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ROBERT M GRABLE JR MOUNT SINAI HIGH SCHOOL
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 96 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 97 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 96% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 70% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 25 points, placing it in New York's top 10%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About ROBERT M GRABLE JR MOUNT SINAI HIGH SCHOOL
ROBERT M GRABLE JR MOUNT SINAI HIGH SCHOOL is a medium-sized 9-12 campus in MOUNT SINAI, New York, run under MOUNT SINAI UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school serves 710 students in grades 9 through 12.
Within MOUNT SINAI UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 3 schools and 1,984 students, ROBERT M GRABLE JR MOUNT SINAI HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, ROBERT M GRABLE JR MOUNT SINAI HIGH SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 14% Hispanic, 9% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 66% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.9:1. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 12% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Suffolk County (around 39%), the school's rate is south of typical.
With demographic context factored in, ROBERT M GRABLE JR MOUNT SINAI HIGH SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of New York schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 70.5%; actual is 95.5%, +25.0 points clear of the demographic baseline.
Across the wider county, census data for Suffolk County shows median household income runs about $130,686, 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 ROBERT M GRABLE JR MOUNT SINAI HIGH SCHOOL is one.
The closest other public school is MOUNT SINAI MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ROBERT M GRABLE JR MOUNT SINAI HIGH SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 68.0%.
Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 9%: 782 students in 2018 compared to 710 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 84% to 74% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 today.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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