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Enrollment
567
Elementary
DISTRICT 661 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL ISLIP UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360687000477
MARGUERITE L MULVEY SCHOOL
44 E CHERRY ST, CENTRAL ISLIP, NY 11722 · (631) 348-5059 · Suffolk County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL567 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of New York public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
352 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 61 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 104 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 41% smaller than its 6th grade class (104).
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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
Based on grade levels within CENTRAL ISLIP UNION FREE 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
35.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
34.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.0% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 38.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
33.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 MARGUERITE L MULVEY SCHOOL
MARGUERITE L MULVEY SCHOOL's state test result (33.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARGUERITE L MULVEY SCHOOL this school | 567 | 62.1% | 33.7% |
| PINE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRENTWOOD | 544 | 64.5% | N/A |
| CORDELLO AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CENTRAL ISLIP | 490 | 63.9% | 28.8% |
| SUSAN E WILEY SCHOOL COPIAGUE | 611 | 67.8% | 38.0% |
| DREXEL AVENUE SCHOOL WESTBURY | 513 | 67.6% | 44.1% |
| BAYVIEW AVENUE SCHOOL FREEPORT | 515 | 63.3% | 68.6% |
Matched among New York elementary 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 MARGUERITE L MULVEY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #1,890 of 2,335 | #145 of 168 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #2,015 of 2,342 ▼ 251 | #158 of 169 ▼ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #1,993 of 2,343 ▼ 462 | #150 of 169 ▼ 54 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 567 | #577 of 2,585 | #49 of 209 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #1,521 of 2,338 | #136 of 196 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.3% | #1,956 of 2,388 | #179 of 197 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.1% | #1,118 of 2,534 | #24 of 200 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.1% | #1,018 of 1,757 | #57 of 137 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
567
+43 (+8%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 654
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 567 | 44.7 | 12.7:1 | 62% (352) |
| 2023-24 | 532 | 41.4 | 12.8:1 | 80% (428) |
| 2022-23 | 526 | 39.9 | 13.2:1 | 86% (451) |
| 2020-21 | 524 | 41 | 12.8:1 | 83% (433) |
| 2017-18 | 645 | 42 | 15.4:1 | 85% (547) |
| 2015-16 | 646 | 38 | 17.0:1 | 83% (534) |
| 2010-11 | 650 | 45 | 14.4:1 | 73% (477) |
| 2000-01 | 602 | 42 | 14.3:1 | 66% (400) |
| 1990-91 | 654 | 38 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MARGUERITE L MULVEY SCHOOL.
About MARGUERITE L MULVEY SCHOOL
In CENTRAL ISLIP, New York, MARGUERITE L MULVEY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school. The latest federal count shows 567 students in kindergarten through 6. Against the 443-student average for elementary schools in New York, enrollment here is 28% higher.
CENTRAL ISLIP UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT operates 8 schools. Combined enrollment is 7,773 students.
Hispanic students make up 85% of enrollment at MARGUERITE L MULVEY SCHOOL. Other students are 10% Black and 3% multiracial. That is higher than the 23% Hispanic share among all Suffolk County residents. The school's diversity index is 27%, meaning two students picked at random have a 27% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reported 44.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 12.7:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 62%. That is 23 points above the 39% average for public schools in Suffolk County.
The allk12 Grade for MARGUERITE L MULVEY SCHOOL is D. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 14% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
MARGUERITE L MULVEY SCHOOL is 18.4 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (33.7% versus 52.2%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New York.
Federal survey data for Suffolk County show that the median household income is $130,686, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 40% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Suffolk County is home to 343 public schools and about 222,439 public school students.
The nearest other public school, FRANCIS J O'NEILL SCHOOL, is about 0.9 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, MARGUERITE L MULVEY SCHOOL places 3rd out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
In the federal locale system, MARGUERITE L MULVEY SCHOOL is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 43 more students in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at MARGUERITE L MULVEY SCHOOL. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 CENTRAL ISLIP UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CENTRAL ISLIP SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,615 students
- RALPH REED SCHOOLMiddle · 1,192 students
- CHARLES A MULLIGAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 997 students
- ANDREW T MORROW SCHOOLElementary · 821 students
- FRANCIS J O'NEILL SCHOOLElementary · 600 students
- ANTHONY ALFANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 491 students
Other schools in CENTRAL ISLIP
- CENTRAL ISLIP SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,615 students
- RALPH REED SCHOOLMiddle · 1,192 students
- CHARLES A MULLIGAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 997 students
- FRANCIS J O'NEILL SCHOOLElementary · 600 students
- ANTHONY ALFANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 491 students
- CORDELLO AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 490 students
Nearby schools
- FRANCIS J O'NEILL SCHOOL0.9 mi · 600
- SOUTH SHORE CHARTER SCHOOL1.0 mi · 268
- CHARLES A MULLIGAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 997
- CORDELLO AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 490
- RALPH REED SCHOOL1.4 mi · 1,192
- ANTHONY ALFANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 491
Frequently asked questions
About MARGUERITE L MULVEY SCHOOLHow large is MARGUERITE L MULVEY SCHOOL?
MARGUERITE L MULVEY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 567 students in grades KG-06.
Is MARGUERITE L MULVEY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
MARGUERITE L MULVEY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does MARGUERITE L MULVEY SCHOOL have?
MARGUERITE L MULVEY SCHOOL employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
How diverse is MARGUERITE L MULVEY SCHOOL?
MARGUERITE L MULVEY SCHOOL reports a student body of 1% White, 85% Hispanic, 10% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is MARGUERITE L MULVEY SCHOOL public or private?
MARGUERITE L MULVEY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by CENTRAL ISLIP UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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