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If you had an hour of school board time for LONGWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
1,304
Middle
DISTRICT 1,334 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LONGWOOD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361923004513
LONGWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL
41 YAPHANK MIDDLE ISLAND RD, MIDDLE ISLAND, NY 11953 · (631) 345-2736 · Suffolk County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,304 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 1% of New York public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
16.1:1
81 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
494 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 5 | 636 | 49% |
| Grade 6 | 650 | 50% |
| Ungraded | 18 | 1% |
Student demographics
70%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
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
34.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
28.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.0% | 28.0% |
| 2023-24 | 27.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
29.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-31.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 61% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 MIDDLE SCHOOL
LONGWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (29.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LONGWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 1,304 | 37.9% | 29.1% |
| LONGWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL MIDDLE ISLAND | 1,363 | 36.2% | 45.3% |
| ALBERT LEONARD MIDDLE SCHOOL NEW ROCHELLE | 1,012 | 37.1% | 62.8% |
| WASHINGTONVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL WASHINGTONVILLE | 884 | 40.0% | 52.3% |
| VALLEY CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL MONTGOMERY | 945 | 39.9% | 61.1% |
| LAKELAND-COPPER BEECH MIDDLE SCHOOL YORKTOWN HEIGHTS | 1,219 | 31.5% | 59.7% |
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 MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.1% | #729 of 766 | #65 of 66 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #717 of 768 ▲ 11 | #65 of 66 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #636 of 768 ▲ 54 | #51 of 66 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,304 | #28 of 796 | #3 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #674 of 683 | #66 of 66 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.9% | #62 of 688 | #6 of 66 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.9% | #547 of 773 | #31 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.5% | #228 of 524 | #28 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
1,304
-77 (-6%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 1,346
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 1,304 | 80.8 | 16.1:1 | 38% (494) |
| 2023-24 | 1,303 | 89.2 | 14.6:1 | 47% (609) |
| 2022-23 | 1,290 | 86.2 | 15.0:1 | 49% (636) |
| 2020-21 | 1,381 | 91 | 15.2:1 | 47% (646) |
| 2017-18 | 1,525 | 96 | 15.9:1 | 52% (794) |
| 2015-16 | 1,365 | 89 | 15.3:1 | 48% (657) |
| 2010-11 | 1,354 | 89 | 15.2:1 | 41% (551) |
| 2000-01 | 1,579 | 109 | 14.5:1 | 25% (400) |
| 1990-91 | 1,346 | 108 | 12.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LONGWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About LONGWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL
LONGWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL is a high-enrollment middle school in MIDDLE ISLAND, New York. It serves 1,304 students in grades 5 through 6. The average among middle schools in New York is roughly 531 students; this school is 146% above that.
LONGWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of the 7 schools that make up LONGWOOD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (8,787 students in total).
LONGWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 40%. Other reported shares: 32% Hispanic, 18% Black, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That compares with about 66% White among all Suffolk County residents. The school's diversity index is 70%, meaning two students picked at random have a 70% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its 80.8 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 16.1:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. The school's lunch program data list 38% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Suffolk County average 39%.
allk12 grades LONGWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL an F. The grade compares the school only with New York public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at LONGWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL are 31.9 points below what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate on state tests is 29.1%, compared with a predicted 61.1%, which ranks in the bottom 10% in New York.
Suffolk County census figures show that the median household income is $130,686, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 343 public schools in Suffolk County, enrolling about 222,439 students in all.
Nearest public school: LONGWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, about 1.1 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts LONGWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL at 8th of 8.
Federal data place LONGWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at LONGWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL declined 6% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 1,381 to 1,304 students.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 1,363 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 JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 1,363 students
- WEST MIDDLE ISLAND SCHOOLElementary · 697 students
Nearby schools
- LONGWOOD HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 2,993
- LONGWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.7 mi · 1,363
- WEST MIDDLE ISLAND SCHOOL2.3 mi · 697
- C E WALTERS SCHOOL2.3 mi · 795
- CORAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.9 mi · 951
- RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.9 mi · 684
Frequently asked questions
About LONGWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is LONGWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL?
LONGWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,304 students in grades 05-06.
Is LONGWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
LONGWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 05-06.
How many students per teacher at LONGWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 16.1:1 students per teacher at LONGWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is LONGWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL?
LONGWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 40% White, 32% Hispanic, 18% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is LONGWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
LONGWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by LONGWOOD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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