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Enrollment
845
Middle
DISTRICT 632 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH HUNTINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362730003724
HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL
401 OAKWOOD RD, HUNTINGTON STATION, NY 11746 · (631) 812-3700 · Suffolk County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL845 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 35% of New York public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
77 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
387 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 427 | 51% |
| Grade 8 | 409 | 48% |
| Ungraded | 9 | 1% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL→WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within SOUTH HUNTINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
28.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
52.6%
NY avg 57.4% . -3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.0% | 52.6% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 56.4% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
49.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL
HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (49.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 845 | 45.8% | 49.8% |
| SUFFERN MIDDLE SCHOOL SUFFERN | 880 | 41.7% | 56.2% |
| PULASKI STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RIVERHEAD | 797 | 50.3% | 25.9% |
| SAXTON MIDDLE SCHOOL PATCHOGUE | 579 | 43.0% | 41.9% |
| RIVERHEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL RIVERHEAD | 793 | 52.2% | 51.5% |
| HENRY H WELLS MIDDLE SCHOOL BREWSTER | 656 | 38.1% | 49.6% |
Matched among New York middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #432 of 766 | #38 of 66 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #463 of 768 ▼ 69 | #46 of 66 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #710 of 768 ▼ 93 | #58 of 66 ▼ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 845 | #134 of 796 | #23 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #440 of 683 | #45 of 66 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.8% | #180 of 688 | #20 of 66 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.8% | #462 of 773 | #24 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.1% | #363 of 524 | #46 of 59 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
845
-63 (-7%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 756
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 10.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 845 | 77.3 | 10.9:1 | 46% (387) |
| 2023-24 | 837 | 82.5 | 10.1:1 | 45% (375) |
| 2022-23 | 870 | 82.7 | 10.5:1 | 54% (467) |
| 2020-21 | 908 | 83 | 10.9:1 | 51% (461) |
| 2017-18 | 919 | 70.7 | 13.0:1 | 48% (443) |
| 2015-16 | 950 | 68 | 14.0:1 | 40% (380) |
| 2010-11 | 1,411 | 113 | 12.5:1 | 38% (539) |
| 2000-01 | 1,420 | 102 | 13.9:1 | 23% (325) |
| 1990-91 | 756 | 59 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL
HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL is a large middle school in HUNTINGTON STATION, New York, (ZIP code 11746). It had 845 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 7 through 8. That compares with an average of about 531 students for middle schools in New York.
SOUTH HUNTINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT has 7 schools; together they serve 5,670 students.
The share of Hispanic students at HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL is 54%, a majority. It is also 30% White, 6% Black, 5% Asian, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Suffolk County is roughly 23% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 61, compared with 70 nationally.
For every teacher at HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, there are about 10.9 students; the school has 77.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. There are 387 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 46% of enrollment.
HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 35% of New York public middle schools.
In New York, HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 49.8% actual against a predicted 58.1%.
In Suffolk County, the median household earns about $130,686 a year, about 40% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Across Suffolk County, 343 public schools serve about 222,439 students.
OAKWOOD PRIMARY CENTER is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 4th of 8 on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 63 students, from 908 to 845.
This page is set up for the HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Suffolk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,530,146
Census ACS
Median income
$130,686
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
343
222,439 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SOUTH HUNTINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,939 students
- BIRCHWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 659 students
- OAKWOOD PRIMARY CENTERElementary · 643 students
- MAPLEWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 594 students
- COUNTRYWOOD PRIMARY CENTERElementary · 572 students
- SILAS WOOD 6TH GRADE CENTERMiddle · 418 students
Other schools in HUNTINGTON STATION
- WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,939 students
- MAPLEWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 594 students
- COUNTRYWOOD PRIMARY CENTERElementary · 572 students
- JACK ABRAMS STEM MAGNET SCHOOLMiddle · 438 students
- SILAS WOOD 6TH GRADE CENTERMiddle · 418 students
- WASHINGTON SCHOOLElementary · 335 students
Nearby schools
- OAKWOOD PRIMARY CENTER0.4 mi · 643
- WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 1,939
- JEFFERSON SCHOOL1.0 mi · 297
- SILAS WOOD 6TH GRADE CENTER1.3 mi · 418
- HUNTINGTON HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 1,363
- JACK ABRAMS STEM MAGNET SCHOOL1.6 mi · 438
Frequently asked questions
About HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 845 students in grades 07-08.
Is HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 10.9:1 (77 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 30% White, 54% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SOUTH HUNTINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.