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Enrollment
546
Middle
DISTRICT 618 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WYANDANCH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363180004235
MILTON L OLIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL
140 GARDEN CITY AVE, WYANDANCH, NY 11798 · (631) 870-0525 · Suffolk County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL546 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of New York public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
420 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 156 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 187 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 187 | 34% |
| Ungraded | 16 | 3% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
MILTON L OLIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL→WYANDANCH MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within WYANDANCH 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
24.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
34.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 24 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 are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.0% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 23.0% | 30.1% |
% 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
32.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 MILTON L OLIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL
MILTON L OLIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (32.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MILTON L OLIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 546 | 76.9% | 32.1% |
| ALVERTA B GRAY SCHULTZ MIDDLE SCHOOL HEMPSTEAD | 748 | 76.6% | 26.1% |
| EDMUND W MILES MIDDLE SCHOOL AMITYVILLE | 592 | 73.1% | 36.5% |
| TURTLE HOOK MIDDLE SCHOOL UNIONDALE | 637 | 67.5% | 44.6% |
| YONKERS MIDDLE SCHOOL YONKERS | 540 | 76.5% | 51.3% |
| MIDDLETOWN TWIN TOWERS MIDDLE SCHOOL MIDDLETOWN | 820 | 76.7% | 39.2% |
Matched among New York middle 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 MILTON L OLIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #705 of 766 | #64 of 66 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #679 of 768 ▲ 12 | #63 of 66 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #736 of 768 ▼ 2 | #63 of 66 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 546 | #326 of 796 | #47 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.8:1 | #252 of 683 | #23 of 66 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.9% | #437 of 688 | #51 of 66 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.9% | #253 of 773 | #5 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.4% | #75 of 524 | #3 of 59 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
546
-65 (-11%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 580
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 546 | 56 | 9.8:1 | 77% (420) |
| 2023-24 | 614 | 56.8 | 10.8:1 | 84% (513) |
| 2022-23 | 581 | 43.3 | 13.4:1 | 88% (511) |
| 2020-21 | 611 | 48 | 12.7:1 | 78% (478) |
| 2017-18 | 784 | 54 | 14.5:1 | 80% (627) |
| 2015-16 | 663 | 50 | 13.3:1 | 89% (587) |
| 2010-11 | 406 | 29 | 14.0:1 | 60% (245) |
| 2000-01 | 670 | 46 | 14.6:1 | 74% (497) |
| 1990-91 | 580 | 30 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MILTON L OLIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About MILTON L OLIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL
MILTON L OLIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a medium-sized middle school that serves part of WYANDANCH, New York. A federal count lists 546 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8.
MILTON L OLIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one school in WYANDANCH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a system of 4 schools with 2,472 students.
By race and ethnicity, MILTON L OLIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is 71% Hispanic. Other reported shares: 28% Black. That compares with about 23% Hispanic among all Suffolk County residents. By the diversity index, MILTON L OLIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL comes in at 42%.
A ratio of 9.8:1 comes from the school's 56 full-time-equivalent teachers. Middle schools in New York have a similar average ratio of 10.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 77% in 2024-25. The average for public schools in Suffolk County is 39%.
allk12 grades MILTON L OLIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL a D. The grade compares the school only with New York public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, MILTON L OLIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is 14.6 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 32.1% actual, 46.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
Suffolk County census figures show that median household income is about $130,686, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. MILTON L OLIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is among the 343 public schools in Suffolk County.
WYANDANCH MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, MILTON L OLIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 7th on average proficiency.
MILTON L OLIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
MILTON L OLIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL saw enrollment fall 11% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The school's ratio fell from 12.7:1 to 9.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for MILTON L OLIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 WYANDANCH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WYANDANCH MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 850 students
- LAFRANCIS HARDIMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 538 students
- MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 538 students
Other schools in WYANDANCH
- WYANDANCH MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 850 students
- LAFRANCIS HARDIMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 538 students
- MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 538 students
- ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL 2 (THE)Elementary · 468 students
Nearby schools
- WYANDANCH MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 850
- ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL 2 (THE)0.8 mi · 468
- LAFRANCIS HARDIMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 538
- MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 538
- BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 375
- SANTAPOGUE SCHOOL1.9 mi · 356
Frequently asked questions
About MILTON L OLIVE MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at MILTON L OLIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
MILTON L OLIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 546 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does MILTON L OLIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
MILTON L OLIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at MILTON L OLIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 9.8:1 students per teacher at MILTON L OLIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is MILTON L OLIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
MILTON L OLIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 1% White, 71% Hispanic, 28% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is MILTON L OLIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
MILTON L OLIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by WYANDANCH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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