SAGAMORE MIDDLE SCHOOL

SAGAMORE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a sizable junior high in HOLTSVILLE, New York, overseen by SACHEM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school teaches 893 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 68% larger than the state mean of about 531.

SACHEM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 11,556 students; SAGAMORE MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, SAGAMORE MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that the most-represented group is White (55%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 30% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 66% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, SAGAMORE MIDDLE SCHOOL has 88 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SAGAMORE MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.5%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Suffolk County put median household earnings sit near $130,686, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SAGAMORE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 343 public schools in Suffolk County (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students).

CHIPPEWA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, SAGAMORE MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 44.4%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. SAGAMORE MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 16% since 2018, when it stood at 1,068 (now 893). White enrollment moved from 70% to 55% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 in 2025.

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