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What's one thing PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
498
Elementary
DISTRICT 450 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAUPPAUGE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361398001138
PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
22 HOLLY DR, SMITHTOWN, NY 11787 · (631) 543-8700 · Suffolk County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL498 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
70 students
DISTRICT 20% · 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 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 15% |
| Ungraded | 7 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within HAUPPAUGE 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
69.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
74.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.0% | 74.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 76.0% |
% 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
66.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% 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 PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (66.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 498 | 14.1% | 66.8% |
| MOUNT PLEASANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SMITHTOWN | 479 | 16.5% | 49.5% |
| MOHANSIC SCHOOL YORKTOWN HEIGHTS | 476 | 12.8% | 73.8% |
| PS 9 SARAH ANDERSON NEW YORK | 529 | 14.6% | 85.0% |
| REINHARD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER BELLMORE | 550 | 13.1% | N/A |
| OLD MILL ROAD SCHOOL MERRICK | 461 | 11.1% | 57.8% |
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 PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #499 of 2,335 | #21 of 168 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #563 of 2,342 ▼ 160 | #21 of 169 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #566 of 2,343 ▼ 193 | #22 of 169 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 498 | #835 of 2,585 | #76 of 209 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #763 of 2,338 | #64 of 196 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.7% | #1,245 of 2,388 | #111 of 197 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.1% | #2,363 of 2,534 | #166 of 200 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.5% | #195 of 606 | #14 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
498
+89 (+22%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 660
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 498 | 45.9 | 10.8:1 | 14% (70) |
| 2023-24 | 488 | 45.8 | 10.7:1 | 11% (56) |
| 2022-23 | 457 | 42.8 | 10.7:1 | 9% (43) |
| 2020-21 | 409 | 36 | 11.4:1 | 10% (40) |
| 2017-18 | 435 | 34 | 12.8:1 | 9% (38) |
| 2015-16 | 480 | 36 | 13.3:1 | 9% (41) |
| 2010-11 | 596 | 44 | 13.6:1 | 4% (23) |
| 2000-01 | 650 | 38 | 17.1:1 | 3% (22) |
| 1990-91 | 660 | 46 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school with a street address in SMITHTOWN, New York. The student body numbers 498 students, from pre-K through 5.
HAUPPAUGE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT has 5 schools; together they serve 3,112 students.
White students are the majority at PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, with 69% of enrollment. Other groups make up 14% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. County-wide, about 66% of residents are White. The school's diversity index is 50%, meaning two students picked at random have a 50% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL counts 45.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 10.8 students for each one. This ratio sits 2.0 below the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. About 14% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Suffolk County is 39%.
PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 3.0 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (66.8% versus 69.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New York.
Suffolk County census figures show that the median household income is $130,686, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. There are 343 public schools in Suffolk County, enrolling about 222,439 students in all.
WOOD PARK SCHOOL is the closest public school, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on proficiency.
The NCES locale for PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment grew 22% from its 2020-21 level of 409.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 HAUPPAUGE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HAUPPAUGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,038 students
- HAUPPAUGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 725 students
- BRETTON WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 509 students
- FOREST BROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 342 students
Other schools in SMITHTOWN
- SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL-WESTHigh · 1,158 students
- ACCOMPSETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 523 students
- ACCOMPSETT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 522 students
- SMITHTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 517 students
- MOUNT PLEASANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 479 students
- DOGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 350 students
Nearby schools
- WOOD PARK SCHOOL1.4 mi · 280
- SAWMILL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL1.6 mi · 550
- INDIAN HOLLOW SCHOOL1.9 mi · 254
- FOREST BROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 342
- NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 881
- SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL-WEST2.3 mi · 1,158
Frequently asked questions
About PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 498 students in grades PK-05.
Is PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.8:1.
What is the student diversity at PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 69% White, 14% Hispanic, 3% Black, 9% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by HAUPPAUGE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Suffolk County.
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