Enrollment
314
Elementary
DISTRICT 363 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST ISLIP UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360972000752
RUTH C KINNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1 SPUR DR S, ISLIP TERRACE, NY 11752 · (631) 224-2007 · Suffolk County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL314 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of New York public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
126 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 116 | 37% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 33% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 28% |
| Ungraded | 7 | 2% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 72% · US 70%
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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within EAST ISLIP UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
47.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +15.0pp since 2023
Math
49.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 46.0% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
47.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 RUTH C KINNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
RUTH C KINNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (47.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUTH C KINNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 314 | 40.1% | 47.3% |
| WEST GATES AVENUE SCHOOL LINDENHURST | 303 | 40.3% | 48.3% |
| FISHKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FISHKILL | 334 | 38.3% | 59.8% |
| CONNETQUOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ISLIP TERRACE | 352 | 42.6% | N/A |
| EUGENE AUER MEMORIAL SCHOOL LAKE GROVE | 308 | 42.2% | 28.3% |
| SOUTHOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SOUTHOLD | 304 | 36.2% | 50.1% |
Matched among New York elementary 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 RUTH C KINNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #1,278 of 2,335 | #82 of 168 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,490 of 2,342 ▼ 42 | #103 of 169 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #1,463 of 2,343 ▲ 207 | #94 of 169 ▲ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 314 | #1,899 of 2,585 | #167 of 209 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.2:1 | #198 of 2,338 | #24 of 196 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.3% | #928 of 2,388 | #86 of 197 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.1% | #1,692 of 2,534 | #81 of 200 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.9% | #620 of 1,757 | #21 of 137 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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 2024-25Enrollment
314
-13 (-4%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 596
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
was 10.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 314 | 34.3 | 9.2:1 | 40% (126) |
| 2023-24 | 306 | 32 | 9.6:1 | 35% (106) |
| 2022-23 | 302 | 32.4 | 9.3:1 | 32% (97) |
| 2020-21 | 327 | 30 | 10.9:1 | 27% (89) |
| 2017-18 | 392 | 31 | 12.7:1 | 27% (104) |
| 2015-16 | 385 | 27 | 14.3:1 | 29% (112) |
| 2010-11 | 357 | 26 | 13.7:1 | 18% (64) |
| 2000-01 | 636 | 36 | 17.7:1 | 16% (99) |
| 1990-91 | 596 | 35 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RUTH C KINNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About RUTH C KINNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
RUTH C KINNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school. Its address is in ISLIP TERRACE, New York. A total of 314 students attend the school, which covers grades 3 through 5. The average for elementary schools in New York is about 443 students, so this school is 29% smaller than average.
RUTH C KINNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belongs to EAST ISLIP UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district of 6 schools and 3,380 students.
At RUTH C KINNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, White students make up 58% of the student body. Next come 32% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian, and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 66% White. RUTH C KINNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 56%, against a US figure of 70%.
RUTH C KINNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates with 34.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 9.2:1. That is lower than the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. About 40% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. That tracks the 39% average for public schools in Suffolk County.
The allk12 Grade for RUTH C KINNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is C+. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 38% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In New York, RUTH C KINNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 47.3% actual against a predicted 60.2%.
In Suffolk County (population about 1,530,146), the median household income is $130,686, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. There are 343 public schools in Suffolk County, enrolling about 222,439 students in all.
Of nearby public schools, EAST ISLIP HIGH SCHOOL is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. RUTH C KINNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. RUTH C KINNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in 4th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around RUTH C KINNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 4% enrollment decrease, from 327 in 2020-21 to 314 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 10.9:1 to 9.2:1.
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Suffolk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
Related schools
Other schools in EAST ISLIP UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- EAST ISLIP HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,170 students
- EAST ISLIP MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 758 students
- JOHN F KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 416 students
- TIMBER POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 370 students
- CONNETQUOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 352 students
Other schools in ISLIP TERRACE
- EAST ISLIP HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,170 students
- EAST ISLIP MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 758 students
- CONNETQUOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 352 students
Nearby schools
- EAST ISLIP HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 1,170
- EAST ISLIP MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 758
- CONNETQUOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 352
- WING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 373
- MARGUERITE L MULVEY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 567
- COMMACK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 422
Frequently asked questions
About RUTH C KINNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend RUTH C KINNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
RUTH C KINNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 314 students in grades 03-05.
What grades does RUTH C KINNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
RUTH C KINNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades 03-05.
How many students per teacher at RUTH C KINNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 9.2:1 students per teacher at RUTH C KINNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at RUTH C KINNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at RUTH C KINNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 58% White, 32% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees RUTH C KINNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
RUTH C KINNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by EAST ISLIP UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Suffolk County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.