OYSTERPONDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

OYSTERPONDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a very small primary school in ORIENT, New York, overseen by OYSTERPONDS UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school instructs 86 students in grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 81% leaner than the state mean of about 443.

OYSTERPONDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a school of OYSTERPONDS UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On the student-mix side, OYSTERPONDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 69% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder reads as 23% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, OYSTERPONDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 6.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting OYSTERPONDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Suffolk County put the typical household earns roughly $130,686 per year, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Suffolk County runs 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), of which OYSTERPONDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: GREENPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 4.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at OYSTERPONDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has showed little movement, going from 87 students in 2018 to 86 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 75% to 69% across the same window.

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