SOUTHOLD JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Set in SOUTHOLD, New York, SOUTHOLD JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a close-knit secondary school, run under SOUTHOLD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. It hosts 333 students across grades 7 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so SOUTHOLD JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits 50% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 2 schools in SOUTHOLD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (637 students total), SOUTHOLD JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, SOUTHOLD JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports that 62% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 35% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Suffolk County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. Roughly 43% of students at SOUTHOLD JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SOUTHOLD JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 64.0%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Suffolk County indicate median household earnings sit near $130,686, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Suffolk County's 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), SOUTHOLD JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

SOUTHOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around SOUTHOLD JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SOUTHOLD JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 54.8%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 17%: 401 students in 2018 compared to 333 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 24% to 35%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 7.8:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.