
BIRCHWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SOUTH HUNTINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.