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Enrollment
847
Middle
DISTRICT 889 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SACHEM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362535005742
SAMOSET MIDDLE SCHOOL
51 SCHOOL ST, LAKE RONKONKOMA, NY 11779 · (631) 471-1700 · Suffolk County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL847 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of New York public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
84 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.3:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
334 students
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 250 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 272 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 306 | 36% |
| Ungraded | 19 | 2% |
Student demographics
58%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
46.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
100.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +21.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 100 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 22 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 100.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 78.5% |
% 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
56.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% 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 SAMOSET MIDDLE SCHOOL
SAMOSET MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (56.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAMOSET MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 847 | 39.4% | 56.8% |
| SAGAMORE MIDDLE SCHOOL HOLTSVILLE | 893 | 37.7% | 58.5% |
| SENECA MIDDLE SCHOOL HOLBROOK | 928 | 32.7% | 53.9% |
| J WATSON BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL KINGSTON | 936 | 45.6% | 45.4% |
| WAPPINGERS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL WAPPINGERS FALLS | 764 | 39.4% | 55.9% |
| DRAPER MIDDLE SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 655 | 41.2% | 50.5% |
Matched among New York middle 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 SAMOSET MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.8% | #309 of 766 | #29 of 66 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 100% | #37 of 768 ▲ 150 | #3 of 66 ▲ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #406 of 768 ▲ 54 | #28 of 66 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 847 | #131 of 796 | #22 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #297 of 683 | #28 of 66 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.5% | #212 of 688 | #27 of 66 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.4% | #532 of 773 | #30 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.7% | #265 of 524 | #35 of 59 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
847
-23 (-3%) vs 2020
-4% since 2010-11, when it was 886
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 847 | 84.3 | 10.1:1 | 39% (334) |
| 2023-24 | 879 | 91.9 | 9.6:1 | 34% (296) |
| 2022-23 | 892 | 83.4 | 10.7:1 | 31% (279) |
| 2020-21 | 870 | 70 | 12.4:1 | 28% (240) |
| 2017-18 | 970 | 67 | 14.5:1 | 26% (253) |
| 2015-16 | 854 | 61 | 14.0:1 | 24% (204) |
| 2010-11 | 886 | 65 | 13.6:1 | 13% (113) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SAMOSET MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About SAMOSET MIDDLE SCHOOL
Located in LAKE RONKONKOMA, New York, SAMOSET MIDDLE SCHOOL is a large middle school. The school had 847 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (middle schools in New York) has about 531 students.
SACHEM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT includes 15 schools. Together they enroll 11,556 students.
White students account for 59% of enrollment at SAMOSET MIDDLE SCHOOL. Other groups include 24% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 5% Black, and 3% multiracial. By the diversity index, SAMOSET MIDDLE SCHOOL comes in at 58%.
Teachers at the school number 84.3 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 10.1:1. Middle schools in New York have a similar average ratio of 10.3:1. Roughly 39% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Suffolk County, the average is about the same, 39%.
SAMOSET MIDDLE SCHOOL is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 53% of New York public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
SAMOSET MIDDLE SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 56.8% and a predicted 60.5%.
Suffolk County has about 1,530,146 residents, and median household income is about $130,686, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 40% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Federal data list 343 public schools in Suffolk County, with a combined enrollment of about 222,439.
The closest public school to SAMOSET MIDDLE SCHOOL is SACHEM HIGH SCHOOL NORTH, about 0.3 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. SAMOSET MIDDLE SCHOOL comes in 4th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 870 in 2020-21 and 847 in 2024-25, a decrease of 23 students. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (10.1:1) than in 2020-21 (12.4:1).
Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 NORTHHigh · 2,008 students
- SACHEM HIGH SCHOOL EASTHigh · 1,984 students
- SENECA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 928 students
- SAGAMORE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 893 students
- LYNWOOD AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 561 students
- CHIPPEWA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 543 students
Other schools in LAKE RONKONKOMA
- SACHEM HIGH SCHOOL NORTHHigh · 2,008 students
- HIAWATHA SCHOOLElementary · 541 students
Nearby schools
- SACHEM HIGH SCHOOL NORTH0.3 mi · 2,008
- CAYUGA SCHOOL0.7 mi · 539
- HIAWATHA SCHOOL1.0 mi · 541
- HOLBROOK ROAD SCHOOL1.2 mi · 396
- NOKOMIS SCHOOL1.4 mi · 496
- WENONAH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 488
Frequently asked questions
About SAMOSET MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend SAMOSET MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SAMOSET MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 847 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does SAMOSET MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
SAMOSET MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at SAMOSET MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.1:1 students per teacher at SAMOSET MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at SAMOSET MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SAMOSET MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 59% White, 24% Hispanic, 5% Black, 8% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is SAMOSET MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
SAMOSET MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of SACHEM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.