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What's the one class at COMMACK HIGH SCHOOL every student should take?
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Enrollment
1,728
High
DISTRICT 675 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COMMACK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360813000580
COMMACK HIGH SCHOOL
1 SCHOLAR LN, COMMACK, NY 11725 · (631) 912-2100 · Suffolk County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,728 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
144 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
327 students
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 416 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 440 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 445 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 406 | 23% |
| Ungraded | 21 | 1% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within COMMACK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
96.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
82.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -12.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 96 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 12 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 96.0% | 82.0% |
| 2023-24 | 97.0% | 94.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
90.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 91% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 68% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in New York's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like COMMACK HIGH SCHOOL
COMMACK HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (90.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMMACK HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,728 | 18.9% | 90.5% |
| WARD MELVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL EAST SETAUKET | 1,442 | 15.7% | 77.3% |
| FAYETTEVILLE-MANLIUS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MANLIUS | 1,343 | 17.3% | 87.8% |
| SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL EAST SAINT JAMES | 1,403 | 14.8% | 83.3% |
| WELLINGTON C MEPHAM HIGH SCHOOL BELLMORE | 1,211 | 18.9% | 89.7% |
| GEN DOUGLAS MACARTHUR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL LEVITTOWN | 1,295 | 23.1% | 90.3% |
Matched among New York high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where COMMACK HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 90.5% | #57 of 1,135 | #7 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #117 of 1,109 ▼ 62 | #9 of 57 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 96.0% | #48 of 1,135 ▲ 11 | #7 of 56 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,728 | #66 of 1,216 | #13 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #702 of 1,058 | #37 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.3% | #571 of 1,070 | #35 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.9% | #1,103 of 1,167 | #43 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.0% | #137 of 743 | #5 of 45 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,728
-330 (-16%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 1,809
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 12.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,728 | 143.6 | 12.0:1 | 19% (327) |
| 2023-24 | 1,815 | 143.8 | 12.6:1 | 16% (291) |
| 2022-23 | 1,861 | 147.4 | 12.6:1 | 15% (287) |
| 2020-21 | 2,058 | 163 | 12.6:1 | 12% (241) |
| 2017-18 | 2,244 | 162.2 | 13.8:1 | 11% (256) |
| 2015-16 | 2,368 | 168 | 14.1:1 | 10% (236) |
| 2010-11 | 2,458 | 171 | 14.4:1 | 3% (82) |
| 2000-01 | 1,871 | 144 | 13.0:1 | 1% (25) |
| 1990-91 | 1,809 | 150 | 12.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for COMMACK HIGH SCHOOL.
About COMMACK HIGH SCHOOL
COMMACK HIGH SCHOOL is a large high school found in COMMACK, New York. The school reports 1,728 students in grades 9 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in New York is about 668 students.
COMMACK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT has 5,399 students spread across 8 schools.
White students are the majority at COMMACK HIGH SCHOOL, with 71% of enrollment. The school is also 13% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 2% multiracial, and 2% Black. COMMACK HIGH SCHOOL's diversity index is 46%, against a US figure of 70%.
With 143.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at COMMACK HIGH SCHOOL was 12.0:1. On average, high schools in New York have 11.0:1, compared with 12.0:1 here. COMMACK HIGH SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 19%. Public schools in Suffolk County average 39%.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 68.0% for COMMACK HIGH SCHOOL, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 90.5%. The 22.5-point gap ranks in the top 10% of New York schools.
Suffolk County has these Census figures: the median household income is $130,686, about 40% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. In all, Suffolk County has 343 public schools and roughly 222,439 students.
NORTH RIDGE SCHOOL is located about 0.2 miles from COMMACK HIGH SCHOOL. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. COMMACK HIGH SCHOOL's average proficiency of 90.5% compares with 63.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
For locale, NCES codes COMMACK HIGH SCHOOL as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment at COMMACK HIGH SCHOOL declined 16% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 2,058 to 1,728 students.
Community posts for COMMACK HIGH SCHOOL can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Suffolk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,530,146
Census ACS
Median income
$130,686
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
343
222,439 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in COMMACK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- COMMACK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,337 students
- BURR INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 669 students
- SAWMILL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 550 students
- NORTH RIDGE SCHOOLElementary · 335 students
- WOOD PARK SCHOOLElementary · 280 students
- INDIAN HOLLOW SCHOOLElementary · 254 students
Other schools in COMMACK
- COMMACK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,337 students
- BURR INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 669 students
- SAWMILL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 550 students
- NORTH RIDGE SCHOOLElementary · 335 students
- WOOD PARK SCHOOLElementary · 280 students
- INDIAN HOLLOW SCHOOLElementary · 254 students
Nearby schools
- NORTH RIDGE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 335
- BURR INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 669
- INDIAN HOLLOW SCHOOL1.4 mi · 254
- FIFTH AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 377
- EAST NORTHPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL1.7 mi · 633
- HARLEY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 410
Frequently asked questions
About COMMACK HIGH SCHOOLHow large is COMMACK HIGH SCHOOL?
COMMACK HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,728 students in grades 09-12.
Is COMMACK HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
COMMACK HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at COMMACK HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at COMMACK HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 12.0:1 (144 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at COMMACK HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at COMMACK HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 71% White, 11% Hispanic, 2% Black, 13% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is COMMACK HIGH SCHOOL in?
COMMACK HIGH SCHOOL is part of COMMACK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.