COMSEWOGUE HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 565 BICYCLE PATH, in PORT JEFFERSON STA, New York, COMSEWOGUE HIGH SCHOOL is a high-enrollment high school that enrolls 1,160 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within BROOKHAVEN-COMSEWOGUE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Compared to the state average of about 668 students per school, that is 74% larger than typical.

BROOKHAVEN-COMSEWOGUE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 3,448 students; COMSEWOGUE HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, COMSEWOGUE HIGH SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 37% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% Asian, 2% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, COMSEWOGUE HIGH SCHOOL has 92 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. Roughly 28% of students at COMSEWOGUE HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Suffolk County (around 39%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), COMSEWOGUE HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 76.5%.

Around the school, 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 the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Suffolk County runs 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), of which COMSEWOGUE HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is CLINTON AVENUE SCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts COMSEWOGUE HIGH SCHOOL at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 40.9%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Looking at the recent track record. COMSEWOGUE HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 9% since 2018, when it stood at 1,274 (now 1,160). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 65% to 52%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

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