FIFTH AVENUE SCHOOL

FIFTH AVENUE SCHOOL is one of the small primary schools in BAY SHORE, New York, run under BAY SHORE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 342 students on its rolls from grades K through 2. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 23% smaller than typical.

BAY SHORE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 5,529 students; FIFTH AVENUE SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, FIFTH AVENUE SCHOOL shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 38% White, 15% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Suffolk County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, FIFTH AVENUE SCHOOL records 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 36% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Suffolk County indicate median household income runs about $130,686, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Suffolk County runs 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), of which FIFTH AVENUE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: BAY SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 334 students in 2018 compared to 342 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share declined from 20% to 15%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 8.7:1 in 2025.

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