COPIAGUE MIDDLE SCHOOL

Located at 2650 GREAT NECK RD, in COPIAGUE, New York, COPIAGUE MIDDLE SCHOOL is an expansive middle-grades school that works with 1,081 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within COPIAGUE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Compared to the state average of about 531 students per school, that is 104% larger than typical.

COPIAGUE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 4,579 students. COPIAGUE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, COPIAGUE MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 69%. Beyond that, the school shows 18% Black, 9% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 90 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Suffolk County's rate of about 39%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, COPIAGUE MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.6%; this one delivers 41.5%.

Zooming out to the county, Suffolk County reports that median household income runs about $130,686, 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), COPIAGUE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

WALTER G O'CONNELL COPIAGUE HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around COPIAGUE MIDDLE SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, COPIAGUE MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 47.2%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Looking at the recent track record. COPIAGUE MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 1,091 (now 1,081). The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 59% to 69% over that span.

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