ROANOKE AVENUE SCHOOL

Set in RIVERHEAD, New York, ROANOKE AVENUE SCHOOL is an average-sized elementary school, part of RIVERHEAD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It caters to 395 students across grades pre-K through 4.

Within RIVERHEAD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 8 schools and 5,547 students, ROANOKE AVENUE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, ROANOKE AVENUE SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 77% of enrollment. Other groups include 12% White, 7% Black, 2% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

In terms of school funding signals, ROANOKE AVENUE SCHOOL shows 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.2:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Suffolk County (around 39%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, ROANOKE AVENUE SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 55.9%; this one comes in at 23.3%, -32.7 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Suffolk County put the typical household earns roughly $130,686 per year, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Suffolk County runs 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), of which ROANOKE AVENUE SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is PULASKI STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ROANOKE AVENUE SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ROANOKE AVENUE SCHOOL at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 43.4%.

ROANOKE AVENUE SCHOOL operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. ROANOKE AVENUE SCHOOL's enrollment has rose 5% since 2018, when it stood at 377 (now 395). The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 62% to 77% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

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