Enrollment
313
High
DISTRICT 302 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORT JEFFERSON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362349003280
EARL L VANDERMEULEN HIGH SCHOOL
350 OLD POST RD, PORT JEFFERSON, NY 11777 · (631) 791-4421 · Suffolk County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL313 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% of New York public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public high schools
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.4:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
47 students
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 72 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 77 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 83 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 78 | 25% |
| Ungraded | 3 | 1% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within PORT JEFFERSON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
94.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
78.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -11.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 94 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 11 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 94.0% | 78.0% |
| 2023-24 | 96.0% | 89.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
91.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 91% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 69% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in New York's top 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 EARL L VANDERMEULEN HIGH SCHOOL
EARL L VANDERMEULEN HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (91.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EARL L VANDERMEULEN HIGH SCHOOL this school | 313 | 15.0% | 91.2% |
| HALDANE HIGH SCHOOL COLD SPRING | 318 | 19.5% | 90.9% |
| CLAYTON A BOUTON HIGH SCHOOL VOORHEESVILLE | 354 | 15.0% | 89.7% |
| CROTON-HARMON HIGH SCHOOL CROTON ON HUDSON | 507 | 15.0% | 73.0% |
| MHS AMES CAMPUS MASSAPEQUA | 495 | 12.5% | 98.5% |
| PLEASANTVILLE HIGH SCHOOL PLEASANTVILLE | 559 | 19.7% | 92.5% |
Matched among New York high 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 EARL L VANDERMEULEN HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 91.2% | #51 of 1,135 | #6 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #166 of 1,109 ▼ 53 | #13 of 57 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 94.0% | #107 of 1,135 ▼ 11 | #15 of 56 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 313 | #903 of 1,216 | #57 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.9:1 | #137 of 1,058 | #6 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.6% | #671 of 1,070 | #44 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.0% | #1,129 of 1,167 | #51 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.3% | #206 of 743 | #12 of 45 |
Ranked against other public high 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
313
-40 (-11%) vs 2020
-55% since 1990-91, when it was 703
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
was 9.3:1
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 | 313 | 35.1 | 8.9:1 | 15% (47) |
| 2023-24 | 328 | 37.6 | 8.7:1 | 10% (34) |
| 2022-23 | 323 | 37.8 | 8.5:1 | 13% (41) |
| 2020-21 | 353 | 38 | 9.3:1 | 9% (33) |
| 2017-18 | 383 | 26.3 | 14.6:1 | 9% (33) |
| 2015-16 | 360 | 28 | 12.9:1 | 9% (31) |
| 2010-11 | 379 | 28 | 13.5:1 | 3% (10) |
| 2000-01 | 351 | 23 | 15.3:1 | 2% (7) |
| 1990-91 | 703 | 59 | 11.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EARL L VANDERMEULEN HIGH SCHOOL.
About EARL L VANDERMEULEN HIGH SCHOOL
Located in PORT JEFFERSON, New York, EARL L VANDERMEULEN HIGH SCHOOL is a low-enrollment high school. The school serves grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 313 students. By comparison, high schools in New York enroll about 668 students on average.
EARL L VANDERMEULEN HIGH SCHOOL is one of the 3 schools that make up PORT JEFFERSON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (907 students in total).
White students are 76% of those enrolled at EARL L VANDERMEULEN HIGH SCHOOL. Other reported shares: 12% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 3% Black, and 2% multiracial. That compares with about 66% White among all Suffolk County residents. A diversity index of 41% means there is a 41% chance two randomly chosen students at EARL L VANDERMEULEN HIGH SCHOOL are from different groups.
A staff of 35.1 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 8.9:1. The average for high schools in New York, 11.0:1, is higher. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 15%. Compared with the 39% average for public schools in Suffolk County, the school's rate is lower.
On the allk12 Grade, EARL L VANDERMEULEN HIGH SCHOOL lands at A, ahead of 92% of New York public high schools.
EARL L VANDERMEULEN HIGH SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of New York schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 91.2%. Predicted: 69.5%. Difference: 21.7 points.
In the wider Suffolk County area, the median household earns about $130,686 a year, about 40% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Across Suffolk County, 343 public schools serve about 222,439 students.
PORT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. EARL L VANDERMEULEN HIGH SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 65.2% on proficiency, and EARL L VANDERMEULEN HIGH SCHOOL is above that at 91.2%.
Locale data from NCES put EARL L VANDERMEULEN HIGH SCHOOL in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment was 313 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 353.
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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
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Other schools in PORT JEFFERSON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PORT JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 370 students
- PORT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 224 students
Other schools in PORT JEFFERSON
- PORT JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 370 students
- PORT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 224 students
Nearby schools
- PORT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 224
- PORT JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 370
- NORWOOD AVENUE SCHOOL1.6 mi · 316
- WARD MELVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.7 mi · 1,442
- JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL2.0 mi · 814
- SETAUKET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 599
Frequently asked questions
About EARL L VANDERMEULEN HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at EARL L VANDERMEULEN HIGH SCHOOL?
EARL L VANDERMEULEN HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 313 students in grades 09-12.
Is EARL L VANDERMEULEN HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
EARL L VANDERMEULEN HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does EARL L VANDERMEULEN HIGH SCHOOL have?
EARL L VANDERMEULEN HIGH SCHOOL employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.9:1.
What is the student diversity at EARL L VANDERMEULEN HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at EARL L VANDERMEULEN HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 76% White, 12% Hispanic, 3% Black, 8% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is EARL L VANDERMEULEN HIGH SCHOOL in?
EARL L VANDERMEULEN HIGH SCHOOL is part of PORT JEFFERSON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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