SOUTH COUNTRY SCHOOL

Located at 885 HAMPSHIRE RD, in BAY SHORE, New York, SOUTH COUNTRY SCHOOL is a mid-tier elementary school that works with 496 students (grades 3 through 5), part of BAY SHORE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

BAY SHORE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 5,529 students; SOUTH COUNTRY SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, SOUTH COUNTRY SCHOOL records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 32% White, 15% Black, 5% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Suffolk County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.0:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 43% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, SOUTH COUNTRY SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 59.1%; this one comes in at 38.8%, -20.3 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Suffolk County put the typical household earns roughly $130,686 per year, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SOUTH COUNTRY SCHOOL is one of 343 public schools in Suffolk County (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students).

Nearest neighbor: GARDINER MANOR SCHOOL, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SOUTH COUNTRY SCHOOL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SOUTH COUNTRY SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 53.4%.

SOUTH COUNTRY SCHOOL operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. SOUTH COUNTRY SCHOOL's enrollment has fell 8% since 2018, when it stood at 540 (now 496). Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 in 2025.

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