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Enrollment
533
Elementary
DISTRICT 700 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRENTWOOD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360528000259
SOUTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1 MELODY LN, BRENTWOOD, NY 11717 · (631) 434-2265 · Suffolk County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL533 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% of New York public elementary schools
- C-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
16.0:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
475 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 101 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 109 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 117 | 22% |
| Grade 5 | 107 | 20% |
This year's 1st grade class (101) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (107).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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
36.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
44.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.0% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 39.0% |
% 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
35.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 SOUTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SOUTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (35.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 533 | 89.1% | 35.9% |
| PS 65 BROOKLYN | 512 | 89.6% | 66.0% |
| PS 173 NEW YORK | 597 | 88.4% | 35.9% |
| ELDORADO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHESTNUT RIDGE | 598 | 89.1% | 15.8% |
| PS 24 BROOKLYN | 544 | 91.2% | 34.5% |
| HERMAN BADILLO BILINGUAL ACADEMY BUFFALO | 514 | 94.0% | 11.9% |
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 SOUTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #1,796 of 2,335 | #137 of 168 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #1,680 of 2,342 ▲ 38 | #121 of 169 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #1,950 of 2,343 ▼ 276 | #144 of 169 ▼ 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 533 | #692 of 2,585 | #64 of 209 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #2,173 of 2,338 | #188 of 196 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.2% | #1,996 of 2,388 | #184 of 197 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.1% | #454 of 2,534 | #3 of 200 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.8% | #521 of 1,757 | #14 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
533
-72 (-12%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 496
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 17.8:1
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 | 533 | 33.2 | 16.0:1 | 89% (475) |
| 2023-24 | 544 | 33.7 | 16.1:1 | 87% (473) |
| 2022-23 | 566 | 31.8 | 17.8:1 | 87% (491) |
| 2020-21 | 605 | 34 | 17.8:1 | 88% (533) |
| 2017-18 | 690 | 31 | 22.3:1 | 83% (573) |
| 2015-16 | 683 | 34 | 20.1:1 | 86% (586) |
| 2010-11 | 622 | 36 | 17.3:1 | 70% (438) |
| 2000-01 | 624 | 31 | 20.1:1 | 70% (435) |
| 1990-91 | 496 | 32 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SOUTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SOUTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in BRENTWOOD, New York, and is classified as an elementary school. Enrollment totals 533 students across grades 1 through 5. Across elementary schools in New York, the average enrollment is about 443.
SOUTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of a district of 17 schools: BRENTWOOD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 17,844 students.
Hispanic students are 86% of those enrolled at SOUTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The remaining shares are 7% Black and 4% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Suffolk County's population at about 23%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 25, compared with 70 nationally.
Staffing at SOUTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes to 33.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 16.0:1. Elementary schools in New York have an average ratio of 12.8:1. On the income side, 89% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Suffolk County averages 39%, lower than here.
SOUTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 31% of New York public elementary schools.
SOUTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 35.9%, compared with a predicted 42.2%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Suffolk County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $130,686 a year, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Counting SOUTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Suffolk County has 343 public schools.
LAUREL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.3 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, SOUTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 5th on average proficiency.
SOUTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Enrollment decreased by 12% across 4 years, from 605 in 2020-21 to 533 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 17.8:1 to 16.0:1 over the same years.
The SOUTHEAST ELEMENTARY 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 BRENTWOOD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,816 students
- BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMAN CAMPUSHigh · 1,287 students
- EAST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,108 students
- NORTH MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,051 students
- SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 975 students
- SOUTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 975 students
Other schools in BRENTWOOD
- BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,816 students
- BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMAN CAMPUSHigh · 1,287 students
- EAST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,108 students
- NORTH MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,051 students
- SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 975 students
- NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 937 students
Other Southeast Elementary schools
16 other US public schools in 13 states are named Southeast Elementary. SOUTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 6th largest of the 17.
- Southeast Elementary SchoolTulsa, OK · 817 students
- Southeast Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 816 students
- Southeast Elementary SchoolAnkeny, IA · 585 students
- Southeast Elementary SchoolMeridian, MS · 562 students
- SOUTHEAST ELEM.KANSAS CITY, MO · 548 students
Nearby schools
- LAUREL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 671
- LORETTA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 639
- SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 975
- EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 430
- EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 1,108
- OAK PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 678
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SOUTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SOUTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 533 students in grades 01-05.
What grades does SOUTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SOUTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades 01-05.
How many teachers does SOUTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
SOUTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
What is the student diversity at SOUTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SOUTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 4% White, 86% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees SOUTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SOUTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by BRENTWOOD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Suffolk County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.