EDWARD J BOSTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

EDWARD J BOSTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an intimate elementary campus in BOHEMIA, New York, one of the schools within CONNETQUOT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school instructs 269 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 39% below the state mean of about 443.

Across the 10 schools in CONNETQUOT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (5,227 students total), EDWARD J BOSTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, EDWARD J BOSTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 74% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 15% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 17% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Suffolk County's rate of about 39%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), EDWARD J BOSTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 68.7%; this one delivers 70.5%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Suffolk County) records that median household earnings sit near $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 EDWARD J BOSTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

SYCAMORE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), EDWARD J BOSTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 66.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EDWARD J BOSTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has shrank 12%, going from 304 students in 2018 to 269 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 82% to 74% over that span.

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