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Enrollment
2,008
High
DISTRICT 1,996 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SACHEM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362535004567
SACHEM HIGH SCHOOL NORTH
212 SMITH RD, LAKE RONKONKOMA, NY 11779 · (631) 471-1400 · Suffolk County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL2,008 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of New York public high schools
- A-Test 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
163 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
679 students
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 494 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 497 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 471 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 509 | 25% |
| Ungraded | 37 | 2% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
87.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -7.0pp since 2023
Math
45.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -29.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 29 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 87.0% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 94.0% | 74.0% |
% 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
76.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 SACHEM HIGH SCHOOL NORTH
SACHEM HIGH SCHOOL NORTH's state test result (76.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SACHEM HIGH SCHOOL NORTH this school | 2,008 | 33.8% | 76.8% |
| SACHEM HIGH SCHOOL EAST FARMINGVILLE | 1,984 | 34.1% | 82.2% |
| ARLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL LAGRANGEVILLE | 2,472 | 31.1% | 71.2% |
| FARMINGDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL FARMINGDALE | 1,704 | 26.9% | 63.7% |
| ROY C KETCHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL WAPPINGERS FALLS | 1,557 | 39.4% | 58.5% |
| CICERO-NORTH SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL CICERO | 1,748 | 36.4% | 72.8% |
Matched among New York high 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 SACHEM HIGH SCHOOL NORTH ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.8% | #228 of 1,135 | #25 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #672 of 1,109 ▼ 356 | #44 of 57 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #276 of 1,135 ▼ 113 | #29 of 56 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,008 | #48 of 1,216 | #6 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #748 of 1,058 | #43 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.5% | #364 of 1,070 | #20 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.8% | #950 of 1,167 | #25 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.9% | #465 of 743 | #30 of 45 |
Ranked against other public high 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
2,008
-45 (-2%) vs 2020
-61% since 1990-91, when it was 5,196
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 2,008 | 162.8 | 12.3:1 | 34% (679) |
| 2023-24 | 1,979 | 164.1 | 12.1:1 | 30% (602) |
| 2022-23 | 1,923 | 167.1 | 11.5:1 | 25% (487) |
| 2020-21 | 2,053 | 171 | 12.0:1 | 25% (518) |
| 2017-18 | 2,205 | 133 | 16.6:1 | 25% (549) |
| 2015-16 | 2,286 | 143 | 16.0:1 | 23% (529) |
| 2010-11 | 2,376 | 162 | 14.7:1 | 12% (295) |
| 2000-01 | 4,153 | 313 | 13.3:1 | 6% (266) |
| 1990-91 | 5,196 | 360 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SACHEM HIGH SCHOOL NORTH.
About SACHEM HIGH SCHOOL NORTH
SACHEM HIGH SCHOOL NORTH runs as a large high school in LAKE RONKONKOMA, New York. It had 2,008 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 9 through 12. High schools in New York have about 668 students on average; enrollment here is 201% higher.
SACHEM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT counts 11,556 students in its 15 schools, and SACHEM HIGH SCHOOL NORTH is one of them.
White students are 62% of those enrolled at SACHEM HIGH SCHOOL NORTH. Next come 23% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 5% Black, and 4% multiracial. That is in line with Suffolk County, where about 66% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 55%.
Its staff includes 162.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 12.3 students per teacher. Across high schools in New York, the average ratio is 11.0:1. SACHEM HIGH SCHOOL NORTH has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 34%.
Among New York public high schools, SACHEM HIGH SCHOOL NORTH outscored 78%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for SACHEM HIGH SCHOOL NORTH is 62.6%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 76.8%.
Looking at the county, Suffolk County, the median household earns about $130,686 a year, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Suffolk County has 343 public schools with about 222,439 students, including SACHEM HIGH SCHOOL NORTH.
SACHEM HIGH SCHOOL NORTH is about 0.3 miles from SAMOSET MIDDLE SCHOOL, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, SACHEM HIGH SCHOOL NORTH is ahead of the 44.2% nearby average, ranking 1st of 9.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 2,053 in 2020-21, 2,008 in 2024-25.
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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 SACHEM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SACHEM HIGH SCHOOL EASTHigh · 1,984 students
- SENECA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 928 students
- SAGAMORE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 893 students
- SAMOSET MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 847 students
- LYNWOOD AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 561 students
- CHIPPEWA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 543 students
Other schools in LAKE RONKONKOMA
- SAMOSET MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 847 students
- HIAWATHA SCHOOLElementary · 541 students
Nearby schools
- SAMOSET MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 847
- CAYUGA SCHOOL0.5 mi · 539
- HOLBROOK ROAD SCHOOL1.0 mi · 396
- HIAWATHA SCHOOL1.3 mi · 541
- WENONAH SCHOOL1.4 mi · 488
- NOKOMIS SCHOOL1.6 mi · 496
Frequently asked questions
About SACHEM HIGH SCHOOL NORTHHow large is SACHEM HIGH SCHOOL NORTH?
SACHEM HIGH SCHOOL NORTH enrolls approximately 2,008 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does SACHEM HIGH SCHOOL NORTH serve?
SACHEM HIGH SCHOOL NORTH serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SACHEM HIGH SCHOOL NORTH?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SACHEM HIGH SCHOOL NORTH is approximately 12.3:1 (163 FTE teachers).
How diverse is SACHEM HIGH SCHOOL NORTH?
SACHEM HIGH SCHOOL NORTH reports a student body of 62% White, 23% Hispanic, 5% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is SACHEM HIGH SCHOOL NORTH in?
SACHEM HIGH SCHOOL NORTH is part of SACHEM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.