BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL

BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL is a secondary school of sprawling scale in BRENTWOOD, New York, operated by BRENTWOOD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, teacheing 4,816 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 621% above the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

Across the 17 schools in BRENTWOOD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (17,844 students total), BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL records that nearly all students (88%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 7% Black. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL has 339 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.2:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Suffolk County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.3%; this one delivers 52.0%.

Around the school, census data for Suffolk County shows median household earnings sit near $130,686, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Suffolk County's 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 39.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL has remained close to its prior level, going from 4,793 students in 2018 to 4,816 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 83% to 88%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.