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Enrollment
651
Middle
DISTRICT 653 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·THREE VILLAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362820003806
PAUL J GELINAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
25 MUD RD, SETAUKET, NY 11733 · (631) 730-4700 · Suffolk County
GRADES 07–09MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL651 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% of New York public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.3:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
81 students
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 200 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 220 | 34% |
| Grade 9 | 220 | 34% |
| Ungraded | 11 | 2% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
76.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
89.2%
NY avg 57.4% . -3.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.0% | 89.2% |
| 2023-24 | 76.0% | 93.1% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
81.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like PAUL J GELINAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
PAUL J GELINAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (81.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAUL J GELINAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 651 | 12.4% | 81.6% |
| PLAINEDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL BETHPAGE | 661 | 12.4% | 64.2% |
| NORTH SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL GLEN HEAD | 642 | 13.6% | 86.4% |
| EAGLE HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL MANLIUS | 622 | 11.7% | 84.6% |
| MOUNT SINAI MIDDLE SCHOOL MOUNT SINAI | 617 | 12.3% | 59.2% |
| GOWANA MIDDLE SCHOOL CLIFTON PARK | 764 | 15.7% | 82.3% |
Matched among New York middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where PAUL J GELINAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.6% | #44 of 766 | #1 of 66 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 89.2% | #116 of 768 ▼ 32 | #13 of 66 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #70 of 768 ▼ 14 | #1 of 66 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 651 | #235 of 796 | #33 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #366 of 683 | #41 of 66 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.0% | #436 of 688 | #50 of 66 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.4% | #745 of 773 | #62 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.6% | #187 of 524 | #19 of 59 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
651
-81 (-11%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 887
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 11.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 651 | 62.1 | 10.5:1 | 12% (81) |
| 2023-24 | 651 | 61.5 | 10.6:1 | 12% (76) |
| 2022-23 | 647 | 60.3 | 10.7:1 | 9% (59) |
| 2020-21 | 732 | 65 | 11.3:1 | 9% (65) |
| 2017-18 | 781 | 65 | 12.0:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2015-16 | 866 | 61 | 14.2:1 | 5% (44) |
| 2010-11 | 905 | 75 | 12.1:1 | 2% (21) |
| 2000-01 | 888 | 72 | 12.3:1 | 2% (15) |
| 1990-91 | 887 | 70 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PAUL J GELINAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About PAUL J GELINAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
PAUL J GELINAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a middle school with a street address in SETAUKET, New York. The school covers grades 7 through 9 and reported 651 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 23% larger than the 531-student average for middle schools in New York.
The 8 schools of THREE VILLAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, including PAUL J GELINAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, enroll 5,629 students.
Of every 100 students at PAUL J GELINAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, about 75 are White. It is also 11% Asian, 8% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. Suffolk County's residents are about 66% White, 9 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, PAUL J GELINAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL scores 42%.
PAUL J GELINAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports a ratio of 10.5 students per teacher, from 62.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at PAUL J GELINAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, 12% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 27 points below the 39% average for public schools in Suffolk County.
Among New York public middle schools, PAUL J GELINAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL outscored 91%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, PAUL J GELINAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 11.2 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 81.6% actual, 70.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
The school is in Suffolk County, where the median household earns about $130,686 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 40% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. PAUL J GELINAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL shares Suffolk County with 342 other public schools.
SETAUKET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits about 0.7 miles from PAUL J GELINAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, PAUL J GELINAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 2nd on proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes PAUL J GELINAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL as Suburb: Large.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 651, from 732 in 2020-21.
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Suffolk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,530,146
Census ACS
Median income
$130,686
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
343
222,439 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in THREE VILLAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WARD MELVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,442 students
- ROBERT CUSHMAN MURPHY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 655 students
- MINNESAUKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 644 students
- SETAUKET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 599 students
- ARROWHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 562 students
- NASSAKEAG ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 551 students
Nearby schools
- SETAUKET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 599
- MINNESAUKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 644
- NASSAKEAG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 551
- PORT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL2.7 mi · 224
- EARL L VANDERMEULEN HIGH SCHOOL2.7 mi · 313
- WARD MELVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.9 mi · 1,442
Frequently asked questions
About PAUL J GELINAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at PAUL J GELINAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
PAUL J GELINAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 651 students in grades 07-09.
What grades does PAUL J GELINAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
PAUL J GELINAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 07-09.
How many teachers does PAUL J GELINAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL have?
PAUL J GELINAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL employs 62 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.5:1.
How diverse is PAUL J GELINAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
PAUL J GELINAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 75% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 11% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees PAUL J GELINAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
PAUL J GELINAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by THREE VILLAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Suffolk County.
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