MOUNT PLEASANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

MOUNT PLEASANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a K-5 school of mid-sized scale in SMITHTOWN, New York, operated by SMITHTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, caters to 479 students in grades K through 5.

MOUNT PLEASANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 12 schools operated by SMITHTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that enrolls 7,437 students overall.

On demographics, MOUNT PLEASANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 4% Black.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 16% of students at MOUNT PLEASANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Suffolk County's rate of about 39%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, MOUNT PLEASANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 68.9%; actual is 49.5%, a gap of -19.4 points.

Around the school, Suffolk County reports that median household earnings sit near $130,686, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Suffolk County's 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), MOUNT PLEASANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

HAUPPAUGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MOUNT PLEASANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MOUNT PLEASANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 63.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MOUNT PLEASANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has shrank 14%, going from 557 students in 2018 to 479 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 80% to 72%. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.

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