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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIDDLE COUNTRY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361920001743

NORTH COLEMAN ROAD SCHOOL

197 N COLEMAN RD, CENTEREACH, NY 11720 · (631) 285-8660 · Suffolk County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL399 STUDENTS
Enrollment
399
Elementary
DISTRICT 436 · STATE 443
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
173 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 58%
Community
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Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Pre-K
103
Kindergarten
3
Grade 1
81
Grade 2
59
Grade 3
45
Grade 4
67
Grade 5
41
Student demographics
White
18346%
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 39%
Hispanic
12331%
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 31%
Black
328%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 16%
Asian
4712%
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 10%
Two+
133%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 4%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
21053%
Female
18947%

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
35.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
38.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.0pp since 2023
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
38.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.8pp
below demographic expectation
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

7-year change

SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
399
-9 (-2%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
was 16.3:1
% White
46%
was 62%
% Hispanic
31%
was 25%
% Black
8%
was 3%
% Asian
12%
was 4%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

About NORTH COLEMAN ROAD SCHOOL

NORTH COLEMAN ROAD SCHOOL is one of the moderately sized K-5 schools in CENTEREACH, New York, run under MIDDLE COUNTRY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 399 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

NORTH COLEMAN ROAD SCHOOL is one of 14 schools operated by MIDDLE COUNTRY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that teaches 9,410 students overall.

On demographics, NORTH COLEMAN ROAD SCHOOL logs that the most-represented group is White (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 31% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 8% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Suffolk County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 43% of students at NORTH COLEMAN ROAD SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, NORTH COLEMAN ROAD SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 59.0%; NORTH COLEMAN ROAD SCHOOL posts 38.3%, -20.8 points below that line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Suffolk County indicate the typical household earns roughly $130,686 per year, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. NORTH COLEMAN ROAD SCHOOL is one of 343 public schools in Suffolk County (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students).

SELDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NORTH COLEMAN ROAD SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, NORTH COLEMAN ROAD SCHOOL comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 45.4%.

NORTH COLEMAN ROAD SCHOOL operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 408 students in 2018 compared to 399 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 62% to 46%. Class-load math has loosened: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 21.6:1 in 2025.

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Suffolk County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
NORTH COLEMAN ROAD SCHOOL
District
MIDDLE COUNTRY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Address
197 N COLEMAN RD, CENTEREACH, NY 11720
Phone
(631) 285-8660
County
Suffolk County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
399
Teachers (FTE)
18
Student–teacher ratio
21.6:1
Free/Reduced lunch
173 (43%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
361920001743
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About NORTH COLEMAN ROAD SCHOOL
What is the total enrollment at NORTH COLEMAN ROAD SCHOOL?
NORTH COLEMAN ROAD SCHOOL enrolls approximately 399 students in grades PK-05.
Is NORTH COLEMAN ROAD SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
NORTH COLEMAN ROAD SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at NORTH COLEMAN ROAD SCHOOL?
Approximately 21.6:1 students per teacher at NORTH COLEMAN ROAD SCHOOL.
How diverse is NORTH COLEMAN ROAD SCHOOL?
NORTH COLEMAN ROAD SCHOOL reports a student body of 46% White, 31% Hispanic, 8% Black, 12% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is NORTH COLEMAN ROAD SCHOOL in?
NORTH COLEMAN ROAD SCHOOL is part of MIDDLE COUNTRY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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