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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BAYPORT-BLUE POINT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360411000174

BLUE POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

212 BLUE POINT AVE, BLUE POINT, NY 11715 · (631) 472-6100 · Suffolk County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL218 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 59% of New York public elementary schools
  • B+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

Enrollment
218
Elementary
DISTRICT 284 · STATE 443
Student : Teacher
6.9:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
30 students
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten3014%
Grade 13617%
Grade 23617%
Grade 32913%
Grade 43817%
Grade 54521%
Ungraded42%

This year's kindergarten class (30) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (45).

Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 72% · US 70%
White
19087%
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
146%
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
42%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
21%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
84%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 4% · US 5%
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
Male
11352%
Female
10548%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
BLUE POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→JAMES WILSON YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL→BAYPORT-BLUE POINT HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within BAYPORT-BLUE POINT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
67.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
60.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +4.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2567.0%60.0%
2023-2463.0%56.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
62.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 BLUE POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BLUE POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (62.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
BLUE POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school21813.8%62.2%
POUND RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
POUND RIDGE
20211.9%70.6%
ELSMERE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DELMAR
23615.7%78.3%
MARILLA PRIMARY SCHOOL
MARILLA
22114.9%69.5%
STATE STREET INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
SKANEATELES
26614.3%65.3%
ELMA PRIMARY SCHOOL
ELMA
26015.8%59.9%
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 BLUE POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn Suffolk County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
62.2%#664 of 2,335#38 of 168
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
60.0%#1,067 of 2,342
▲ 3
#72 of 169
▼ 2
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
67.0%#645 of 2,343
▼ 212
#31 of 169
▼ 15
Enrollment
ranked largest first
218#2,328 of 2,585#195 of 209
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
6.9:1#23 of 2,338#2 of 196
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
23.4%#2,034 of 2,388#189 of 197
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
13.8%#2,374 of 2,534#173 of 200
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-3.1%#1,594 of 1,757#117 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 2024-25
Enrollment
218
+12 (+6%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 306
Student : Teacher
6.9:1
was 6.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2521831.66.9:114% (30)
2023-2421930.37.2:114% (30)
2022-2322432.46.9:113% (29)
2020-21206306.9:113% (27)
2017-18225259.0:111% (25)
2015-162292310.0:17% (17)
2010-11271367.5:16% (15)
2000-012662013.3:17% (18)
1990-913062512.2:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BLUE POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

About BLUE POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BLUE POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school in New York, with an address in BLUE POINT. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 218 students. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average about 443 students.

BAYPORT-BLUE POINT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT serves 1,831 students across 5 schools.

White students make up 87% of enrollment at BLUE POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Next come 6% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 66% White among all Suffolk County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 23% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

Teacher staffing is 31.6 full-time equivalents, or about 6.9 students per teacher. On average, elementary schools in New York have 12.8:1, compared with 6.9:1 here. About 14% of students, or 30, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Suffolk County average 39%.

The allk12 Grade for BLUE POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is B. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 59% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.

When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, BLUE POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 7.7 points below its prediction. Actual: 62.2%. Predicted: 69.9%.

Among Suffolk County residents, the median household income is $130,686, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. BLUE POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 343 public schools in the county.

Nearest public school: SYLVAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.7 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. BLUE POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency of 62.2% compares with 58.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.

The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Over 4 years, BLUE POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment grew 6%, to 218.

Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at BLUE POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.

Suffolk County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
BLUE POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
District
BAYPORT-BLUE POINT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
Address
212 BLUE POINT AVE, BLUE POINT, NY 11715
Phone
(631) 472-6100
County
Suffolk County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
218
Teachers (FTE)
32
Student–teacher ratio
6.9:1
Free and reduced lunch
30 (14%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
360411000174
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About BLUE POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
What is the total enrollment at BLUE POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BLUE POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 218 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does BLUE POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
BLUE POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BLUE POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BLUE POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 6.9:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at BLUE POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At BLUE POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 87% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is BLUE POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
BLUE POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BAYPORT-BLUE POINT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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