Enrollment
291
Middle
DISTRICT 314 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST MORICHES UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360987000763
EAST MORICHES SCHOOL
9 ADELAIDE AVE, EAST MORICHES, NY 11940 · (631) 878-0162 · Suffolk County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL291 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of New York public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
64 students
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 66 | 23% |
| Grade 6 | 69 | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 76 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 77 | 26% |
| Ungraded | 3 | 1% |
Student demographics
38%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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
67.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +15.0pp since 2023
Math
83.8%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 83.8% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 85.1% |
% 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
63.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% 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 SCHOOL
EAST MORICHES SCHOOL's state test result (63.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EAST MORICHES SCHOOL this school | 291 | 22.0% | 63.0% |
| TUCKAHOE MIDDLE SCHOOL EASTCHESTER | 278 | 24.1% | 70.2% |
| NEW PALTZ MIDDLE SCHOOL NEW PALTZ | 381 | 26.2% | 65.8% |
| LANSING MIDDLE SCHOOL LANSING | 355 | 27.6% | 64.4% |
| JAMES WILSON YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL BAYPORT | 399 | 17.3% | 67.3% |
| LINDEN AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL RED HOOK | 390 | 27.9% | 66.6% |
Matched among New York middle 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 SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #220 of 766 | #20 of 66 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.8% | #155 of 768 ▼ 14 | #15 of 66 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #131 of 768 ▲ 130 | #4 of 66 ▲ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 291 | #574 of 796 | #64 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #347 of 683 | #39 of 66 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.3% | #476 of 688 | #53 of 66 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.0% | #686 of 773 | #48 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.6% | #175 of 524 | #15 of 59 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
291
-31 (-10%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 556
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 291 | 28 | 10.4:1 | 22% (64) |
| 2023-24 | 296 | 28.1 | 10.5:1 | 19% (57) |
| 2022-23 | 309 | 26.5 | 11.7:1 | 25% (77) |
| 2020-21 | 322 | 29 | 11.1:1 | 21% (69) |
| 2017-18 | 353 | 23.8 | 14.8:1 | 10% (35) |
| 2015-16 | 360 | 25 | 14.4:1 | 7% (26) |
| 2010-11 | 340 | 21 | 16.2:1 | 6% (20) |
| 2000-01 | 686 | 40 | 17.1:1 | 4% (26) |
| 1990-91 | 556 | 47 | 11.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EAST MORICHES SCHOOL.
About EAST MORICHES SCHOOL
EAST MORICHES SCHOOL is a public middle school in EAST MORICHES, New York. The school offers grades 5 through 8 and enrolls 291 students. Across middle schools in New York, the average enrollment is about 531.
EAST MORICHES UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which runs EAST MORICHES SCHOOL, has 2 schools and 628 students.
Of every 100 students at EAST MORICHES SCHOOL, about 77 are White. It is also 15% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Suffolk County's residents are about 66% White, 11 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, EAST MORICHES SCHOOL scores 38%.
EAST MORICHES SCHOOL lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 10.4 students per teacher. That is in line with the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. About 22% of students at EAST MORICHES SCHOOL are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 17 points below the 39% average for public schools in Suffolk County.
Among New York public middle schools, EAST MORICHES SCHOOL outscored 59%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
EAST MORICHES SCHOOL's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 63.0% is 3.9 points below the 66.9% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
For the population of Suffolk County, median household income comes to about $130,686, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Suffolk County counts 343 public schools with about 222,439 students.
EAST MORICHES SCHOOL is about 0.2 miles from EAST MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, its nearest public school. EAST MORICHES SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. EAST MORICHES SCHOOL ranks 3rd of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 63.0% against a local average of 55.5%.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 291, from 322 in 2020-21.
On allk12, people connected to EAST MORICHES SCHOOL can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
Related schools
Other schools in EAST MORICHES UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- EAST MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 337 students
Other schools in EAST MORICHES
- EAST MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 337 students
Nearby schools
- EAST MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 337
- CLAYTON HUEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 586
- CENTER MORICHES HIGH SCHOOL2.2 mi · 511
- CENTER MORICHES MIDDLE SCHOOL2.2 mi · 297
- EASTPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 302
- TUTTLE AVENUE SCHOOL2.8 mi · 233
Frequently asked questions
About EAST MORICHES SCHOOLHow many students attend EAST MORICHES SCHOOL?
EAST MORICHES SCHOOL enrolls approximately 291 students in grades 05-08.
Is EAST MORICHES SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
EAST MORICHES SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
How many teachers does EAST MORICHES SCHOOL have?
EAST MORICHES SCHOOL employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.4:1.
What is the student diversity at EAST MORICHES SCHOOL?
Student demographics at EAST MORICHES SCHOOL are roughly 77% White, 15% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is EAST MORICHES SCHOOL in?
EAST MORICHES SCHOOL is part of EAST MORICHES UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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