HUNTINGTON HIGH SCHOOL

HUNTINGTON HIGH SCHOOL is a high school of big scale in HUNTINGTON, New York, part of HUNTINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, caters to 1,363 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 668 students per school, that is 104% above typical.

Within HUNTINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 8 schools and 3,995 students, HUNTINGTON HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, HUNTINGTON HIGH SCHOOL reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 59%. Other groups include 29% White, 7% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Suffolk County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, HUNTINGTON HIGH SCHOOL has 122 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.2:1. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 55% of students at HUNTINGTON HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Suffolk County (around 39%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, HUNTINGTON HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.7%, the actual is 50.2%, a residual of -4.5 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Suffolk County indicate the typical household earns roughly $130,686 per year, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 HUNTINGTON HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is JACK ABRAMS STEM MAGNET SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, HUNTINGTON HIGH SCHOOL comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 55.0%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HUNTINGTON HIGH SCHOOL has declined 8%, going from 1,486 students in 2018 to 1,363 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 43% to 29% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.