MILTON L OLIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL

MILTON L OLIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a moderately sized 6-8 campus in WYANDANCH, New York, part of WYANDANCH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school enrolls 546 students in grades 6 through 8.

Within WYANDANCH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 4 schools and 2,472 students, MILTON L OLIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, MILTON L OLIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 71% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 28% Black. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 10.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 77% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Suffolk County's rate of about 39%.

With demographic context factored in, MILTON L OLIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.1%.

In the broader community, census data for Suffolk County shows median household income runs about $130,686, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 MILTON L OLIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

WYANDANCH MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MILTON L OLIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 51.5%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 30%: 784 students in 2018 compared to 546 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 54% to 71% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 today.

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