CANDLEWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL

CANDLEWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of the medium-sized 6-8 campuss in DIX HILLS, New York, run under HALF HOLLOW HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 706 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 33% bigger than the state mean of about 531.

Within HALF HOLLOW HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 9 schools and 7,203 students, CANDLEWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, CANDLEWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 24% Asian, 16% Hispanic, 13% Black, 6% 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, CANDLEWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL records 73 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 28% of students at CANDLEWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify 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 below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CANDLEWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.8%; this one delivers 72.9%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Suffolk County indicate median household income runs about $130,686, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Suffolk County's 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), CANDLEWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

OTSEGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CANDLEWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CANDLEWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 73.1%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. CANDLEWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 9% since 2018, when it stood at 779 (now 706). White enrollment moved from 57% to 41% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 in 2025.

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