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Enrollment
1,607
High
DISTRICT 658 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH BABYLON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362091004740
NORTH BABYLON HIGH SCHOOL
1 PHELPS LN, NORTH BABYLON, NY 11703 · (631) 620-7101 · Suffolk County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,607 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of New York public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
130 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
772 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 361 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 425 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 382 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 417 | 26% |
| Ungraded | 22 | 1% |
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within NORTH BABYLON 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
80.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -5.0pp since 2023
Math
56.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -12.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 12 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.0% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 85.0% | 68.0% |
% 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
63.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% 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 NORTH BABYLON HIGH SCHOOL
NORTH BABYLON HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (63.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTH BABYLON HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,607 | 48.0% | 63.5% |
| ART AND DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 1,485 | 48.5% | 81.0% |
| BAY SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL BAY SHORE | 1,862 | 44.3% | 72.5% |
| BELLPORT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL BROOKHAVEN | 1,340 | 54.8% | 44.5% |
| NEWFIELD HIGH SCHOOL SELDEN | 1,553 | 45.1% | 53.3% |
| KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL KINGSTON | 1,749 | 45.4% | 57.3% |
Matched among New York high 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 NORTH BABYLON HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #474 of 1,135 | #43 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #491 of 1,109 ▼ 101 | #36 of 57 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #428 of 1,135 ▼ 40 | #40 of 56 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,607 | #82 of 1,216 | #14 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #749 of 1,058 | #44 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.3% | #48 of 1,070 | #3 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.0% | #717 of 1,167 | #14 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.2% | #157 of 339 | #8 of 12 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,607
+154 (+11%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 1,433
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 1,607 | 130.1 | 12.3:1 | 48% (772) |
| 2023-24 | 1,558 | 117.4 | 13.3:1 | 48% (755) |
| 2022-23 | 1,506 | 115.7 | 13.0:1 | 46% (699) |
| 2020-21 | 1,453 | 108 | 13.4:1 | 44% (641) |
| 2017-18 | 1,471 | 101 | 14.6:1 | 34% (502) |
| 2015-16 | 1,494 | 102 | 14.7:1 | 34% (513) |
| 2010-11 | 1,576 | 102 | 15.4:1 | 29% (457) |
| 2000-01 | 1,419 | 91 | 15.6:1 | 6% (92) |
| 1990-91 | 1,433 | 94 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NORTH BABYLON HIGH SCHOOL.
About NORTH BABYLON HIGH SCHOOL
NORTH BABYLON HIGH SCHOOL is a high-enrollment high school in NORTH BABYLON, New York, under NORTH BABYLON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school had 1,607 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (high schools in New York) has about 668 students.
NORTH BABYLON HIGH SCHOOL sits within NORTH BABYLON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 7 schools and 4,603 students.
NORTH BABYLON HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 35%. Other students are 28% White, 26% Black, 6% Asian, and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Suffolk County residents are about 23% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at NORTH BABYLON HIGH SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 72%.
Federal data list 130.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at NORTH BABYLON HIGH SCHOOL in 2024-25, for a ratio of 12.3:1. The average ratio among high schools in New York is 11.0:1, lower than at this school. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 48%. For comparison, public schools in Suffolk County average 39%.
allk12 grades NORTH BABYLON HIGH SCHOOL a B. The grade compares the school only with New York public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
In New York, NORTH BABYLON HIGH SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 63.5% actual against a predicted 57.3%.
Federal survey data for Suffolk County 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%. NORTH BABYLON HIGH SCHOOL is among the 343 public schools in Suffolk County.
The closest public school to NORTH BABYLON HIGH SCHOOL is MARION G VEDDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, NORTH BABYLON HIGH SCHOOL ranks 1st on proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 1,453 in 2020-21 and 1,607 in 2024-25, a gain of 154 students. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.4:1 in 2020-21 to 12.3:1 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at NORTH BABYLON HIGH SCHOOL. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 NORTH BABYLON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ROBERT MOSES MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,022 students
- PARLIAMENT PLACE SCHOOLElementary · 434 students
- MARION G VEDDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 409 students
- WILLIAM E DELUCA JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 401 students
- BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 375 students
- WOODS ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 355 students
Other schools in NORTH BABYLON
- ROBERT MOSES MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,022 students
- PARLIAMENT PLACE SCHOOLElementary · 434 students
- MARION G VEDDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 409 students
- WILLIAM E DELUCA JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 401 students
- BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 375 students
- WOODS ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 355 students
Nearby schools
- MARION G VEDDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 409
- WILLIAM E DELUCA JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 401
- ROBERT MOSES MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 1,022
- PARLIAMENT PLACE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 434
- WOODS ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 355
- MANETUCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 514
Frequently asked questions
About NORTH BABYLON HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at NORTH BABYLON HIGH SCHOOL?
NORTH BABYLON HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,607 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does NORTH BABYLON HIGH SCHOOL serve?
NORTH BABYLON HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at NORTH BABYLON HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at NORTH BABYLON HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is NORTH BABYLON HIGH SCHOOL?
NORTH BABYLON HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 28% White, 35% Hispanic, 26% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees NORTH BABYLON HIGH SCHOOL?
NORTH BABYLON HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by NORTH BABYLON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Suffolk County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.