PAUMANOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PAUMANOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary-level community of average-sized scale in DIX HILLS, New York, run under HALF HOLLOW HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, teacheing 602 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 36% larger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

PAUMANOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 9 schools operated by HALF HOLLOW HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that works with 7,203 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PAUMANOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 33% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 25% Asian, 20% Hispanic, 15% Black, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Suffolk County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Suffolk County (around 39%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, PAUMANOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.9%; this one delivers 75.1%.

In the surrounding community, Suffolk County reports that the typical household earns roughly $130,686 per year, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. PAUMANOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 343 public schools in Suffolk County (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students).

The closest other public school is JOHN QUINCY ADAMS PRIMARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PAUMANOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, PAUMANOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 61.9%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PAUMANOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has climbed 10%, going from 549 students in 2018 to 602 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 42% to 33% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.