Enrollment
278
Elementary
DISTRICT 295 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HUNTINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361509001261
FLOWER HILL SCHOOL
98 FLOWER HILL RD, HUNTINGTON, NY 11743 · (631) 673-2050 · Suffolk County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL278 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 79% 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.
- A-Beats 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
10.7:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
136 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 59 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 29% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 26% |
| Ungraded | 3 | 1% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
62.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
68.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 68.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 75.0% |
% 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
67.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 FLOWER HILL SCHOOL
FLOWER HILL SCHOOL's state test result (67.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLOWER HILL SCHOOL this school | 278 | 48.9% | 67.0% |
| SOUTHDOWN SCHOOL HUNTINGTON | 270 | 45.2% | 63.0% |
| VERNE W CRITZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EAST PATCHOGUE | 269 | 41.6% | 39.0% |
| TUCKAHOE SCHOOL SOUTHAMPTON | 249 | 47.0% | 61.5% |
| JEFFERSON SCHOOL HUNTINGTON | 297 | 42.4% | 41.5% |
| KREAMER STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BELLPORT | 284 | 44.7% | 28.3% |
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 FLOWER HILL SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #490 of 2,335 | #20 of 168 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #775 of 2,342 ▼ 341 | #47 of 169 ▼ 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #856 of 2,343 ▼ 411 | #48 of 169 ▼ 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 278 | #2,111 of 2,585 | #182 of 209 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #676 of 2,338 | #57 of 196 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.1% | #703 of 2,388 | #61 of 197 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.9% | #1,444 of 2,534 | #42 of 200 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.3% | #535 of 1,757 | #15 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
278
+12 (+5%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 337
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 278 | 26 | 10.7:1 | 49% (136) |
| 2023-24 | 282 | 24.5 | 11.5:1 | 46% (130) |
| 2022-23 | 273 | 25 | 10.9:1 | 56% (154) |
| 2020-21 | 266 | 22 | 12.1:1 | 53% (140) |
| 2017-18 | 358 | 28 | 12.8:1 | 56% (199) |
| 2015-16 | 396 | 28 | 14.1:1 | 61% (243) |
| 2010-11 | 458 | 41 | 11.2:1 | 39% (178) |
| 2000-01 | 352 | 23 | 15.3:1 | 14% (48) |
| 1990-91 | 337 | 20 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FLOWER HILL SCHOOL.
About FLOWER HILL SCHOOL
FLOWER HILL SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school in HUNTINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, located in HUNTINGTON, New York. It enrolls 278 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 3. That is 37% below the average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
HUNTINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT has a total of 8 schools and 3,995 students, FLOWER HILL SCHOOL among them.
At FLOWER HILL SCHOOL, 54% of students are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 30% White, 11% Black, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. For comparison, the population of Suffolk County is roughly 23% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, FLOWER HILL SCHOOL scores 60%.
Its staff includes 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 10.7 students per teacher. Compared with the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York, this school's ratio is lower. Roughly 49% of students at FLOWER HILL SCHOOL can receive free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 39% for public schools in Suffolk County.
Among New York public elementary schools, FLOWER HILL SCHOOL outscored 79%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
FLOWER HILL SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 67.0%, compared with a predicted 57.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Suffolk County show that median household income comes to about $130,686, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. The county's public schools total 343, with about 222,439 students.
FLOWER HILL SCHOOL is about 0.5 miles from WASHINGTON DRIVE PRIMARY SCHOOL, its nearest public school. FLOWER HILL SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. FLOWER HILL SCHOOL ranks 3rd of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 67.0% against a local average of 63.3%.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, FLOWER HILL SCHOOL had a net gain of 12 students, or 5%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 12.1:1 in 2020-21, and 10.7:1 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at FLOWER HILL SCHOOL. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 HUNTINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HUNTINGTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,363 students
- J TAYLOR FINLEY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 579 students
- JACK ABRAMS STEM MAGNET SCHOOLMiddle · 438 students
- WOODHULL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLMiddle · 435 students
- WASHINGTON SCHOOLElementary · 335 students
- JEFFERSON SCHOOLElementary · 297 students
Other schools in HUNTINGTON
- HUNTINGTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,363 students
- OAKWOOD PRIMARY CENTERElementary · 643 students
- J TAYLOR FINLEY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 579 students
- WOODHULL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLMiddle · 435 students
- JAMES H BOYD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 421 students
- LLOYD HARBOR SCHOOLElementary · 389 students
Nearby schools
- WASHINGTON DRIVE PRIMARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 621
- J TAYLOR FINLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 579
- OLDFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL1.5 mi · 627
- WOODHULL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL1.8 mi · 435
- SOUTHDOWN SCHOOL2.3 mi · 270
- HARBORFIELDS HIGH SCHOOL2.4 mi · 923
Frequently asked questions
About FLOWER HILL SCHOOLHow many students attend FLOWER HILL SCHOOL?
FLOWER HILL SCHOOL enrolls approximately 278 students in grades KG-03.
What age range does FLOWER HILL SCHOOL serve?
FLOWER HILL SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 03.
How many students per teacher at FLOWER HILL SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.7:1 students per teacher at FLOWER HILL SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at FLOWER HILL SCHOOL?
At FLOWER HILL SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 30% White, 54% Hispanic, 11% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is FLOWER HILL SCHOOL public or private?
FLOWER HILL SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by HUNTINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.