J TAYLOR FINLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL

As a mid-sized middle school in HUNTINGTON, New York, J TAYLOR FINLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL serves 579 students from grades 7 through 8, part of HUNTINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, J TAYLOR FINLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 34% White, 7% Black, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, J TAYLOR FINLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL records 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.2:1. The state averages around 10.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Suffolk County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, J TAYLOR FINLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.9%.

In the area at large, census data for Suffolk County shows median household earnings sit near $130,686, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Suffolk County's 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), J TAYLOR FINLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

WOODHULL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 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), J TAYLOR FINLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 57.4%.

J TAYLOR FINLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. J TAYLOR FINLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 20% since 2018, when it stood at 722 (now 579). The White share of enrollment contracted from 44% to 34% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 8.2:1 today.

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