HAMPTON BAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

HAMPTON BAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a moderately sized primary school in HAMPTON BAYS, New York, one of the schools within HAMPTON BAYS UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school works with 654 students in grades K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 48% above the state mean of about 443.

HAMPTON BAYS UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 2,008 students; HAMPTON BAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HAMPTON BAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 70% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 29% White. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting HAMPTON BAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 12% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Suffolk County's rate of about 39%.

After controlling for student poverty, HAMPTON BAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 70.4%; this one delivers 57.8%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Suffolk County indicate the typical household earns roughly $130,686 per year, 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 HAMPTON BAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

HAMPTON BAYS MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around HAMPTON BAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HAMPTON BAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 50.7%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 8%: 713 students in 2018 compared to 654 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 57% to 70% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 today.

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