JEFFERSON SCHOOL

Located at 253 OAKWOOD RD, in HUNTINGTON, New York, JEFFERSON SCHOOL is an intimate elementary-level community that hosts 297 students (grades K through 3), part of HUNTINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so JEFFERSON SCHOOL sits 33% smaller than that benchmark.

JEFFERSON SCHOOL is one of 8 schools operated by HUNTINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that instructs 3,995 students overall.

Looking at the student body, JEFFERSON SCHOOL shows that 57% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest reads as 33% White, 6% Black, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 42% of students are eligible 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), JEFFERSON SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.5%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Suffolk County) records that median household earnings sit near $130,686, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Suffolk County runs 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), of which JEFFERSON SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is HUNTINGTON HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, JEFFERSON SCHOOL comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 58.2%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JEFFERSON SCHOOL has fell 15%, going from 351 students in 2018 to 297 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share shrank from 65% to 57%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 today.

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