Enrollment
337
Elementary
DISTRICT 314 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST MORICHES UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360987005745
EAST MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
523 MONTAUK HWY, EAST MORICHES, NY 11940 · (631) 878-0162 · Suffolk County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL337 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 86% of New York public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
74 students
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 66 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 23% |
| Grade 6 | 1 | 0% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 1% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
72.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
82.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.0% | 82.0% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 88.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
76.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 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 EAST MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
EAST MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (76.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EAST MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 337 | 22.0% | 76.4% |
| WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LONG BEACH | 340 | 20.3% | 75.8% |
| NOXON ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL POUGHKEEPSIE | 348 | 21.3% | 58.8% |
| TRAVER ROAD PRIMARY SCHOOL PLEASANT VALLEY | 344 | 24.4% | N/A |
| PULASKI ROAD SCHOOL EAST NORTHPORT | 351 | 25.6% | 50.2% |
| BEEKMAN SCHOOL POUGHQUAG | 351 | 24.8% | 55.3% |
Matched among New York elementary 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 EAST MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.4% | #231 of 2,335 | #5 of 168 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #304 of 2,342 ▼ 158 | #7 of 169 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #461 of 2,343 ▼ 57 | #16 of 169 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 337 | #1,753 of 2,585 | #158 of 209 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #1,130 of 2,338 | #96 of 196 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.6% | #1,371 of 2,388 | #126 of 197 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.0% | #2,181 of 2,534 | #137 of 200 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.6% | #1,110 of 1,757 | #65 of 137 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
337
-24 (-7%) vs 2020
-16% since 2010-11, when it was 401
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 337 | 28.9 | 11.7:1 | 22% (74) |
| 2023-24 | 340 | 27.7 | 12.3:1 | 24% (83) |
| 2022-23 | 338 | 31.5 | 10.7:1 | 22% (75) |
| 2020-21 | 361 | 28 | 12.9:1 | 20% (73) |
| 2017-18 | 377 | 23 | 16.4:1 | 15% (56) |
| 2015-16 | 373 | 22 | 16.9:1 | 8% (31) |
| 2010-11 | 401 | 29 | 13.8:1 | 8% (31) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EAST MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About EAST MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
EAST MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school with its address in EAST MORICHES, New York. Enrollment is 337 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 6. The average for elementary schools in New York is about 443 students, so this school is 24% smaller than average.
Enrollment across the 2 schools in EAST MORICHES UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT totals 628 students.
A majority of students at EAST MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 70%, are White. Other reported shares: 21% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. That is close to the 66% White share among all Suffolk County residents. EAST MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 47%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
EAST MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates with 28.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 11.7:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. About 22% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. That rate is below the 39% average among public schools in Suffolk County.
EAST MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded A by allk12, scoring above 86% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
EAST MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 76.4%, compared with a predicted 66.9%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
Among Suffolk County residents, median household income is about $130,686, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 343 public schools in Suffolk County, with a combined enrollment of about 222,439.
Nearest public school: EAST MORICHES SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 53.6%; EAST MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's is 76.4%, ranking 1st of 8.
Under the NCES locale system, EAST MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, EAST MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL went from 361 students to 337. Its ratio of students to teachers was 12.9:1 in 2020-21, and 11.7:1 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 EAST MORICHES UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- EAST MORICHES SCHOOLMiddle · 291 students
Nearby schools
- EAST MORICHES SCHOOL0.2 mi · 291
- CLAYTON HUEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 586
- CENTER MORICHES HIGH SCHOOL2.1 mi · 511
- CENTER MORICHES MIDDLE SCHOOL2.1 mi · 297
- EASTPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 302
- TUTTLE AVENUE SCHOOL2.7 mi · 233
Frequently asked questions
About EAST MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend EAST MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
EAST MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 337 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does EAST MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
EAST MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at EAST MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at EAST MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is EAST MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
EAST MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 70% White, 21% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is EAST MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
EAST MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by EAST MORICHES UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.