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What's one thing SAXTON MIDDLE SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
579
Middle
DISTRICT 546 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PATCHOGUE-MEDFORD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362247003167
SAXTON MIDDLE SCHOOL
121 SAXTON ST, PATCHOGUE, NY 11772 · (631) 687-6700 · Suffolk County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL579 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
249 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 187 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 166 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 220 | 38% |
| Ungraded | 6 | 1% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
SAXTON MIDDLE SCHOOL→PATCHOGUE-MEDFORD HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within PATCHOGUE-MEDFORD 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
37.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
47.3%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.0% | 47.3% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 48.5% |
% 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
41.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 SAXTON MIDDLE SCHOOL
SAXTON MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (41.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAXTON MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 579 | 43.0% | 41.9% |
| HENRY H WELLS MIDDLE SCHOOL BREWSTER | 656 | 38.1% | 49.6% |
| JAMES A FARLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STONY POINT | 533 | 49.5% | 43.1% |
| HAMPTON BAYS MIDDLE SCHOOL HAMPTON BAYS | 570 | 36.7% | 50.4% |
| JACK ABRAMS STEM MAGNET SCHOOL HUNTINGTON STATION | 438 | 44.3% | 49.7% |
| HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL HUNTINGTON STATION | 845 | 45.8% | 49.8% |
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 SAXTON MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.9% | #579 of 766 | #54 of 66 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #548 of 768 ▼ 53 | #54 of 66 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #587 of 768 ▲ 79 | #46 of 66 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 579 | #298 of 796 | #44 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #318 of 683 | #30 of 66 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.0% | #247 of 688 | #29 of 66 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.0% | #502 of 773 | #29 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.8% | #185 of 524 | #18 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
579
+108 (+23%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 1,110
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 579 | 56.8 | 10.2:1 | 43% (249) |
| 2023-24 | 525 | 48.4 | 10.9:1 | 50% (265) |
| 2022-23 | 495 | 43.1 | 11.5:1 | 49% (242) |
| 2020-21 | 471 | 40 | 11.8:1 | 56% (265) |
| 2017-18 | 696 | 46 | 15.1:1 | 55% (382) |
| 2015-16 | 741 | 41 | 18.1:1 | 48% (354) |
| 2010-11 | 757 | 45 | 16.8:1 | 21% (157) |
| 2000-01 | 1,085 | 69 | 15.7:1 | 25% (276) |
| 1990-91 | 1,110 | 79 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SAXTON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About SAXTON MIDDLE SCHOOL
SAXTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public middle school run by PATCHOGUE-MEDFORD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in PATCHOGUE, New York. Its enrollment is 579 students, spread over grades 6 through 8.
SAXTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of PATCHOGUE-MEDFORD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, where 11 schools serve 7,605 students.
Of every 100 students at SAXTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 57 are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 34% White, 5% Black, and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of Suffolk County, the Hispanic share is about 23%. The diversity index for SAXTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is 56%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at SAXTON MIDDLE SCHOOL comes to 56.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 10.2:1. The average ratio among middle schools in New York is similar, at 10.3:1. SAXTON MIDDLE SCHOOL counts 43% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 41.9%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 59.2%.
Census data for Suffolk County show median household income comes to about $130,686, about 40% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. The county has 343 public schools and about 222,439 students.
BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.3 miles from SAXTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around SAXTON MIDDLE SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 40.8%, lower than SAXTON MIDDLE SCHOOL's 41.9%.
The NCES locale for SAXTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 471 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 579 by 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 10.2:1, from 11.8:1.
On allk12, people connected to SAXTON MIDDLE SCHOOL can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 PATCHOGUE-MEDFORD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PATCHOGUE-MEDFORD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,487 students
- EAGLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 680 students
- CANAAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 596 students
- OREGON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 545 students
- BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 515 students
- MEDFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 513 students
Other schools in PATCHOGUE
- EASTERN SUFFOLK BOCESCombined · 2,043 students
- CANAAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 596 students
- BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 515 students
- MEDFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 513 students
- SOUTH OCEAN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 513 students
- BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 430 students
Nearby schools
- BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 515
- EASTERN SUFFOLK BOCES0.4 mi · 2,043
- MEDFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 513
- CANAAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 596
- TREMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 433
- OREGON MIDDLE SCHOOL1.6 mi · 545
Frequently asked questions
About SAXTON MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SAXTON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SAXTON MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 579 students in grades 06-08.
Is SAXTON MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SAXTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does SAXTON MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
SAXTON MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 57 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SAXTON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At SAXTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 34% White, 57% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is SAXTON MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
SAXTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by PATCHOGUE-MEDFORD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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