PORT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL

PORT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a tight-knit middle-grades school in PORT JEFFERSON, New York, one of the schools within PORT JEFFERSON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 224 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 531 students per school, that is 58% smaller than typical.

Across the 3 schools in PORT JEFFERSON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (907 students total), PORT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, PORT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White, at 68% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 17% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 4% Black, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. An estimated 18% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Suffolk County (around 39%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, PORT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 68.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 71.3%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Suffolk County) shows that median household earnings sit near $130,686, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Suffolk County runs 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), of which PORT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is EARL L VANDERMEULEN HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PORT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 68.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. PORT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 9% since 2018, when it stood at 247 (now 224). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 78% to 68%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 today.

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