PHILLIPS AVENUE SCHOOL

Set in RIVERHEAD, New York, PHILLIPS AVENUE SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack primary school, overseen by RIVERHEAD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It enrolls 656 students across grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 48% bigger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

Across the 8 schools in RIVERHEAD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (5,547 students total), PHILLIPS AVENUE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, PHILLIPS AVENUE SCHOOL records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 80% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 12% White, 7% Black. By comparison, Suffolk County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.6:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 47% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, PHILLIPS AVENUE SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 57.6%; this one comes in at 18.4%, -39.2 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, Suffolk County reports that the typical household earns roughly $130,686 per year, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Suffolk County runs 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), of which PHILLIPS AVENUE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: ROANOKE AVENUE SCHOOL, around 1.1 miles off. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PHILLIPS AVENUE SCHOOL at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 44.1%.

PHILLIPS AVENUE SCHOOL operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 22%: 536 students in 2018 compared to 656 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 73% to 80%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

On the community side, members of the PHILLIPS AVENUE SCHOOL community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.