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Enrollment
861
Elementary
DISTRICT 680 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILLIAM FLOYD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361869004675
MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
16 LOUIS AVE, MORICHES, NY 11955 · (631) 874-1397 · Suffolk County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL861 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of New York public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
423 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 130 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 132 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 139 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 152 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 151 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 157 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (130) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (157).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
49.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
55.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 49.0% |
% 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
45.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (45.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 861 | 49.1% | 45.6% |
| NATHANIEL WOODHULL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SHIRLEY | 812 | 46.4% | 36.9% |
| WILLIAM FLOYD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SHIRLEY | 757 | 46.2% | 42.7% |
| TANGIER SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MASTIC BEACH | 770 | 51.9% | 42.4% |
| JOHN S HOBART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SHIRLEY | 796 | 52.9% | 36.4% |
| GARDINER MANOR SCHOOL BAY SHORE | 739 | 44.5% | 34.9% |
Matched among New York elementary 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 MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.6% | #1,356 of 2,335 | #89 of 168 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,259 of 2,342 ▲ 94 | #86 of 169 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,385 of 2,343 ▲ 62 | #85 of 169 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 861 | #97 of 2,585 | #7 of 209 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #2,092 of 2,338 | #183 of 196 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.4% | #647 of 2,388 | #56 of 197 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.1% | #1,434 of 2,534 | #41 of 200 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.9% | #467 of 606 | #40 of 57 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
861
-19 (-2%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 995
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 861 | 55.8 | 15.4:1 | 49% (423) |
| 2023-24 | 846 | 57.8 | 14.6:1 | 58% (487) |
| 2022-23 | 822 | 58.8 | 14.0:1 | 57% (471) |
| 2020-21 | 880 | 56 | 15.7:1 | 57% (501) |
| 2017-18 | 837 | 52 | 16.1:1 | 66% (555) |
| 2015-16 | 844 | 51 | 16.6:1 | 62% (523) |
| 2010-11 | 909 | 57 | 15.9:1 | 50% (451) |
| 2000-01 | 1,241 | 66 | 18.8:1 | 45% (553) |
| 1990-91 | 995 | 54 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a high-enrollment elementary school in New York, located in MORICHES. Its enrollment is 861 students, spread over kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in New York average about 443 students, which makes this school 94% larger than average.
MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the 9 schools that make up WILLIAM FLOYD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (9,386 students in total).
The share of Hispanic students at MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 56%, a majority. Other students are 25% White, 11% Black, 7% multiracial, and 2% Asian. That is higher than the 23% Hispanic share among all Suffolk County residents. A diversity index of 61% means there is a 61% chance two randomly chosen students at MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
Its ratio of 15.4:1 is based on 55.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in New York have an average ratio of 12.8:1. In all, 49% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Suffolk County average 39%.
On the allk12 Grade, MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at C+, ahead of 37% of New York public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 56.9% at MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 45.6%.
For Suffolk County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $130,686 a year, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Public schools in Suffolk County number 343, with about 222,439 students.
Of the public schools around it, MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is closest to WILLIAM FLOYD MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.7 miles away. MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency of 45.6% compares with 50.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's size has been steady, with 880 students in 2020-21 and 861 in 2024-25.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 WILLIAM FLOYD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WILLIAM FLOYD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,107 students
- WILLIAM FLOYD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,124 students
- WILLIAM PACA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,078 students
- NATHANIEL WOODHULL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 812 students
- JOHN S HOBART ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 796 students
- TANGIER SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 770 students
Nearby schools
- WILLIAM FLOYD MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 1,124
- CENTER MORICHES MIDDLE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 297
- CENTER MORICHES HIGH SCHOOL1.2 mi · 511
- CLAYTON HUEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 586
- EASTPORT-SOUTH MANOR JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.8 mi · 1,469
- JOHN S HOBART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 796
Frequently asked questions
About MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 861 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.4:1 students per teacher at MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 25% White, 56% Hispanic, 11% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by WILLIAM FLOYD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.