EAST QUOGUE SCHOOL

As a mid-sized K-5 school in EAST QUOGUE, New York, EAST QUOGUE SCHOOL instructs 381 students from grades K through 6, one of the schools within EAST QUOGUE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

Operationally, EAST QUOGUE SCHOOL answers to EAST QUOGUE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

For racial and ethnic makeup, EAST QUOGUE SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White, at 64% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 31% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting EAST QUOGUE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 20% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Suffolk County (around 39%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, EAST QUOGUE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.6%, the actual is 62.4%, a residual of -5.2 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Suffolk County) reports that median household income runs about $130,686, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Suffolk County runs 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), of which EAST QUOGUE SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is QUOGUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 2.0 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), EAST QUOGUE SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 56.2%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 388 students in 2018 compared to 381 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 70% to 64% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 10.5:1 in 2018 to 8.1:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.