TANGIER SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

TANGIER SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a sizable elementary campus in MASTIC BEACH, New York, run under WILLIAM FLOYD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school caters to 770 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 74% above the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

WILLIAM FLOYD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 9,386 students. TANGIER SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, TANGIER SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 50% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 29% White, 15% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Suffolk County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Suffolk County (around 39%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), TANGIER SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.9%; this one delivers 42.4%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Suffolk County put the typical household earns roughly $130,686 per year, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. TANGIER SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 343 public schools in Suffolk County (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students).

WILLIAM PACA MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts TANGIER SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 43.2%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at TANGIER SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has climbed 4%, going from 743 students in 2018 to 770 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 31% to 50% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

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