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Enrollment
601
Middle
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ISLIP UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361554001325
ISLIP MIDDLE SCHOOL
211 MAIN ST, ISLIP, NY 11751 · (631) 650-8500 · Suffolk County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL601 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
267 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 6 | 197 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 183 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 211 | 35% |
| Ungraded | 10 | 2% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
ISLIP MIDDLE SCHOOL→ISLIP HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within ISLIP 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
36.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
61.6%
NY avg 57.4% . -13.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 13 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.0% | 61.6% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 75.0% |
% 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
44.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 ISLIP MIDDLE SCHOOL
ISLIP MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (44.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISLIP MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 601 | 44.4% | 44.6% |
| NEW VOICES SCHOOL OF ACADEMIC AND CREATIVE ARTS BROOKLYN | 546 | 40.5% | 85.6% |
| ROMBOUT MIDDLE SCHOOL BEACON | 592 | 43.9% | 47.2% |
| JACK ABRAMS STEM MAGNET SCHOOL HUNTINGTON STATION | 438 | 44.3% | 49.7% |
| BLUE MOUNTAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL CORTLANDT MANOR | 534 | 36.3% | 59.5% |
| OREGON MIDDLE SCHOOL MEDFORD | 545 | 52.1% | 43.8% |
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 ISLIP MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #528 of 766 | #47 of 66 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.6% | #361 of 768 ▼ 137 | #38 of 66 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #601 of 768 ▼ 50 | #47 of 66 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 601 | #283 of 796 | #39 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #221 of 683 | #19 of 66 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.5% | #142 of 688 | #12 of 66 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.4% | #481 of 773 | #25 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.3% | #311 of 524 | #38 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
601
-42 (-7%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 821
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 10.4:1
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 | 601 | 62.6 | 9.6:1 | 44% (267) |
| 2023-24 | 615 | 62.4 | 9.9:1 | 42% (256) |
| 2022-23 | 641 | 63.3 | 10.1:1 | 37% (240) |
| 2020-21 | 643 | 62 | 10.4:1 | 33% (213) |
| 2017-18 | 670 | 56 | 12.0:1 | 26% (173) |
| 2015-16 | 730 | 58 | 12.6:1 | 28% (206) |
| 2010-11 | 796 | 57 | 14.0:1 | 17% (137) |
| 2000-01 | 898 | 60 | 15.0:1 | 17% (157) |
| 1990-91 | 821 | 71 | 11.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ISLIP MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About ISLIP MIDDLE SCHOOL
ISLIP MIDDLE SCHOOL is a medium-sized middle school for students in ISLIP, New York. The student body numbers 601 students, from grades 6 through 8.
Federal data list 5 schools in ISLIP UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 2,652 students enrolled.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at ISLIP MIDDLE SCHOOL, at 45%. Enrollment also includes 40% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Among people living in Suffolk County, the White share is about 66%. The school's diversity index is 64%, meaning two students picked at random have a 64% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 62.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 9.6 students per teacher. For comparison, middle schools in New York average 10.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 44% of students.
ISLIP MIDDLE SCHOOL's average proficiency rate on state tests of 44.6% is 14.0 points below the 58.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census estimates describe Suffolk County this way: the median household income is $130,686, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 40% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. In all, Suffolk County has 343 public schools and roughly 222,439 students.
The nearest other public school, ISLIP HIGH SCHOOL, is about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 55.3%; ISLIP MIDDLE SCHOOL's is 44.6%, ranking 5th of 6.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school enrolled 601 students in 2024-25, 42 fewer than the 643 it had in 2020-21.
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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 ISLIP UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ISLIP HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 890 students
- COMMACK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 422 students
- WING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 373 students
- MAUD S SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 366 students
Other schools in ISLIP
- ISLIP HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 890 students
- COMMACK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 422 students
- WING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 373 students
- MAUD S SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 366 students
Nearby schools
- ISLIP HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 890
- BAY SHORE PREKINDERGARTEN CENTER0.7 mi · 27
- MAUD S SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 366
- WING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 373
- COMMACK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 422
- BROOK AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 336
Frequently asked questions
About ISLIP MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend ISLIP MIDDLE SCHOOL?
ISLIP MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 601 students in grades 06-08.
Is ISLIP MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
ISLIP MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ISLIP MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ISLIP MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 9.6:1 (63 FTE teachers).
How diverse is ISLIP MIDDLE SCHOOL?
ISLIP MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 45% White, 40% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees ISLIP MIDDLE SCHOOL?
ISLIP MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by ISLIP UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Suffolk County.
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