JOHN S HOBART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

JOHN S HOBART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a primary school of sizable scale in SHIRLEY, New York, overseen by WILLIAM FLOYD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, works with 796 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 80% bigger than the state mean of about 443.

WILLIAM FLOYD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 9,386 students; JOHN S HOBART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, JOHN S HOBART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 22% White, 19% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, JOHN S HOBART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Suffolk County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, JOHN S HOBART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 55.5%; actual is 36.4%, a gap of -19.1 points.

In the surrounding community, Suffolk County reports that 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), JOHN S HOBART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is NATHANIEL WOODHULL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts JOHN S HOBART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 44.1%.

JOHN S HOBART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. JOHN S HOBART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 8% since 2018, when it stood at 866 (now 796). Hispanic enrollment moved from 37% to 50% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

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