MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a reasonably sized elementary-level community in WYANDANCH, New York, part of WYANDANCH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, instructs 538 students, covering grades 3 through 5. That puts it 21% bigger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

Within WYANDANCH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 4 schools and 2,472 students, MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 72% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 27% Black. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 78% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Suffolk County (around 39%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 46.3%; this one comes in at 25.4%, -20.9 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Suffolk County indicate median household income runs about $130,686, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Suffolk County runs 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), of which MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

LAFRANCIS HARDIMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 44.3%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 19% since 2018, when it stood at 663 (now 538). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 54% to 72%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

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