Enrollment
269
Elementary
DISTRICT 321 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CONNETQUOT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360816000599
EDWARD J BOSTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
50 BOURNE BLVD, BOHEMIA, NY 11716 · (631) 244-2291 · Suffolk County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL269 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of New York public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
8.7:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
46 students
DISTRICT 18% · 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 | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 32 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 15% |
| Ungraded | 13 | 5% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 15% larger than its 5th grade class (40).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
81.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +20.0pp since 2023
Math
88.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +14.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 88 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 20 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.0% | 88.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 74.0% |
% 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
70.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 EDWARD J BOSTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
EDWARD J BOSTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (70.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDWARD J BOSTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 269 | 17.1% | 70.5% |
| EVANS PARK SCHOOL PEARL RIVER | 291 | 13.7% | 74.3% |
| WILLOW AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CORNWALL | 236 | 14.4% | 86.2% |
| HALDANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COLD SPRING | 293 | 12.3% | 73.3% |
| MANDALAY SCHOOL WANTAGH | 321 | 15.0% | 72.4% |
| EASTPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EASTPORT | 302 | 21.2% | 58.0% |
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 EDWARD J BOSTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.5% | #390 of 2,335 | #13 of 168 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #173 of 2,342 ▲ 272 | #3 of 169 ▲ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #231 of 2,343 ▲ 255 | #4 of 169 ▲ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 269 | #2,153 of 2,585 | #187 of 209 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.7:1 | #133 of 2,338 | #14 of 196 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.7% | #1,511 of 2,388 | #141 of 197 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.1% | #2,301 of 2,534 | #156 of 200 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.5% | #1,053 of 1,757 | #58 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
269
-27 (-9%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 485
Student : Teacher
8.7:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 269 | 30.9 | 8.7:1 | 17% (46) |
| 2023-24 | 281 | 34 | 8.3:1 | 25% (70) |
| 2022-23 | 283 | 30 | 9.4:1 | 22% (63) |
| 2020-21 | 296 | 27 | 11.0:1 | 21% (63) |
| 2017-18 | 304 | 33 | 9.2:1 | 16% (50) |
| 2015-16 | 326 | 36 | 9.1:1 | 19% (63) |
| 2010-11 | 424 | 39 | 10.9:1 | 8% (36) |
| 2000-01 | 613 | 40 | 15.3:1 | 5% (30) |
| 1990-91 | 485 | 39 | 12.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EDWARD J BOSTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About EDWARD J BOSTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
EDWARD J BOSTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school located in BOHEMIA, New York. It reports enrollment of 269 students in pre-K through 5. The school is 39% below the average for elementary schools in New York.
CONNETQUOT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 5,227 students in 10 schools, including EDWARD J BOSTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Federal enrollment data show EDWARD J BOSTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 74% White. Next come 15% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The county population is about 66% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 43%.
Its staff includes 30.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 8.7 students per teacher. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is 4.2 students per teacher. Roughly 17% of students at EDWARD J BOSTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Suffolk County, the average eligibility rate is 39%.
On the allk12 Grade, EDWARD J BOSTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at A-, ahead of 75% of New York public elementary schools.
EDWARD J BOSTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 70.5% and a predicted 68.7%.
In Suffolk County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $130,686, about 40% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. The county has 343 public schools and about 222,439 students.
About 0.9 miles separate EDWARD J BOSTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL from the closest public school, SYCAMORE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The five-mile area around EDWARD J BOSTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts EDWARD J BOSTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 9.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment fell 9% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (8.7:1) than in 2020-21 (11.0:1).
The discussion board for EDWARD J BOSTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 CONNETQUOT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CONNETQUOT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,774 students
- RONKONKOMA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 641 students
- CHEROKEE STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 618 students
- OAKDALE-BOHEMIA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 564 students
- SYCAMORE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 380 students
- HELEN B DUFFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 313 students
Other schools in BOHEMIA
- CONNETQUOT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,774 students
- SYCAMORE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 380 students
- JOHN PEARL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 193 students
Nearby schools
- SYCAMORE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 380
- CHERRY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 374
- OAKDALE-BOHEMIA MIDDLE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 564
- SAYVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 582
- SAYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 814
- LINCOLN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 428
Frequently asked questions
About EDWARD J BOSTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend EDWARD J BOSTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
EDWARD J BOSTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 269 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does EDWARD J BOSTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
EDWARD J BOSTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at EDWARD J BOSTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at EDWARD J BOSTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 8.7:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at EDWARD J BOSTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At EDWARD J BOSTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 74% White, 15% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees EDWARD J BOSTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
EDWARD J BOSTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by CONNETQUOT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Suffolk County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.