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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEER PARK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360888004716

ROBERT FROST MIDDLE SCHOOL

450 HALF HOLLOW RD, DEER PARK, NY 11729 · (631) 274-4210 · Suffolk County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL913 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% of New York public middle schools
  • BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • B-Beats 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

Enrollment
913
Middle
DISTRICT 811 · STATE 531
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
88 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
398 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 628231%
Grade 730834%
Grade 831334%
Ungraded101%
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 72% · US 70%
White
22124%
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
30333%
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
19121%
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
16418%
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
313%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
20%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
46150%
Female
45250%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
ROBERT FROST MIDDLE SCHOOL→DEER PARK HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
JOHN F KENNEDY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL03–05
Based on grade levels within DEER PARK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
46.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
57.9%
NY avg 57.4% . -3.6pp since 2023

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 4 points.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2546.0%57.9%
2023-2442.0%61.5%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
58.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.2pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 ROBERT FROST MIDDLE SCHOOL

ROBERT FROST MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (58.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
ROBERT FROST MIDDLE SCHOOL this school91343.6%58.8%
ROBERT MOSES MIDDLE SCHOOL
NORTH BABYLON
1,02251.6%42.8%
ALBERT LEONARD MIDDLE SCHOOL
NEW ROCHELLE
1,01237.1%62.8%
VALLEY STREAM MEMORIAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
VALLEY STREAM
93748.2%60.5%
A MACARTHUR BARR MIDDLE SCHOOL
NANUET
63535.0%62.7%
JHS 104 SIMON BARUCH
NEW YORK
1,02337.2%81.5%
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 ROBERT FROST MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn Suffolk County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
58.8%#280 of 766#26 of 66
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
57.9%#404 of 768
▼ 66
#42 of 66
no change
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
46.0%#399 of 768
▲ 16
#26 of 66
▼ 1
Enrollment
ranked largest first
913#106 of 796#18 of 66
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
10.3:1#342 of 683#38 of 66
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
75.4%#10 of 688#1 of 66
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
43.6%#496 of 773#27 of 66
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+0.4%#167 of 168#7 of 7
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 2024-25
Enrollment
913
-17 (-2%) vs 2020
+77% since 1990-91, when it was 516
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 10.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2591388.410.3:144% (398)
2023-2492287.610.5:151% (470)
2022-2390386.610.4:149% (441)
2020-219308910.4:145% (414)
2017-189098211.1:146% (422)
2015-169418211.5:143% (408)
2010-111,0138711.6:126% (260)
2000-019678311.7:118% (175)
1990-915163913.2:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ROBERT FROST MIDDLE SCHOOL.

About ROBERT FROST MIDDLE SCHOOL

ROBERT FROST MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school in DEER PARK, New York, according to federal school records. The school's enrollment of 913 students covers grades 6 through 8. Statewide, middle schools in New York average about 531 students each.

DEER PARK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT has 4,054 students spread across 5 schools.

Federal enrollment data show Hispanic students as the largest group at ROBERT FROST MIDDLE SCHOOL, at 33%. Other reported shares: 24% White, 21% Black, 18% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Suffolk County's residents are about 23% Hispanic, 10 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 75% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

ROBERT FROST MIDDLE SCHOOL operates with 88.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 10.3:1. That is close to the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. ROBERT FROST MIDDLE SCHOOL reports 44% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.

The allk12 Grade for ROBERT FROST MIDDLE SCHOOL is B. Compared with New York public middle schools, the school scored higher than 60% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.

When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, ROBERT FROST MIDDLE SCHOOL is within a point of its prediction. Actual: 58.8%. Predicted: 59.0%.

Across Suffolk County, the median household income is $130,686, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 40% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Suffolk County is home to 343 public schools and about 222,439 public school students.

The closest public school, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS PRIMARY SCHOOL, is about 0.3 miles from ROBERT FROST MIDDLE SCHOOL. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, ROBERT FROST MIDDLE SCHOOL is 4th on average proficiency.

The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.

There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (930) to 2024-25 (913).

Discussions about ROBERT FROST MIDDLE SCHOOL may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.

Suffolk County at a glance

View full county profile
Population
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

School name
ROBERT FROST MIDDLE SCHOOL
District
DEER PARK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
Address
450 HALF HOLLOW RD, DEER PARK, NY 11729
Phone
(631) 274-4210
County
Suffolk County
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
913
Teachers (FTE)
88
Student–teacher ratio
10.3:1
Free and reduced lunch
398 (44%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
360888004716
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Other Robert Frost Middle schools

2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Robert Frost Middle. ROBERT FROST MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 3rd largest of the 3.

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Frequently asked questions

About ROBERT FROST MIDDLE SCHOOL
How large is ROBERT FROST MIDDLE SCHOOL?
ROBERT FROST MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 913 students in grades 06-08.
Is ROBERT FROST MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
ROBERT FROST MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does ROBERT FROST MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
ROBERT FROST MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 88 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1.
What is the student diversity at ROBERT FROST MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at ROBERT FROST MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 24% White, 33% Hispanic, 21% Black, 18% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is ROBERT FROST MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
ROBERT FROST MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of DEER PARK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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