ROBERT FROST MIDDLE SCHOOL

Set in DEER PARK, New York, ROBERT FROST MIDDLE SCHOOL is a heavily attended intermediate school, part of DEER PARK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. It works with 913 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 72% bigger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 531 students.

ROBERT FROST MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 5 schools operated by DEER PARK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that caters to 4,054 students overall.

Demographically, ROBERT FROST MIDDLE SCHOOL records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (33%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 24% White, 21% Black, 18% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Suffolk County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 88 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ROBERT FROST MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.0%; this one delivers 58.8%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Suffolk County put median household income runs about $130,686, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Suffolk County's 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), ROBERT FROST MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is JOHN QUINCY ADAMS PRIMARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, ROBERT FROST MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 58.2%.

ROBERT FROST MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 909 students in 2018 compared to 913 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 41% to 24% across the same window.

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