SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER HIGH SCHOOL

SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER HIGH SCHOOL is a senior high of average-sized scale in SHOREHAM, New York, overseen by SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, teacheing 629 students in grades 9 through 12.

Across the 4 schools in SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,932 students total), SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER HIGH SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 14% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 6% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Suffolk County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 72.8%, the actual is 83.3%, a residual of +10.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Suffolk County indicate median household income runs about $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. SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER HIGH SCHOOL is one of 343 public schools in Suffolk County (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students).

Nearest neighbor: WADING RIVER SCHOOL, around 1.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER HIGH SCHOOL comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 57.5%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 21%: 795 students in 2018 compared to 629 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 90% to 79%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER HIGH SCHOOL community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.