SANTAPOGUE SCHOOL

Set in WEST BABYLON, New York, SANTAPOGUE SCHOOL is a tight-knit K-5 school, run under WEST BABYLON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. It hosts 356 students across grades pre-K through 5.

WEST BABYLON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 3,597 students. SANTAPOGUE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, SANTAPOGUE SCHOOL shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 34% White, 9% Black, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Suffolk County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, SANTAPOGUE SCHOOL has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.1:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 31% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Suffolk County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SANTAPOGUE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.6%; this one delivers 59.3%.

Zooming out to the county, Suffolk County reports that median household earnings sit near $130,686, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Suffolk County's 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), SANTAPOGUE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: TOOKER AVENUE SCHOOL, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SANTAPOGUE SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, SANTAPOGUE SCHOOL comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 49.9%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. SANTAPOGUE SCHOOL's enrollment has edged up 12% since 2018, when it stood at 317 (now 356). Over the same period, the White share fell from 56% to 34%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 in 2025.

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