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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at LONGWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
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Enrollment
1,363
Middle
DISTRICT 1,334 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LONGWOOD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361923001754
LONGWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
198 LONGWOOD RD, MIDDLE ISLAND, NY 11953 · (631) 345-2701 · Suffolk County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL1,363 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% of New York public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
104 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
493 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 681 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 668 | 49% |
| Ungraded | 14 | 1% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
Students here typically continue to
LONGWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL→LONGWOOD HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within LONGWOOD 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
37.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
57.7%
NY avg 57.4% . +9.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.0% | 57.7% |
| 2023-24 | 27.0% | 48.2% |
% 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
45.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 LONGWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
LONGWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (45.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LONGWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,363 | 36.2% | 45.3% |
| LONGWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL MIDDLE ISLAND | 1,304 | 37.9% | 29.1% |
| ALBERT LEONARD MIDDLE SCHOOL NEW ROCHELLE | 1,012 | 37.1% | 62.8% |
| LAKELAND-COPPER BEECH MIDDLE SCHOOL YORKTOWN HEIGHTS | 1,219 | 31.5% | 59.7% |
| WASHINGTONVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL WASHINGTONVILLE | 884 | 40.0% | 52.3% |
| VALLEY CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL MONTGOMERY | 945 | 39.9% | 61.1% |
Matched among New York middle 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 LONGWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #521 of 766 | #46 of 66 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #407 of 768 ▲ 86 | #43 of 66 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #585 of 768 ▲ 102 | #45 of 66 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,363 | #22 of 796 | #1 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #613 of 683 | #62 of 66 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.9% | #47 of 688 | #4 of 66 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.2% | #562 of 773 | #34 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.9% | #492 of 524 | #55 of 59 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,363
-48 (-3%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 1,332
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 1,363 | 104.3 | 13.1:1 | 36% (493) |
| 2023-24 | 1,336 | 103.7 | 12.9:1 | 47% (622) |
| 2022-23 | 1,388 | 104.7 | 13.3:1 | 48% (662) |
| 2020-21 | 1,411 | 108 | 13.1:1 | 42% (595) |
| 2017-18 | 1,390 | 109 | 12.8:1 | 49% (687) |
| 2015-16 | 1,386 | 109 | 12.7:1 | 50% (693) |
| 2010-11 | 1,407 | 111 | 12.7:1 | 36% (508) |
| 2000-01 | 1,488 | 97 | 15.3:1 | 21% (312) |
| 1990-91 | 1,332 | 112 | 11.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LONGWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About LONGWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
A large middle school in MIDDLE ISLAND, New York, LONGWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is part of LONGWOOD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Its 1,363 students are spread across grades 7 through 8. The school's enrollment is 157% larger than the 531 average for middle schools in New York.
LONGWOOD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT has 7 schools; together they serve 8,787 students.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at LONGWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is White (38%). The remaining students are 32% Hispanic, 20% Black, 7% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census figures show Suffolk County is about 66% White. By the diversity index, LONGWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL comes in at 71%.
The school reported 104.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 13.1:1. For comparison, middle schools in New York average 10.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 36%.
LONGWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 18% of New York public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for LONGWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is -16.4 points: 45.3% actual, 61.7% predicted.
Census estimates describe Suffolk County this way: median household income is about $130,686, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 40% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Federal data list 343 public schools in Suffolk County, with a combined enrollment of about 222,439.
Nearest public school: LONGWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.8 miles away. The five-mile area around LONGWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 42.7% on proficiency, and LONGWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is above that at 45.3%.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Fringe, or in rural territory close to an urban area.
LONGWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL had 1,411 students in 2020-21 and 1,363 in 2024-25, a 3% decrease.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 LONGWOOD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- LONGWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,993 students
- LONGWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,304 students
- CORAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 951 students
- C E WALTERS SCHOOLElementary · 795 students
- WEST MIDDLE ISLAND SCHOOLElementary · 697 students
- RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 684 students
Other schools in MIDDLE ISLAND
- LONGWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,993 students
- LONGWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,304 students
- WEST MIDDLE ISLAND SCHOOLElementary · 697 students
Nearby schools
- LONGWOOD HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 2,993
- LONGWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL1.7 mi · 1,304
- C E WALTERS SCHOOL1.8 mi · 795
- RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.9 mi · 684
- WEST MIDDLE ISLAND SCHOOL4.0 mi · 697
- CORAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.4 mi · 951
Frequently asked questions
About LONGWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at LONGWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
LONGWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,363 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does LONGWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
LONGWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many teachers does LONGWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL have?
LONGWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL employs 104 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
How diverse is LONGWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
LONGWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 38% White, 32% Hispanic, 20% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees LONGWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
LONGWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by LONGWOOD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Suffolk County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.