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Enrollment
602
Elementary
DISTRICT 619 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HALF HOLLOW HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361329001089
PAUMANOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1 SEAMAN NECK RD, DIX HILLS, NY 11746 · (631) 592-3650 · Suffolk County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL602 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% of New York public elementary 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
181 students
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 93 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 116 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 16% |
| Ungraded | 35 | 6% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (96).
Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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% . +13.0pp since 2023
Math
83.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.0pp 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 83 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.0% | 83.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 82.0% |
% 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
75.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 PAUMANOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PAUMANOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (75.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAUMANOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 602 | 30.1% | 75.1% |
| OTSEGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DIX HILLS | 574 | 33.1% | 59.9% |
| HUNTERS POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LONG ISLAND CITY | 497 | 28.0% | 76.0% |
| PS/IS 217 ROOSEVELT ISLAND ROOSEVELT ISLAND | 689 | 29.5% | 69.3% |
| PS 101 SCHOOL IN THE GARDENS FOREST HILLS | 605 | 25.8% | 84.7% |
| VANDERBILT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DIX HILLS | 708 | 24.9% | 78.0% |
Matched among New York elementary 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 PAUMANOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.1% | #260 of 2,335 | #6 of 168 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #279 of 2,342 ▼ 26 | #5 of 169 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #353 of 2,343 ▲ 86 | #8 of 169 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 602 | #453 of 2,585 | #39 of 209 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #1,477 of 2,338 | #132 of 196 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.1% | #24 of 2,388 | #1 of 197 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.1% | #1,971 of 2,534 | #110 of 200 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.7% | #271 of 606 | #23 of 57 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
602
+67 (+13%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 543
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 602 | 47.9 | 12.6:1 | 30% (181) |
| 2023-24 | 584 | 46.9 | 12.5:1 | 27% (156) |
| 2022-23 | 574 | 44.8 | 12.8:1 | 21% (123) |
| 2020-21 | 535 | 44 | 12.2:1 | 24% (129) |
| 2017-18 | 549 | 38 | 14.4:1 | 17% (93) |
| 2015-16 | 573 | 44 | 13.0:1 | 18% (106) |
| 2010-11 | 684 | 50 | 13.7:1 | 13% (91) |
| 2000-01 | 537 | 41 | 13.1:1 | 15% (78) |
| 1990-91 | 543 | 41 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PAUMANOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PAUMANOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
In DIX HILLS, New York, part of Suffolk County, PAUMANOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school. Enrollment stands at 602 students, covering kindergarten through 5. That is 36% above the average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
HALF HOLLOW HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 7,203 students, and its 9 schools include PAUMANOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Of every 100 students at PAUMANOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 33 are White, the largest group. The school is also 25% Asian, 20% Hispanic, 15% Black, and 7% multiracial. That is lower than the 66% White share among all Suffolk County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 76%.
On staff are 47.9 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.6:1. The ratio is within a point of the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. About 30% of students at PAUMANOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Suffolk County average 39%.
PAUMANOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 88% of New York public elementary schools.
Test results at PAUMANOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are 11.2 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (75.1% actual, 63.9% predicted).
Looking at the county, Suffolk County, the median household earns about $130,686 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Suffolk County has 343 public schools with about 222,439 students, including PAUMANOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
PAUMANOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.5 miles from JOHN QUINCY ADAMS PRIMARY SCHOOL, its nearest public school. PAUMANOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. PAUMANOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st of 6 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 75.1% against a local average of 61.9%.
The federal government classifies PAUMANOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's location as Suburb: Large.
A 13% rise took enrollment from 535 in 2020-21 to 602 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at PAUMANOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 HALF HOLLOW HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HALF HOLLOW HILLS HIGH SCHOOL EASTHigh · 1,407 students
- HALF HOLLOW HILLS HIGH SCHOOL WESTHigh · 1,028 students
- WEST HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 968 students
- VANDERBILT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 708 students
- CANDLEWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 706 students
- SIGNAL HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 672 students
Other schools in DIX HILLS
- HALF HOLLOW HILLS HIGH SCHOOL EASTHigh · 1,407 students
- HALF HOLLOW HILLS HIGH SCHOOL WESTHigh · 1,028 students
- WESTERN SUFFOLK BOCESCombined · 866 students
- VANDERBILT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 708 students
- CANDLEWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 706 students
- SIGNAL HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 672 students
Nearby schools
- JOHN QUINCY ADAMS PRIMARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 468
- ROBERT FROST MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 913
- DEER PARK HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 1,326
- JOHN F KENNEDY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 882
- MAY MOORE PRIMARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 465
- ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL 2 (THE)1.8 mi · 468
Frequently asked questions
About PAUMANOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend PAUMANOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PAUMANOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 602 students in grades KG-05.
Is PAUMANOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PAUMANOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does PAUMANOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
PAUMANOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 48 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
What is the student diversity at PAUMANOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PAUMANOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 33% White, 20% Hispanic, 15% Black, 25% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is PAUMANOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
PAUMANOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of HALF HOLLOW HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.