HALF HOLLOW HILLS HIGH SCHOOL EAST

As an expansive 9-12 campus in DIX HILLS, New York, HALF HOLLOW HILLS HIGH SCHOOL EAST serves 1,407 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by HALF HOLLOW HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 111% above the state mean of about 668.

Within HALF HOLLOW HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 9 schools and 7,203 students, HALF HOLLOW HILLS HIGH SCHOOL EAST is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, HALF HOLLOW HILLS HIGH SCHOOL EAST records that 44% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 21% Asian, 16% Hispanic, 14% Black, 5% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

In terms of school funding signals, HALF HOLLOW HILLS HIGH SCHOOL EAST shows 140 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.1:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 31% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Suffolk County's rate of about 39%.

With demographic context factored in, HALF HOLLOW HILLS HIGH SCHOOL EAST sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.7%; this one delivers 81.3%.

In the broader community, Suffolk County reports that the typical household earns roughly $130,686 per year, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Suffolk County's 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), HALF HOLLOW HILLS HIGH SCHOOL EAST is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: WESTERN SUFFOLK BOCES, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HALF HOLLOW HILLS HIGH SCHOOL EAST. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HALF HOLLOW HILLS HIGH SCHOOL EAST ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 77.1%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HALF HOLLOW HILLS HIGH SCHOOL EAST has contracted 18%, going from 1,725 students in 2018 to 1,407 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 62% to 44% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 today.

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