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Enrollment
823
High
DISTRICT 531 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KINGS PARK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361626001451
KINGS PARK HIGH SCHOOL
200 RT 25A, KINGS PARK, NY 11754 · (631) 269-3345 · Suffolk County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL823 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 86% of New York public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public high schools
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
84 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
118 students
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 215 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 190 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 192 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 219 | 27% |
| Ungraded | 7 | 1% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within KINGS PARK CENTRAL 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
93.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -3.0pp since 2023
Math
77.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 93 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 93.0% | 77.0% |
| 2023-24 | 96.0% | 82.0% |
% 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
86.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 KINGS PARK HIGH SCHOOL
KINGS PARK HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (86.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KINGS PARK HIGH SCHOOL this school | 823 | 14.3% | 86.3% |
| SOMERS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL LINCOLNDALE | 847 | 13.7% | 93.3% |
| SAYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL WEST SAYVILLE | 814 | 13.6% | 91.8% |
| SEAFORD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL SEAFORD | 650 | 14.6% | 71.7% |
| WANTAGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL WANTAGH | 826 | 10.8% | 87.3% |
| BABYLON JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL BABYLON | 662 | 16.2% | 71.3% |
Matched among New York high 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 KINGS PARK HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 86.3% | #112 of 1,135 | #13 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #171 of 1,109 ▲ 18 | #14 of 57 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 93.0% | #119 of 1,135 ▼ 31 | #17 of 56 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 823 | #311 of 1,216 | #41 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.8:1 | #271 of 1,058 | #13 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.2% | #751 of 1,070 | #50 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.3% | #1,136 of 1,167 | #53 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.2% | #102 of 743 | #2 of 45 |
Ranked against other public high 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
823
-143 (-15%) vs 2020
-20% since 2000-01, when it was 1,024
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 10.7:1
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 | 823 | 84 | 9.8:1 | 14% (118) |
| 2023-24 | 832 | 83.6 | 10.0:1 | 15% (125) |
| 2022-23 | 857 | 86.3 | 9.9:1 | 12% (102) |
| 2020-21 | 966 | 90 | 10.7:1 | 11% (102) |
| 2017-18 | 1,131 | 83.8 | 13.5:1 | 11% (123) |
| 2015-16 | 1,228 | 81 | 15.2:1 | 10% (119) |
| 2010-11 | 1,269 | 90 | 14.1:1 | 4% (49) |
| 2000-01 | 1,024 | 87 | 11.8:1 | 2% (18) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KINGS PARK HIGH SCHOOL.
About KINGS PARK HIGH SCHOOL
KINGS PARK HIGH SCHOOL is a public high school in KINGS PARK, New York. Its grade span covers grades 9 through 12, with 823 students on the rolls. High schools in New York average about 668 students, which makes this school 23% bigger than average.
KINGS PARK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT has 5 schools; together they serve 2,656 students.
More than half of the students at KINGS PARK HIGH SCHOOL are White (80%). The remaining shares are 14% Hispanic and 3% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Suffolk County's population at about 66%. The diversity index for KINGS PARK HIGH SCHOOL is 34%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 84 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 9.8:1. The gap from the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York is 1.2 students per teacher. On the income side, 14% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 39% average for public schools in Suffolk County is 25 points higher.
KINGS PARK HIGH SCHOOL earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 86% of New York public high schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, KINGS PARK HIGH SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 86.3%; the prediction is 69.7%.
For the population of Suffolk County, the median household earns about $130,686 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 40% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Across Suffolk County, 343 public schools serve about 222,439 students.
The closest school to KINGS PARK HIGH SCHOOL is PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, located about 0.6 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of KINGS PARK HIGH SCHOOL. On proficiency, KINGS PARK HIGH SCHOOL is ahead of the 69.3% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 8.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 966 (2020-21) to 823 (2024-25).
On allk12, people connected to KINGS PARK HIGH SCHOOL can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 KINGS PARK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WILLIAM T ROGERS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 588 students
- RJ O INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 439 students
- PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 425 students
- FORT SALONGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 381 students
Other schools in KINGS PARK
- WILLIAM T ROGERS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 588 students
- RJ O INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 439 students
- PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 425 students
Nearby schools
- PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 425
- WILLIAM T ROGERS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 588
- RJ O INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 439
- ACCOMPSETT MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 522
- SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL-WEST1.4 mi · 1,158
- ACCOMPSETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 523
Frequently asked questions
About KINGS PARK HIGH SCHOOLHow large is KINGS PARK HIGH SCHOOL?
KINGS PARK HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 823 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does KINGS PARK HIGH SCHOOL serve?
KINGS PARK HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at KINGS PARK HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 9.8:1 students per teacher at KINGS PARK HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is KINGS PARK HIGH SCHOOL?
KINGS PARK HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 80% White, 14% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees KINGS PARK HIGH SCHOOL?
KINGS PARK HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by KINGS PARK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Suffolk County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.