CENTER MORICHES MIDDLE SCHOOL

CENTER MORICHES MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school of cozy scale in CENTER MORICHES, New York, operated by CENTER MORICHES UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, works with 297 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 44% below the typical public school in New York, which averages around 531 students.

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

On demographics, CENTER MORICHES MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that White students make up the majority at 64%. The remainder breaks down as 23% Hispanic, 7% Native American, 4% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Suffolk County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 10.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 33% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CENTER MORICHES MIDDLE SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 62.9%; CENTER MORICHES MIDDLE SCHOOL posts 41.1%, -21.8 points below that line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Suffolk County put the typical household earns roughly $130,686 per year, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Suffolk County runs 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), of which CENTER MORICHES MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is CENTER MORICHES HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CENTER MORICHES MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 9th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 58.0%.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 22%: 380 students in 2018 compared to 297 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 78% to 64% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for CENTER MORICHES MIDDLE SCHOOL typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.