EDITH L SLOCUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

EDITH L SLOCUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the tight-knit K-5 schools in RONKONKOMA, New York, run under CONNETQUOT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 257 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 42% leaner than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

CONNETQUOT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 5,227 students. EDITH L SLOCUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, EDITH L SLOCUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 28% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 4% Black. By comparison, Suffolk County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 23% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Suffolk County (around 39%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, EDITH L SLOCUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 66.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.4%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Suffolk County indicate the typical household earns roughly $130,686 per year, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Suffolk County runs 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), of which EDITH L SLOCUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: HELEN B DUFFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around EDITH L SLOCUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), EDITH L SLOCUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 55.2%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EDITH L SLOCUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has decreased 22%, going from 329 students in 2018 to 257 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 61% to 51% over that span.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.