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Enrollment
550
Elementary
DISTRICT 389 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COMMACK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360813000591
SAWMILL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
103 NEW HWY, COMMACK, NY 11725 · (631) 858-3655 · Suffolk County
GRADES 02–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL550 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
115 students
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 2 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 3 | 156 | 28% |
| Grade 4 | 192 | 35% |
| Grade 5 | 193 | 35% |
| Ungraded | 8 | 1% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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 COMMACK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
52.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
66.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 66.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 70.0% |
% 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
56.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 SAWMILL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
SAWMILL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL's state test result (56.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAWMILL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL this school | 550 | 20.9% | 56.7% |
| ARROWHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EAST SETAUKET | 562 | 19.8% | 55.0% |
| GARDINERS AVENUE SCHOOL LEVITTOWN | 542 | 22.1% | 57.3% |
| CITIZEN EDMOND GENET SCHOOL EAST GREENBUSH | 493 | 21.3% | 69.8% |
| SUNQUAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MELVILLE | 538 | 24.0% | 65.6% |
| PS 166 RICHARD ROGERS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS & SCIENCE (THE) NEW YORK | 607 | 19.4% | 90.3% |
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 SAWMILL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.7% | #901 of 2,335 | #63 of 168 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #850 of 2,342 ▼ 278 | #55 of 169 ▼ 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,260 of 2,343 ▼ 256 | #76 of 169 ▼ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 550 | #636 of 2,585 | #53 of 209 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.4:1 | #279 of 2,338 | #28 of 196 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.9% | #881 of 2,388 | #83 of 197 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.9% | #2,213 of 2,534 | #142 of 200 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.2% | #1,753 of 1,757 | #137 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
550
-24 (-4%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 564
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
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 | 550 | 58.2 | 9.4:1 | 21% (115) |
| 2023-24 | 558 | 60.4 | 9.2:1 | 16% (87) |
| 2022-23 | 574 | 55.2 | 10.4:1 | 17% (99) |
| 2020-21 | 574 | 48 | 12.0:1 | 13% (72) |
| 2017-18 | 551 | 46 | 12.0:1 | 12% (68) |
| 2015-16 | 607 | 56 | 10.8:1 | 11% (65) |
| 2010-11 | 762 | 56 | 13.6:1 | 7% (54) |
| 2000-01 | 707 | 54 | 13.1:1 | 5% (33) |
| 1990-91 | 564 | 49 | 11.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SAWMILL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL.
About SAWMILL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
Students in COMMACK, New York, attend SAWMILL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary school. The school has 550 students in 2024-25 across grades 2 through 5. That compares with an average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
The district for SAWMILL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is COMMACK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 8 schools and 5,399 students.
At SAWMILL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, 62% of students are White. The remaining students are 15% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. Census estimates put Suffolk County at about 66% White, close to the school's figure. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, SAWMILL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL scores 57%.
Its staff includes 58.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 9.4 students per teacher. Compared with the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York, this school's ratio is lower. Roughly 21% of students at SAWMILL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 39% average for public schools in Suffolk County, the school's rate is lower.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, SAWMILL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL would score about 67.3%. It scores 56.7%, 10.6 points below that figure.
In the wider Suffolk County area, median household income comes to about $130,686, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Suffolk County counts 343 public schools with about 222,439 students.
WOOD PARK SCHOOL is about 0.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 63.8% on proficiency, and SAWMILL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is below that at 56.7%.
Locale data from NCES put SAWMILL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment decreased 4% over 4 years, reaching 550 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.0:1 to 9.4:1.
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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 COMMACK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- COMMACK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,728 students
- COMMACK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,337 students
- BURR INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 669 students
- NORTH RIDGE SCHOOLElementary · 335 students
- WOOD PARK SCHOOLElementary · 280 students
- INDIAN HOLLOW SCHOOLElementary · 254 students
Other schools in COMMACK
- COMMACK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,728 students
- COMMACK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,337 students
- BURR INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 669 students
- NORTH RIDGE SCHOOLElementary · 335 students
- WOOD PARK SCHOOLElementary · 280 students
- INDIAN HOLLOW SCHOOLElementary · 254 students
Nearby schools
- WOOD PARK SCHOOL0.2 mi · 280
- COMMACK MIDDLE SCHOOL1.6 mi · 1,337
- PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 498
- ROLLING HILLS SCHOOL1.8 mi · 246
- INDIAN HOLLOW SCHOOL2.0 mi · 254
- NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 881
Frequently asked questions
About SAWMILL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLHow many students attend SAWMILL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL?
SAWMILL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 550 students in grades 02-05.
Is SAWMILL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SAWMILL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades 02-05.
How many teachers does SAWMILL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL have?
SAWMILL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL employs 58 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.4:1.
What is the student diversity at SAWMILL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SAWMILL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL are roughly 62% White, 15% Hispanic, 3% Black, 15% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is SAWMILL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL in?
SAWMILL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is part of COMMACK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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