EAGLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in MEDFORD, New York, EAGLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a sizable primary school, run under PATCHOGUE-MEDFORD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. It educates 680 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 53% above the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

PATCHOGUE-MEDFORD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 7,605 students; EAGLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, EAGLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 30% White, 10% Black, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 37% of students at EAGLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, EAGLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.3%; this one delivers 42.8%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Suffolk County) records that 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 EAGLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is SACHEM HIGH SCHOOL EAST, roughly 1.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts EAGLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 50.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. EAGLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has grew 15% since 2018, when it stood at 593 (now 680). White enrollment moved from 39% to 30% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.