Enrollment
270
Elementary
DISTRICT 295 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HUNTINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361509001266
SOUTHDOWN SCHOOL
125 BROWNS RD, HUNTINGTON, NY 11743 · (631) 673-2080 · Suffolk County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL270 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 72% of New York public elementary schools
- B+Test 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
122 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 52 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 26% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 28% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 27% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
71.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +24.0pp since 2023
Math
69.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 24 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.0% | 69.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 65.0% |
% 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
63.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 SOUTHDOWN SCHOOL
SOUTHDOWN SCHOOL's state test result (63.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTHDOWN SCHOOL this school | 270 | 45.2% | 63.0% |
| JEFFERSON SCHOOL HUNTINGTON | 297 | 42.4% | 41.5% |
| VERNE W CRITZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EAST PATCHOGUE | 269 | 41.6% | 39.0% |
| FLOWER HILL SCHOOL HUNTINGTON | 278 | 48.9% | 67.0% |
| TUCKAHOE SCHOOL SOUTHAMPTON | 249 | 47.0% | 61.5% |
| WASHINGTON SCHOOL HUNTINGTON STATION | 335 | 43.6% | 58.5% |
Matched among New York elementary 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 SOUTHDOWN SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #635 of 2,335 | #34 of 168 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #744 of 2,342 ▼ 10 | #42 of 169 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #494 of 2,343 ▲ 504 | #18 of 169 ▲ 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 270 | #2,147 of 2,585 | #185 of 209 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.9:1 | #160 of 2,338 | #18 of 196 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.0% | #1,005 of 2,388 | #97 of 197 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.2% | #1,543 of 2,534 | #60 of 200 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.9% | #314 of 1,757 | #6 of 137 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
270
+4 (+2%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 339
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
was 9.8:1
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 | 270 | 30.5 | 8.9:1 | 45% (122) |
| 2023-24 | 286 | 29.6 | 9.7:1 | 46% (131) |
| 2022-23 | 289 | 28.4 | 10.2:1 | 58% (167) |
| 2020-21 | 266 | 27 | 9.8:1 | 57% (151) |
| 2017-18 | 380 | 27 | 14.1:1 | 55% (208) |
| 2015-16 | 380 | 27 | 14.1:1 | 56% (213) |
| 2010-11 | 451 | 41 | 11.0:1 | 42% (188) |
| 2000-01 | 361 | 28 | 12.9:1 | 33% (120) |
| 1990-91 | 339 | 22 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTHDOWN SCHOOL.
About SOUTHDOWN SCHOOL
SOUTHDOWN SCHOOL is an elementary school in HUNTINGTON, New York, reachable at (631) 673-2080. The school serves kindergarten through 3. Enrollment is 270 students. That is 39% below the average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
HUNTINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 3,995 students, and its 8 schools include SOUTHDOWN SCHOOL.
Hispanic students are 57% of those enrolled at SOUTHDOWN SCHOOL. The next largest groups are 36% White, 4% Black, and 2% multiracial. In Suffolk County overall, about 23% of residents are Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 55, compared with 70 nationally.
The school had 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 8.9:1. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is 4.0 students per teacher. The school reported 45% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Among New York public elementary schools, SOUTHDOWN SCHOOL outscored 72%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, SOUTHDOWN SCHOOL is 4.6 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 63.0% actual, 58.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
In Suffolk County, home to about 1,530,146 people, median household income comes to about $130,686, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Suffolk County's 343 public schools enroll about 222,439 students and include SOUTHDOWN SCHOOL.
SOUTHDOWN SCHOOL's nearest public school is GOOSEHILL PRIMARY CENTER (about 1.0 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, SOUTHDOWN SCHOOL is 4th among 8 schools close by.
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.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 270, close to the 266 recorded in 2020-21.
The SOUTHDOWN SCHOOL discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 HUNTINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HUNTINGTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,363 students
- J TAYLOR FINLEY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 579 students
- JACK ABRAMS STEM MAGNET SCHOOLMiddle · 438 students
- WOODHULL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLMiddle · 435 students
- WASHINGTON SCHOOLElementary · 335 students
- JEFFERSON SCHOOLElementary · 297 students
Other schools in HUNTINGTON
- HUNTINGTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,363 students
- OAKWOOD PRIMARY CENTERElementary · 643 students
- J TAYLOR FINLEY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 579 students
- WOODHULL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLMiddle · 435 students
- JAMES H BOYD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 421 students
- LLOYD HARBOR SCHOOLElementary · 389 students
Nearby schools
- GOOSEHILL PRIMARY CENTER1.0 mi · 208
- LLOYD HARBOR SCHOOL1.4 mi · 389
- WOODHULL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL1.9 mi · 435
- COLD SPRING HARBOR HIGH SCHOOL1.9 mi · 719
- J TAYLOR FINLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL2.1 mi · 579
- FLOWER HILL SCHOOL2.3 mi · 278
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTHDOWN SCHOOLHow many students attend SOUTHDOWN SCHOOL?
SOUTHDOWN SCHOOL enrolls approximately 270 students in grades KG-03.
What age range does SOUTHDOWN SCHOOL serve?
SOUTHDOWN SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SOUTHDOWN SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SOUTHDOWN SCHOOL is approximately 8.9:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at SOUTHDOWN SCHOOL?
At SOUTHDOWN SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 36% White, 57% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is SOUTHDOWN SCHOOL public or private?
SOUTHDOWN SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by HUNTINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.