MERRIMAC SCHOOL

MERRIMAC SCHOOL is a primary school of compact scale in HOLBROOK, New York, operated by SACHEM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, caters to 358 students in grades K through 5.

Across the 15 schools in SACHEM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (11,556 students total), MERRIMAC SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MERRIMAC SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 67%. Beyond that, the school lists 20% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black, 4% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Suffolk County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, On paper, MERRIMAC SCHOOL has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.6:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 30% of students at MERRIMAC SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Suffolk County (around 39%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MERRIMAC SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.8%; this one delivers 48.0%.

In the broader community, 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. In all, Suffolk County runs 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), of which MERRIMAC SCHOOL is one.

GRUNDY AVENUE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MERRIMAC SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, MERRIMAC SCHOOL comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 52.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. MERRIMAC SCHOOL's enrollment has fell 20% since 2018, when it stood at 446 (now 358). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 today.

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