NORTHPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL

NORTHPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a roomy elementary-level community in NORTHPORT, New York, overseen by NORTHPORT-EAST NORTHPORT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 694 students spanning grades K through 8. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so NORTHPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 57% above that benchmark.

Within NORTHPORT-EAST NORTHPORT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 7 schools and 4,293 students, NORTHPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, NORTHPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White, at 77% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 19% Hispanic. By comparison, Suffolk County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 81 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 14% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Suffolk County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, NORTHPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 69.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 67.8%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Suffolk County indicate median household earnings sit near $130,686, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Suffolk County runs 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), of which NORTHPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is NORWOOD AVENUE SCHOOL, roughly 1.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NORTHPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 64.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NORTHPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL has edged up 4%, going from 665 students in 2018 to 694 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 7% to 19% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 8.6:1 today.

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