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Enrollment
1,158
High
DISTRICT 1,281 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SMITHTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362706000327
SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL-WEST
100 CENTRAL RD, SMITHTOWN, NY 11787 · (631) 382-2905 · Suffolk County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,158 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 90% 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.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
9.5:1
122 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
193 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 | 254 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 295 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 292 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 294 | 25% |
| Ungraded | 23 | 2% |
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
97.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
73.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 97 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up 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 | 97.0% | 73.0% |
| 2023-24 | 95.0% | 83.0% |
% 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
87.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 88% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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-WEST
SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL-WEST's state test result (87.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL-WEST this school | 1,158 | 16.7% | 87.8% |
| YORKTOWN HIGH SCHOOL YORKTOWN HEIGHTS | 1,105 | 15.7% | 92.3% |
| JOHN F KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL BELLMORE | 1,089 | 16.3% | 87.7% |
| SANFORD H CALHOUN HIGH SCHOOL MERRICK | 1,219 | 20.3% | 88.2% |
| SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL EAST SAINT JAMES | 1,403 | 14.8% | 83.3% |
| PLAINEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MASSAPEQUA | 856 | 16.5% | 84.3% |
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 SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL-WEST ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 87.8% | #91 of 1,135 | #11 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #228 of 1,109 ▼ 49 | #20 of 57 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 97.0% | #44 of 1,135 ▲ 86 | #5 of 56 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,158 | #189 of 1,216 | #31 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.5:1 | #213 of 1,058 | #9 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.5% | #657 of 1,070 | #41 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.7% | #1,116 of 1,167 | #48 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.3% | #89 of 743 | #1 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
1,158
-257 (-18%) vs 2020
-34% since 2000-01, when it was 1,743
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 1,158 | 122.4 | 9.5:1 | 17% (193) |
| 2023-24 | 1,238 | 123.6 | 10.0:1 | 14% (168) |
| 2022-23 | 1,270 | 123.1 | 10.3:1 | 13% (169) |
| 2020-21 | 1,415 | 130 | 10.9:1 | 9% (134) |
| 2017-18 | 1,662 | 114.4 | 14.5:1 | 9% (148) |
| 2015-16 | 1,681 | 103 | 16.3:1 | 6% (96) |
| 2010-11 | 1,709 | 108 | 15.8:1 | 3% (46) |
| 2000-01 | 1,743 | 109 | 16.0:1 | 4% (77) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL-WEST.
About SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL-WEST
Located in SMITHTOWN, New York, SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL-WEST is a high-enrollment high school. The school counts 1,158 students across grades 9 through 12. The school's enrollment is 73% larger than the 668 average for high schools in New York.
SMITHTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT includes 12 schools. Together they enroll 7,437 students.
White students account for 75% of enrollment at SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL-WEST. Smaller groups are 13% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 3% multiracial, and 2% Black. For comparison, the population of Suffolk County is roughly 66% White. SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL-WEST has a diversity index of 41%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 122.4 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 9.5:1. The average ratio among high schools in New York is 11.0:1, higher than at this school. The school's lunch program data list 17% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The rate at public schools in Suffolk County averages 39%, higher than here.
The allk12 Grade for SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL-WEST is A. Compared with New York public high schools, the school scored higher than 90% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL-WEST is 68.9%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 87.8%.
Suffolk County has these Census figures: median household income is about $130,686, about 40% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL-WEST is among the 343 public schools in Suffolk County.
ACCOMPSETT MIDDLE SCHOOL is the public school closest to SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL-WEST, about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 68.3%; SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL-WEST's is 87.8%, ranking 1st of 8.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 1,415 to 1,158. Students per teacher fell from 10.9 in 2020-21 to 9.5 in 2024-25.
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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 EASTHigh · 1,403 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 SMITHTOWN
- ACCOMPSETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 523 students
- ACCOMPSETT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 522 students
- SMITHTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 517 students
- PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 498 students
- MOUNT PLEASANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 479 students
- DOGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 350 students
Nearby schools
- ACCOMPSETT MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 522
- ACCOMPSETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 523
- PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 425
- INDIAN HOLLOW SCHOOL1.3 mi · 254
- KINGS PARK HIGH SCHOOL1.4 mi · 823
- RJ O INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL1.8 mi · 439
Frequently asked questions
About SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL-WESTHow large is SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL-WEST?
SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL-WEST enrolls approximately 1,158 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL-WEST serve?
SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL-WEST serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL-WEST have?
SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL-WEST employs 122 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.5:1.
What is the student diversity at SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL-WEST?
Student demographics at SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL-WEST are roughly 75% White, 13% Hispanic, 2% Black, 7% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL-WEST public or private?
SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL-WEST is a public K-12 school, overseen by SMITHTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.