SETAUKET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a mid-sized elementary school in SETAUKET, New York, SETAUKET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL teaches 599 students from grades pre-K through 6, one of the schools within THREE VILLAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 35% bigger than the state mean of about 443.

Within THREE VILLAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 8 schools and 5,629 students, SETAUKET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, SETAUKET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 76% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder is composed of 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 7% Asian. By comparison, Suffolk County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 11% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Suffolk County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SETAUKET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 71.1%; this one delivers 71.3%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Suffolk County indicate median household earnings sit near $130,686, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), SETAUKET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: PAUL J GELINAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SETAUKET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, SETAUKET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 76.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SETAUKET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has contracted 4%, going from 623 students in 2018 to 599 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 83% to 76%.

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