HAWKINS PATH SCHOOL

HAWKINS PATH SCHOOL, a middle-of-the-pack primary school in SELDEN, New York, part of MIDDLE COUNTRY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, enrolls 385 students, covering grades 1 through 5.

Across the 14 schools in MIDDLE COUNTRY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (9,410 students total), HAWKINS PATH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, HAWKINS PATH SCHOOL logs that the most-represented group is White (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 37% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 6% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 66% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, HAWKINS PATH SCHOOL has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 56% of students at HAWKINS PATH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Suffolk County (around 39%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, HAWKINS PATH SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 54.5%; actual is 32.5%, a gap of -22.1 points.

Across the wider county, Suffolk County reports that the typical household earns roughly $130,686 per year, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. HAWKINS PATH SCHOOL is one of 343 public schools in Suffolk County (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students).

Nearest neighbor: SELDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HAWKINS PATH SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 42.1%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Looking at the recent track record. HAWKINS PATH SCHOOL's enrollment has grew 35% since 2018, when it stood at 285 (now 385). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 64% to 40% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.