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Enrollment
797
Middle
DISTRICT 795 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIVERHEAD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362469003356
PULASKI STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
300 PULASKI ST, RIVERHEAD, NY 11901 · (631) 369-6794 · Suffolk County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL797 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 1% of New York public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
401 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 384 | 48% |
| Grade 6 | 413 | 52% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
Based on grade levels within RIVERHEAD CENTRAL 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
30.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The New York average is about 58 of 100. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.0% | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 26.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
25.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-30.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 56% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 PULASKI STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PULASKI STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (25.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PULASKI STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 797 | 50.3% | 25.9% |
| RIVERHEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL RIVERHEAD | 793 | 52.2% | 51.5% |
| ANNE M DORNER MIDDLE SCHOOL OSSINING | 1,032 | 46.6% | 46.4% |
| SLEEPY HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL NORTH TARRYTOWN | 617 | 55.3% | 56.0% |
| SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL NEWBURGH | 782 | 52.8% | 29.1% |
| HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL HUNTINGTON STATION | 845 | 45.8% | 49.8% |
Matched among New York middle 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 PULASKI STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.9% | #741 of 766 | #66 of 66 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #730 of 768 | #66 of 66 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #693 of 768 ▲ 9 | #57 of 66 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 797 | #162 of 796 | #26 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #605 of 683 | #61 of 66 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.4% | #319 of 688 | #38 of 66 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.3% | #413 of 773 | #19 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.9% | #472 of 524 | #54 of 59 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
797
+13 (+2%) vs 2020
+35% since 1990-91, when it was 592
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 797 | 62 | 12.8:1 | 50% (401) |
| 2023-24 | 745 | 66.3 | 11.2:1 | 52% (385) |
| 2022-23 | 740 | 59 | 12.5:1 | 56% (417) |
| 2020-21 | 784 | 45 | 17.4:1 | 53% (419) |
| 2017-18 | 821 | 54.1 | 15.2:1 | 33% (273) |
| 2015-16 | 786 | 49 | 16.0:1 | 54% (424) |
| 2010-11 | 689 | 50 | 13.8:1 | 49% (335) |
| 2000-01 | 768 | 46 | 16.7:1 | 35% (267) |
| 1990-91 | 592 | 40 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PULASKI STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PULASKI STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PULASKI STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a middle-grades school in RIVERHEAD, New York, reachable at (631) 369-6794. The school enrolls 797 students in grades 5 through 6. That compares with an average of about 531 students for middle schools in New York.
Besides PULASKI STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, RIVERHEAD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 7 other schools. The district enrolls 5,547 students.
At PULASKI STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 65% of students are Hispanic. Other students are 25% White, 7% Black, and 2% multiracial. That is higher than the 23% Hispanic share among all Suffolk County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 51%.
There are 62 full-time-equivalent teachers at PULASKI STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, giving a ratio of 12.8:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in New York is 10.3:1. A total of 401 students, or 50%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 39% average among public schools in Suffolk County.
Among New York public middle schools, PULASKI STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 1%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 56.5% for PULASKI STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 25.9%. The 30.6-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of New York schools.
In the wider Suffolk County area, the median household earns about $130,686 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 40% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. PULASKI STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shares Suffolk County with 342 other public schools.
RIVERHEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 0.3 miles from PULASKI STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, PULASKI STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put PULASKI STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000 (Suburb: Small).
In 2020-21, PULASKI STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolled 784; in 2024-25, 797. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 12.8:1, from 17.4:1.
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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 RIVERHEAD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- RIVERHEAD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,927 students
- RIVERHEAD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 793 students
- PHILLIPS AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 656 students
- RILEY AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 520 students
- AQUEBOGUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 458 students
- ROANOKE AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 395 students
Other schools in RIVERHEAD
- RIVERHEAD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,927 students
- RIVERHEAD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 793 students
- PHILLIPS AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 656 students
- ROANOKE AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 395 students
- SUFFOLK COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICEHigh · 1 students
Nearby schools
- RIVERHEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 793
- ROANOKE AVENUE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 395
- RIVERHEAD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 1,927
- SUFFOLK COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE0.6 mi · 1
- PHILLIPS AVENUE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 656
- AQUEBOGUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 458
Frequently asked questions
About PULASKI STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is PULASKI STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PULASKI STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 797 students in grades 05-06.
What age range does PULASKI STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
PULASKI STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade 05 through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PULASKI STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PULASKI STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 12.8:1 (62 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PULASKI STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At PULASKI STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 25% White, 65% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is PULASKI STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
PULASKI STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by RIVERHEAD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.