SYCAMORE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 69% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About SYCAMORE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Set in BOHEMIA, New York, SYCAMORE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a moderately sized primary school, overseen by CONNETQUOT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It serves 380 students across grades K through 5.
CONNETQUOT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 5,227 students; SYCAMORE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.
In terms of who attends, SYCAMORE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 16% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 66% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, The school employs 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.2:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 17% of students at SYCAMORE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Suffolk County's rate of about 39%.
After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, SYCAMORE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 68.7%; actual is 44.8%, a gap of -23.9 points.
In the broader community, ACS estimates for Suffolk County put median household income runs about $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), SYCAMORE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
EDWARD J BOSTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SYCAMORE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SYCAMORE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 9th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 71.8%.
SYCAMORE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a suburban location.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 11%: 427 students in 2018 compared to 380 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 10.7:1 in 2018 to 8.2:1 in 2025.
Inside the community feed, the feed for SYCAMORE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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