BRETTON WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BRETTON WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in HAUPPAUGE, New York, one of the schools within HAUPPAUGE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 509 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

HAUPPAUGE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 3,112 students; BRETTON WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, BRETTON WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White at 55%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 24% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 5% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 66% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting BRETTON WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 24% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Suffolk County's rate of about 39%.

After controlling for student poverty, BRETTON WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 66.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 70.1%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Suffolk County) shows that median household income runs about $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), BRETTON WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is HAUPPAUGE HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BRETTON WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 48.8%.

BRETTON WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BRETTON WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has declined 16%, going from 605 students in 2018 to 509 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 15% to 24% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 in 2025.

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