LYNWOOD AVENUE SCHOOL

Located at 50 LYNWOOD AVE, in FARMINGVILLE, New York, LYNWOOD AVENUE SCHOOL is a reasonably sized primary school that works with 561 students (grades K through 5), overseen by SACHEM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. That puts it 27% bigger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

LYNWOOD AVENUE SCHOOL is one of 15 schools operated by SACHEM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that enrolls 11,556 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, LYNWOOD AVENUE SCHOOL shows that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 32% Hispanic, 7% Black, 6% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.5:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, LYNWOOD AVENUE SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 62.0%; actual is 40.2%, a gap of -21.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, Suffolk County reports that median household income runs about $130,686, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. LYNWOOD AVENUE SCHOOL is one of 343 public schools in Suffolk County (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students).

Nearest neighbor: WAVERLY AVENUE SCHOOL, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LYNWOOD AVENUE SCHOOL at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 51.5%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. LYNWOOD AVENUE SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 6% since 2018, when it stood at 598 (now 561). The White share of enrollment shrank from 61% to 52% over that span.

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