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What's one thing SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER HIGH SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
629
High
DISTRICT 483 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362684003657
SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER HIGH SCHOOL
250A RT 25A, SHOREHAM, NY 11786 · (631) 821-8264 · Suffolk County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL629 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of New York public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.3:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
6%
38 students
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 142 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 153 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 157 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 163 | 26% |
| Ungraded | 14 | 2% |
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER CENTRAL 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
95.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
70.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 95 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 95.0% | 70.0% |
| 2023-24 | 97.0% | 68.0% |
% 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
83.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER HIGH SCHOOL
SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (83.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER HIGH SCHOOL this school | 629 | 6.0% | 83.3% |
| HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL HASTINGS ON HUDSON | 525 | 4.2% | 96.2% |
| BRONXVILLE HIGH SCHOOL BRONXVILLE | 535 | 4.5% | 94.8% |
| JOHN JAY HIGH SCHOOL CROSS RIVER | 912 | 8.2% | 86.4% |
| COLD SPRING HARBOR HIGH SCHOOL COLD SPRING HARBOR | 719 | 3.2% | 92.8% |
| WANTAGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL WANTAGH | 826 | 10.8% | 87.3% |
Matched among New York high 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 SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.3% | #131 of 1,135 | #16 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #267 of 1,109 ▲ 122 | #22 of 57 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 95.0% | #83 of 1,135 ▼ 14 | #12 of 56 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 629 | #410 of 1,216 | #49 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.9:1 | #296 of 1,058 | #15 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.5% | #737 of 1,070 | #48 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 6.0% | #1,153 of 1,167 | #56 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.9% | #165 of 743 | #8 of 45 |
Ranked against other public high 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
629
-110 (-15%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 669
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 10.0:1
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 | 629 | 63.4 | 9.9:1 | 6% (38) |
| 2023-24 | 661 | 62.4 | 10.6:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 708 | 63.1 | 11.2:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 739 | 74 | 10.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 795 | 55.4 | 14.3:1 | 4% (32) |
| 2015-16 | 829 | 51 | 16.3:1 | 5% (40) |
| 2010-11 | 893 | 64 | 13.9:1 | 3% (31) |
| 2000-01 | 751 | 56 | 13.4:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 669 | 80 | 8.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER HIGH SCHOOL.
About SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER HIGH SCHOOL
In SHOREHAM, New York, SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER HIGH SCHOOL is a mid-sized high school. Total enrollment is 629 students, and the grades served are 9 through 12.
SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 4 schools with a combined 1,932 students. SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER HIGH SCHOOL is one of them.
More than half of enrollment at SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER HIGH SCHOOL is White: 79%. Other groups make up 14% Hispanic, 3% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Suffolk County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER HIGH SCHOOL scores 35%.
SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER HIGH SCHOOL has a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.9:1, with 63.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in New York, 11.0:1, is higher. Roughly 6% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 39% average for public schools in Suffolk County, the school's rate is lower.
SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER HIGH SCHOOL earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 79% of New York public high schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 83.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 72.8%.
Census data for Suffolk County show median household income comes to about $130,686, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. The county has 343 public schools and about 222,439 students.
A public school about 1.4 miles away, WADING RIVER SCHOOL, is the closest to SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER HIGH SCHOOL. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER HIGH SCHOOL is 1st of 6 on proficiency.
NCES describes the area around SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER HIGH SCHOOL as Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 110 students, from 739 to 629.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER HIGH SCHOOL. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ALBERT G PRODELL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 457 students
- WADING RIVER SCHOOLElementary · 438 students
- MILLER AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 408 students
Other schools in SHOREHAM
- ALBERT G PRODELL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 457 students
- MILLER AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 408 students
Nearby schools
- WADING RIVER SCHOOL1.4 mi · 438
- MILLER AVENUE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 408
- ALBERT G PRODELL MIDDLE SCHOOL1.7 mi · 457
- LITTLE FLOWER SCHOOL2.3 mi · 93
- RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.0 mi · 684
- JOSEPH A EDGAR INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL3.3 mi · 542
Frequently asked questions
About SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER HIGH SCHOOL?
SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 629 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER HIGH SCHOOL serve?
SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 9.9:1 (63 FTE teachers).
How diverse is SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER HIGH SCHOOL?
SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 79% White, 14% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER HIGH SCHOOL?
SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Suffolk County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.