C E WALTERS SCHOOL

C E WALTERS SCHOOL operates as a well-populated K-5 school in YAPHANK, New York, run under LONGWOOD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 795 students spanning grades K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 79% above the state mean of about 443.

LONGWOOD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 8,787 students. C E WALTERS SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, C E WALTERS SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 55%. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 11% Black, 8% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 66% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, C E WALTERS SCHOOL logs 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, C E WALTERS SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.9%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Suffolk County indicate median household earnings sit near $130,686, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Suffolk County's 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), C E WALTERS SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: LONGWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, around 1.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts C E WALTERS SCHOOL at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 51.0%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. C E WALTERS SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked up 7% since 2018, when it stood at 746 (now 795). Hispanic enrollment moved from 29% to 23% across the same window.

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