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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the PIERSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
501
High
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAG HARBOR UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362538003514
PIERSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL
200 JERMAIN AVE, SAG HARBOR, NY 11963 · (631) 725-5302 · Suffolk County
GRADES 06–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL501 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of New York public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
6.8:1
73 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 7.8:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
138 students
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 67 | 13% |
| Grade 9 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 10 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 11 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 12 | 76 | 15% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within SAG HARBOR UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
73.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
84.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 84.0% |
| 2023-24 | 72.5% | 87.0% |
% 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
70.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 PIERSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL
PIERSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (70.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PIERSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL this school | 501 | 27.5% | 70.5% |
| CENTER MORICHES HIGH SCHOOL CENTER MORICHES | 511 | 28.4% | 71.7% |
| MATTITUCK JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MATTITUCK | 524 | 27.5% | 68.5% |
| LOCUST VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL LOCUST VALLEY | 583 | 27.3% | 88.2% |
| NORTH SALEM MIDDLE SCHOOL/HIGH SCHOOL NORTH SALEM | 492 | 22.8% | 71.7% |
| OYSTER BAY HIGH SCHOOL OYSTER BAY | 412 | 28.6% | 78.8% |
Matched among New York high 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 PIERSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.5% | #337 of 1,135 | #32 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #104 of 1,109 ▲ 30 | #7 of 57 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #520 of 1,135 ▲ 85 | #45 of 56 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 501 | #542 of 1,216 | #54 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 6.8:1 | #18 of 1,058 | #1 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.6% | #618 of 1,070 | #39 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.5% | #1,020 of 1,167 | #32 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.6% | #519 of 743 | #33 of 45 |
Ranked against other public high 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
501
-28 (-5%) vs 2020
+100% since 1990-91, when it was 251
Student : Teacher
6.8:1
was 8.3:1
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 | 501 | 73.1 | 6.8:1 | 28% (138) |
| 2023-24 | 519 | 72.1 | 7.2:1 | 27% (139) |
| 2022-23 | 525 | 70.4 | 7.5:1 | 25% (130) |
| 2020-21 | 529 | 64 | 8.3:1 | 23% (123) |
| 2017-18 | 542 | 60 | 9.0:1 | 14% (74) |
| 2015-16 | 540 | 60 | 9.0:1 | 16% (84) |
| 2010-11 | 529 | 54 | 9.8:1 | 6% (33) |
| 2000-01 | 438 | 44 | 9.9:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 251 | 32 | 7.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PIERSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL.
About PIERSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL
Students in SAG HARBOR, New York, attend PIERSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL, a small high school. The school has 501 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 12. High schools in New York average about 668 students, which makes this school 25% below average.
PIERSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL sits within SAG HARBOR UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 2 schools and 932 students.
The share of White students at PIERSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is 71%, a majority. Smaller groups are 25% Hispanic, 2% Black, and 2% Asian. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 44, compared with 70 nationally.
PIERSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL has a student-to-teacher ratio of 6.8:1, with 73.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in New York is 11.0:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 28% at PIERSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL. For comparison, public schools in Suffolk County average 39%.
PIERSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 63% of New York public high schools.
PIERSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 70.5%, compared with a predicted 64.9%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Suffolk County, the median household earns about $130,686 a year, about 40% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Suffolk County has 343 public schools with about 222,439 students, including PIERSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, SAG HARBOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is about 0.2 miles. Within five miles are 5 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, PIERSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL places 1st out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 5%, from 529 to 501. The number of students per teacher dropped from 8.3 to 6.8 over 4 years.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at PIERSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 SAG HARBOR UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SAG HARBOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 431 students
Nearby schools
- SAG HARBOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 431
- BRIDGEHAMPTON SCHOOL3.9 mi · 185
- SAGAPONACK SCHOOL4.5 mi · 17
- WAINSCOTT SCHOOL4.6 mi · 21
- EAST HAMPTON HIGH SCHOOL4.9 mi · 1,069
- JOHN M MARSHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.4 mi · 517
Frequently asked questions
About PIERSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at PIERSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL?
PIERSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 501 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does PIERSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL serve?
PIERSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 06-12.
How many students per teacher at PIERSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 6.8:1 students per teacher at PIERSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is PIERSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL?
PIERSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 71% White, 25% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian.
What district is PIERSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL in?
PIERSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is part of SAG HARBOR UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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