PATCHOGUE-MEDFORD HIGH SCHOOL

PATCHOGUE-MEDFORD HIGH SCHOOL, a sprawling 9-12 campus in MEDFORD, New York, run under PATCHOGUE-MEDFORD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, caters to 2,487 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so PATCHOGUE-MEDFORD HIGH SCHOOL sits 272% above that benchmark.

PATCHOGUE-MEDFORD HIGH SCHOOL is one of 11 schools operated by PATCHOGUE-MEDFORD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that works with 7,605 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PATCHOGUE-MEDFORD HIGH SCHOOL logs that 53% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 35% White, 7% Black, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, PATCHOGUE-MEDFORD HIGH SCHOOL has 205 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.1:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Suffolk County (around 39%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, PATCHOGUE-MEDFORD HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.0%; this one delivers 70.0%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Suffolk County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $130,686 per year, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. PATCHOGUE-MEDFORD HIGH SCHOOL is one of 343 public schools in Suffolk County (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students).

OREGON MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PATCHOGUE-MEDFORD HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PATCHOGUE-MEDFORD HIGH SCHOOL at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 41.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PATCHOGUE-MEDFORD HIGH SCHOOL has held roughly steady, going from 2,458 students in 2018 to 2,487 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 53% to 35%. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 in 2025.

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