HARBORFIELDS HIGH SCHOOL

As a medium-sized secondary school in GREENLAWN, New York, HARBORFIELDS HIGH SCHOOL hosts 923 students from grades 9 through 12, part of HARBORFIELDS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 38% above the state mean of about 668.

Across the 4 schools in HARBORFIELDS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (2,773 students total), HARBORFIELDS HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, HARBORFIELDS HIGH SCHOOL lists that White students make up the majority at 66%. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 4% multiracial, 4% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Suffolk County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, HARBORFIELDS HIGH SCHOOL has 85 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.8:1. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 21% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Suffolk County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HARBORFIELDS HIGH SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 67.2%; HARBORFIELDS HIGH SCHOOL posts 93.2%, +25.9 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Suffolk County) logs that median household income runs about $130,686, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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), HARBORFIELDS HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

THOMAS J LAHEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HARBORFIELDS HIGH SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, HARBORFIELDS HIGH SCHOOL comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 70.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Trend over the last 7 years. HARBORFIELDS HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 16% since 2018, when it stood at 1,101 (now 923). Over the same period, the White share fell from 80% to 66%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

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