OTSEGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

OTSEGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the reasonably sized elementary-level communitys in DIX HILLS, New York, run under HALF HOLLOW HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 574 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 30% above the state mean of about 443.

OTSEGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 9 schools operated by HALF HOLLOW HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that hosts 7,203 students overall.

On the student-mix side, OTSEGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 39% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 25% Asian, 20% Hispanic, 10% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Suffolk County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, OTSEGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 33% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, OTSEGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.8%; this one delivers 59.9%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Suffolk County) logs that median household income runs about $130,686, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Suffolk County runs 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), of which OTSEGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

CANDLEWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts OTSEGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 72.4%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 567 students in 2018 compared to 574 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 49% to 39% over that span.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.