DEAUVILLE GARDENS WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in COPIAGUE, New York, DEAUVILLE GARDENS WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a reasonably sized K-5 school, run under COPIAGUE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. It caters to 427 students across grades K through 5.

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

In terms of who attends, DEAUVILLE GARDENS WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 75% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 14% Black, 9% White. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting DEAUVILLE GARDENS WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 66% of students at DEAUVILLE GARDENS WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify 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, DEAUVILLE GARDENS WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.8%, the actual is 41.3%, a residual of -9.5 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Suffolk County put median household income runs about $130,686, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Suffolk County runs 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), of which DEAUVILLE GARDENS WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: DEAUVILLE GARDENS EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DEAUVILLE GARDENS WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DEAUVILLE GARDENS WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 46.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 23%: 348 students in 2018 compared to 427 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 61% to 75% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

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