PAUL J GELINAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

PAUL J GELINAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a middle school of middle-of-the-pack scale in SETAUKET, New York, one of the schools within THREE VILLAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, teacheing 651 students in grades 7 through 9. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 531 students each, so PAUL J GELINAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits 23% larger than that benchmark.

THREE VILLAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 5,629 students; PAUL J GELINAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, PAUL J GELINAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL lists that 75% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 11% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, PAUL J GELINAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL has 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 12% of students at PAUL J GELINAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Suffolk County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PAUL J GELINAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 70.4%; this one delivers 81.6%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Suffolk County) logs that median household income runs about $130,686, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. PAUL J GELINAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 343 public schools in Suffolk County (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students).

Nearest neighbor: SETAUKET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PAUL J GELINAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 74.4%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. PAUL J GELINAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has fell 17% since 2018, when it stood at 781 (now 651). The White share of enrollment declined from 86% to 75% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.