LAFRANCIS HARDIMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

LAFRANCIS HARDIMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a mid-tier elementary school in WYANDANCH, New York, part of WYANDANCH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 538 students spanning grades pre-K through 2. Enrollment runs roughly 21% above the state mean of about 443.

WYANDANCH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 2,472 students; LAFRANCIS HARDIMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, LAFRANCIS HARDIMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 70% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 26% Black. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, LAFRANCIS HARDIMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Suffolk County (around 39%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Across the wider county, census data for Suffolk County shows median household income runs about $130,686, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Suffolk County runs 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), of which LAFRANCIS HARDIMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LAFRANCIS HARDIMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 4%: 561 students in 2018 compared to 538 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment decreased from 40% to 26% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 22.4:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

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