LONGWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL

LONGWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a high-enrollment 6-8 campus in MIDDLE ISLAND, New York, part of LONGWOOD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 1,304 students spanning grades 5 through 6. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 531 students each, so LONGWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 146% larger than that benchmark.

LONGWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 7 schools operated by LONGWOOD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that caters to 8,787 students overall.

Looking at the student body, LONGWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White at 40%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 32% Hispanic, 18% Black, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Suffolk County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, LONGWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL reports 81 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.3:1, putting LONGWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LONGWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 61.1%; LONGWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL posts 29.1%, -31.9 points below that line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Suffolk County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $130,686 per year, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. LONGWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 343 public schools in Suffolk County (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students).

The closest other public school is LONGWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 1.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LONGWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 44.3%.

LONGWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LONGWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL has fell 14%, going from 1,525 students in 2018 to 1,304 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 25% to 32% across the same window.

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