SAYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL

SAYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL is a reasonably sized senior high in WEST SAYVILLE, New York, operated by SAYVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school hosts 814 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so SAYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL sits 22% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 5 schools in SAYVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (2,586 students total), SAYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, SAYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%); the rest is composed of 8% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 66% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 73 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.2:1. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 14% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Suffolk County's rate of about 39%.

With demographic context factored in, SAYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of New York schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 70.0%; actual is 91.8%, +21.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Suffolk County put the typical household earns roughly $130,686 per year, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Suffolk County runs 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), of which SAYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL is one.

CHERRY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SAYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SAYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 68.6%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SAYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL has declined 18%, going from 987 students in 2018 to 814 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 92% to 85% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

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