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Enrollment
1,337
Middle
DISTRICT 675 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COMMACK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360813000581
COMMACK MIDDLE SCHOOL
700 VANDERBILT PKY, COMMACK, NY 11725 · (631) 858-3505 · Suffolk County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,337 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
118 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
225 students
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 423 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 451 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 447 | 33% |
| Ungraded | 16 | 1% |
Student demographics
53%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
Students here typically continue to
COMMACK MIDDLE SCHOOL→COMMACK HIGH SCHOOL
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
53.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
84.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 84.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 85.3% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
71.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 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 MIDDLE SCHOOL
COMMACK MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (71.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMMACK MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 1,337 | 16.8% | 71.0% |
| GRAND AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL BELLMORE | 916 | 17.0% | 73.7% |
| LOUIS M KLEIN MIDDLE SCHOOL HARRISON | 923 | 20.6% | 71.1% |
| JONAS E SALK MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVITTOWN | 899 | 23.7% | 66.8% |
| CARRIE PALMER WEBER MIDDLE SCHOOL PORT WASHINGTON | 1,213 | 6.2% | 79.8% |
| FARNSWORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL GUILDERLAND | 1,186 | 27.2% | 71.7% |
Matched among New York middle 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 MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #127 of 766 | #5 of 66 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #153 of 768 ▼ 13 | #14 of 66 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #295 of 768 ▼ 70 | #21 of 66 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,337 | #23 of 796 | #2 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #487 of 683 | #52 of 66 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.2% | #291 of 688 | #34 of 66 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.8% | #718 of 773 | #57 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.3% | #269 of 524 | #36 of 59 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,337
+34 (+3%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 1,301
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 1,337 | 117.6 | 11.4:1 | 17% (225) |
| 2023-24 | 1,334 | 117.7 | 11.3:1 | 15% (204) |
| 2022-23 | 1,322 | 117.4 | 11.3:1 | 16% (209) |
| 2020-21 | 1,303 | 119 | 10.9:1 | 12% (162) |
| 2017-18 | 1,524 | 113 | 13.5:1 | 10% (147) |
| 2015-16 | 1,652 | 142 | 11.6:1 | 10% (161) |
| 2010-11 | 1,869 | 152 | 12.3:1 | 3% (55) |
| 2000-01 | 1,573 | 143 | 11.0:1 | 3% (41) |
| 1990-91 | 1,301 | 108 | 12.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for COMMACK MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About COMMACK MIDDLE SCHOOL
COMMACK MIDDLE SCHOOL is classified as a middle school. It is located in COMMACK, New York. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 1,337 students. The average among middle schools in New York is roughly 531 students; this school is 152% above that.
COMMACK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT oversees COMMACK MIDDLE SCHOOL and 7 other schools, with 5,399 students in total.
White students account for 65% of enrollment at COMMACK MIDDLE SCHOOL. The remaining students are 16% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 3% multiracial, and 3% Black. For comparison, Suffolk County is about 66% White. The chance that two students picked at random at COMMACK MIDDLE SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 53%.
Its teaching staff equals 117.6 full-time positions, a ratio of 11.4:1. For comparison, middle schools in New York average 10.3:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 17%. That is 22 points below the 39% average for public schools in Suffolk County.
COMMACK MIDDLE SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (71.0%) and its predicted rate (68.8%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
COMMACK MIDDLE SCHOOL is located in Suffolk County, where median household income is about $130,686, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 343 public schools in Suffolk County, with a combined enrollment of about 222,439.
Nearby, ROLLING HILLS SCHOOL is about 0.3 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, COMMACK MIDDLE SCHOOL is 3rd of 6 nearby schools with test data.
Under the NCES locale system, COMMACK MIDDLE SCHOOL is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 1,303 in 2020-21 and 1,337 in 2024-25, a increase of 34 students.
Discussions about COMMACK MIDDLE SCHOOL may include school safety, transportation, and start times. 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 HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,728 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 HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,728 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
- ROLLING HILLS SCHOOL0.3 mi · 246
- SAWMILL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL1.6 mi · 550
- CANDLEWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL1.8 mi · 706
- WOOD PARK SCHOOL1.8 mi · 280
- VANDERBILT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 708
- BURR INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL2.0 mi · 669
Frequently asked questions
About COMMACK MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is COMMACK MIDDLE SCHOOL?
COMMACK MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,337 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does COMMACK MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
COMMACK MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at COMMACK MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at COMMACK MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 11.4:1 (118 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at COMMACK MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At COMMACK MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 65% White, 16% Hispanic, 3% Black, 13% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is COMMACK MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
COMMACK MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by COMMACK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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