HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL

Located at 401 OAKWOOD RD, in HUNTINGTON STATION, New York, HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL is a well-populated intermediate school that teaches 845 students (grades 7 through 8), overseen by SOUTH HUNTINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 531 students each, so HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 59% above that benchmark.

SOUTH HUNTINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 5,670 students. HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 30% White, 6% Black, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Suffolk County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL lists 77 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 46% of students at HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.8%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Suffolk County indicate median household income runs about $130,686, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: OAKWOOD PRIMARY CENTER, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 54.8%.

HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 8% since 2018, when it stood at 919 (now 845). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 39% to 54%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 today.

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