FRANK J CARASITI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

FRANK J CARASITI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, an average-sized elementary school in ROCKY POINT, New York, run under ROCKY POINT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, educates 531 students, covering grades K through 2.

ROCKY POINT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 2,580 students; FRANK J CARASITI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

On the student-mix side, FRANK J CARASITI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 18% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, FRANK J CARASITI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 19% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Suffolk County's rate of about 39%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Suffolk County indicate median household income runs about $130,686, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Suffolk County's 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), FRANK J CARASITI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

ROCKY POINT HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 7%: 574 students in 2018 compared to 531 in 2025.

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