SAXTON MIDDLE SCHOOL

SAXTON MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a reasonably sized intermediate school in PATCHOGUE, New York, overseen by PATCHOGUE-MEDFORD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 579 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

SAXTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 11 schools operated by PATCHOGUE-MEDFORD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that teaches 7,605 students overall.

On the student-mix side, SAXTON MIDDLE SCHOOL records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 57%; the rest is composed of 34% White, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, SAXTON MIDDLE SCHOOL has 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 43% of students at SAXTON MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, SAXTON MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.2%; this one delivers 41.9%.

Across the wider county, census data for Suffolk County shows median household income runs about $130,686, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Suffolk County's 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), SAXTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

BARTON 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. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SAXTON MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 40.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SAXTON MIDDLE SCHOOL has shrank 17%, going from 696 students in 2018 to 579 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 51% to 34% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 in 2025.

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