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Enrollment
1,403
High
DISTRICT 1,281 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SMITHTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362706005839
SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL EAST
10 SCHOOL ST, SAINT JAMES, NY 11780 · (631) 382-2705 · Suffolk County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,403 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% 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.
- 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
124 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
208 students
DISTRICT 17% · 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 | 340 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 324 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 364 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 375 | 27% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
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
65.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -10.0pp 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 65 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 down about 10 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 95.0% | 65.0% |
| 2023-24 | 97.0% | 75.0% |
% 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
69.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL EAST
SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL EAST's state test result (83.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL EAST this school | 1,403 | 14.8% | 83.3% |
| FAYETTEVILLE-MANLIUS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MANLIUS | 1,343 | 17.3% | 87.8% |
| JOHN F KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL BELLMORE | 1,089 | 16.3% | 87.7% |
| BETHLEHEM CENTRAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DELMAR | 1,322 | 16.8% | 89.3% |
| SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL-WEST SMITHTOWN | 1,158 | 16.7% | 87.8% |
| WELLINGTON C MEPHAM HIGH SCHOOL BELLMORE | 1,211 | 18.9% | 89.7% |
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 SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL EAST ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.3% | #132 of 1,135 | #17 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #358 of 1,109 ▼ 64 | #25 of 57 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 95.0% | #85 of 1,135 ▼ 15 | #13 of 56 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,403 | #115 of 1,216 | #22 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #576 of 1,058 | #27 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.7% | #668 of 1,070 | #43 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.8% | #1,132 of 1,167 | #52 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.9% | #408 of 743 | #24 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
1,403
-104 (-7%) vs 2020
-20% since 2010-11, when it was 1,747
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 1,403 | 124.1 | 11.3:1 | 15% (208) |
| 2023-24 | 1,428 | 122.9 | 11.6:1 | 12% (176) |
| 2022-23 | 1,475 | 126.9 | 11.6:1 | 12% (171) |
| 2020-21 | 1,507 | 120 | 12.6:1 | 7% (98) |
| 2017-18 | 1,575 | 108.6 | 14.5:1 | 8% (121) |
| 2015-16 | 1,622 | 99 | 16.4:1 | 6% (101) |
| 2010-11 | 1,747 | 105 | 16.6:1 | 4% (78) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL EAST.
About SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL EAST
A high-enrollment high school in SAINT JAMES, New York, SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL EAST is part of SMITHTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. There are 1,403 students enrolled, covering grades 9 through 12. The school is 110% bigger than the average for high schools in New York.
SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL EAST is one school in a 12-school district, SMITHTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which enrolls 7,437 students.
About 75% of the student body at SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL EAST is White. Enrollment also includes 11% Hispanic and 10% Asian. Among people living in Suffolk County, the White share is about 66%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 41%.
On staff are 124.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.3:1. It is about the same as the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. About 15% of students at SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL EAST are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Suffolk County average 39%.
On the allk12 Grade, SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL EAST lands at A-, ahead of 83% of New York public high schools.
Test results at SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL EAST are 13.8 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (83.3% actual, 69.5% predicted).
American Community Survey estimates for Suffolk County show that the median household earns about $130,686 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Suffolk County has 343 public schools with about 222,439 students, including SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL EAST.
The closest school to SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL EAST is NESAQUAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL, located about 0.7 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL EAST. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL EAST ranks 1st on average proficiency.
SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL EAST is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The school's enrollment fell 7% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 12.6:1 to 11.3:1.
This page is set up for the SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL EAST community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 SMITHTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL-WESTHigh · 1,158 students
- GREAT HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 750 students
- ACCOMPSETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 523 students
- ACCOMPSETT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 522 students
- SMITHTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 517 students
- MOUNT PLEASANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 479 students
Other schools in SAINT JAMES
- NESAQUAKE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 466 students
- SAINT JAMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 461 students
Nearby schools
- NESAQUAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 466
- SAINT JAMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 461
- DOGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 350
- MILLS POND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 338
- SMITHTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 517
- GREAT HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL1.9 mi · 750
Frequently asked questions
About SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL EASTWhat is the total enrollment at SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL EAST?
SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL EAST enrolls approximately 1,403 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL EAST serve?
SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL EAST serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL EAST?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL EAST is approximately 11.3:1 (124 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL EAST?
Student demographics at SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL EAST are roughly 75% White, 11% Hispanic, 2% Black, 10% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL EAST in?
SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL EAST is part of SMITHTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.