SMITHTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SMITHTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, an average-sized elementary campus in SMITHTOWN, New York, operated by SMITHTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, hosts 517 students, covering grades K through 5.

SMITHTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 7,437 students. SMITHTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, SMITHTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that White students make up the majority at 68%. The remainder consists of 21% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 3% multiracial. Compared to Suffolk County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, SMITHTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting SMITHTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 19% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Suffolk County (around 39%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, SMITHTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.0%, the actual is 58.0%, a residual of -10.0 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Suffolk County put median household income runs about $130,686, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Suffolk County runs 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), of which SMITHTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

DOGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SMITHTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SMITHTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 69.0%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SMITHTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has rose 16%, going from 447 students in 2018 to 517 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 76% to 68%.

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