PAUL J BELLEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PAUL J BELLEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a primary school of mid-tier scale in WEST ISLIP, New York, operated by WEST ISLIP UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, hosting 463 students in grades pre-K through 5.

WEST ISLIP UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,816 students; PAUL J BELLEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, PAUL J BELLEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that nearly all students (85%) are White; the rest is composed of 11% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 66% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, PAUL J BELLEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PAUL J BELLEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 10% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Suffolk County (around 39%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PAUL J BELLEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 71.2%; this one delivers 64.8%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Suffolk County) shows that median household earnings sit near $130,686, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. PAUL J BELLEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 343 public schools in Suffolk County (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students).

Nearest neighbor: WEST ISLIP SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PAUL J BELLEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, PAUL J BELLEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 58.1%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PAUL J BELLEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has climbed 3%, going from 450 students in 2018 to 463 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.

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