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MATTITUCK JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About MATTITUCK JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Located at 15125 MAIN RD, in MATTITUCK, New York, MATTITUCK JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a cozy senior high that enrolls 524 students (grades 7 through 12), one of the schools within MATTITUCK-CUTCHOGUE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Compared to the state average of about 668 students per school, that is 22% below typical.
MATTITUCK-CUTCHOGUE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 981 students. MATTITUCK JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, MATTITUCK JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 74%. The remainder reads as 24% Hispanic. By comparison, Suffolk County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, MATTITUCK JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL shows 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. Roughly 27% of students at MATTITUCK JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Suffolk County's rate of about 39%.
With demographic context factored in, MATTITUCK JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.9%; this one delivers 68.5%.
In the surrounding community, census data for Suffolk County shows 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%. MATTITUCK JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 343 public schools in Suffolk County (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students).
Nearest neighbor: NEW SUFFOLK SCHOOL, around 2.7 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MATTITUCK JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 56.9%.
The school occupies an outer-ring site.
Looking at the recent track record. MATTITUCK JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 18% since 2018, when it stood at 637 (now 524). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 14% to 24%. Class-load math has fell: from 10.6:1 in 2018 to 8.8:1 in 2025.
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