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Enrollment
582
Middle
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAYVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362592003558
SAYVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL
291 JOHNSON AVE, SAYVILLE, NY 11782 · (631) 244-6650 · Suffolk County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL582 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of New York public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
68 students
DISTRICT 12% · 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 | 166 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 210 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 201 | 35% |
| Ungraded | 5 | 1% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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
SAYVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL→SAYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within SAYVILLE 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
55.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
82.7%
NY avg 57.4% . -17.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 17 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 82.7% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 100.0% |
% 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
70.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 SAYVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL
SAYVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (70.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAYVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 582 | 11.7% | 70.9% |
| WANTAGH MIDDLE SCHOOL WANTAGH | 645 | 12.2% | 68.5% |
| SEAFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL SEAFORD | 522 | 12.5% | 73.5% |
| EAST AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST AURORA | 504 | 13.3% | 74.7% |
| WILLIAM T ROGERS MIDDLE SCHOOL KINGS PARK | 588 | 14.8% | 70.9% |
| NESAQUAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL SAINT JAMES | 466 | 15.0% | 68.9% |
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 SAYVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.9% | #129 of 766 | #7 of 66 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.7% | #164 of 768 ▼ 122 | #17 of 66 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #273 of 768 ▼ 93 | #19 of 66 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 582 | #295 of 796 | #42 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #448 of 683 | #46 of 66 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.0% | #576 of 688 | #63 of 66 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.7% | #751 of 773 | #64 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.4% | #160 of 524 | #13 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
582
-69 (-11%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 740
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 10.7:1
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 | 582 | 52.8 | 11.0:1 | 12% (68) |
| 2023-24 | 604 | 54.6 | 11.1:1 | 13% (77) |
| 2022-23 | 619 | 58.1 | 10.7:1 | 13% (83) |
| 2020-21 | 651 | 61 | 10.7:1 | 12% (79) |
| 2017-18 | 713 | 54.2 | 13.2:1 | 9% (63) |
| 2015-16 | 726 | 55 | 13.2:1 | 9% (67) |
| 2010-11 | 753 | 57 | 13.2:1 | 8% (61) |
| 2000-01 | 857 | 65 | 13.2:1 | 6% (48) |
| 1990-91 | 740 | 54 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SAYVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About SAYVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL
Federal records list SAYVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL as a middle-grades school in SAYVILLE, New York. The school enrolls 582 students, from grades 6 through 8.
Besides SAYVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL, SAYVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 4 other schools. The district enrolls 2,586 students.
SAYVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment is 86% White. It is also 9% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Suffolk County is roughly 66% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 25% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 11.0:1 comes from the school's 52.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has more students per teacher than the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. The lunch program counts 12% of students at SAYVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Suffolk County, the average eligibility rate is 39%.
Measured against New York public middle schools, SAYVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for SAYVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is +0.2 points: 70.9% actual, 70.7% predicted.
Suffolk County has about 1,530,146 residents, and the median household income is $130,686, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 40% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. In all, Suffolk County has 343 public schools and roughly 222,439 students.
LINCOLN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the closest public school, about 0.5 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 62.8%, lower than SAYVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL's 70.9%.
SAYVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
2024-25 enrollment was 582, an 11% decrease from 651 in 2020-21.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 SAYVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SAYVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 814 students
- LINCOLN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 428 students
- SUNRISE DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 388 students
- CHERRY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 374 students
Other schools in SAYVILLE
- LINCOLN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 428 students
- SUNRISE DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 388 students
Nearby schools
- LINCOLN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 428
- SUNRISE DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 388
- EDWARD J BOSTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 269
- JOHN PEARL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 193
- CHERRY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 374
- SYCAMORE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 380
Frequently asked questions
About SAYVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is SAYVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SAYVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 582 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does SAYVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
SAYVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at SAYVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.0:1 students per teacher at SAYVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SAYVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At SAYVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 86% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is SAYVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
SAYVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SAYVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.