CENTER MORICHES HIGH SCHOOL

CENTER MORICHES HIGH SCHOOL is one of the low-enrollment high schools in CENTER MORICHES, New York, operated by CENTER MORICHES UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 511 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so CENTER MORICHES HIGH SCHOOL sits 24% smaller than that benchmark.

CENTER MORICHES UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,394 students; CENTER MORICHES HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, CENTER MORICHES HIGH SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 67%. Beyond that, the school reports 24% Hispanic, 4% Native American, 4% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Suffolk County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, CENTER MORICHES HIGH SCHOOL has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.2:1. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 28% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Suffolk County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CENTER MORICHES HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.6%, the actual is 71.7%, a residual of +7.1 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Suffolk County indicate median household earnings sit near $130,686, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Suffolk County's 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), CENTER MORICHES HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: CENTER MORICHES MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CENTER MORICHES HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CENTER MORICHES HIGH SCHOOL at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 54.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. CENTER MORICHES HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 12% since 2018, when it stood at 581 (now 511). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 15% to 24%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.