CHIPPEWA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CHIPPEWA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a medium-sized K-5 school in HOLTSVILLE, New York, overseen by SACHEM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 543 students spanning grades K through 5. That puts it 23% above the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

CHIPPEWA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 15 schools operated by SACHEM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that teaches 11,556 students overall.

In terms of who attends, CHIPPEWA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment. Other groups include 25% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 4% multiracial, 4% Black.

On the resource side, CHIPPEWA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 29% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Suffolk County's rate of about 39%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CHIPPEWA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 64.3%; this one comes in at 43.4%, -20.9 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Suffolk County indicate the typical household earns roughly $130,686 per year, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Suffolk County's 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), CHIPPEWA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SAGAMORE MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, CHIPPEWA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 46.3%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. CHIPPEWA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 7% since 2018, when it stood at 584 (now 543). The White share of enrollment fell from 70% to 59% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the CHIPPEWA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.