RIVERHEAD CHARTER SCHOOL

Set in CALVERTON, New York, RIVERHEAD CHARTER SCHOOL is a well-populated combined-grade school, one of the schools within RIVERHEAD CHARTER SCHOOL. It instructs 972 students across grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 544 students per school, that is 79% above typical.

Operationally, RIVERHEAD CHARTER SCHOOL answers to RIVERHEAD CHARTER SCHOOL, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On demographics, RIVERHEAD CHARTER SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 73% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 16% Black, 8% White. By comparison, Suffolk County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, RIVERHEAD CHARTER SCHOOL has 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 8.7:1, putting RIVERHEAD CHARTER SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Suffolk County's rate of about 39%.

With demographic context factored in, RIVERHEAD CHARTER SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 69.2%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Suffolk County shows the typical household earns roughly $130,686 per year, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Suffolk County runs 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), of which RIVERHEAD CHARTER SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is RILEY AVENUE SCHOOL, roughly 1.0 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, RIVERHEAD CHARTER SCHOOL comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 38.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area. RIVERHEAD CHARTER SCHOOL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 98%: 491 students in 2018 compared to 972 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 55% to 73% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 11.4:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

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