TREMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

TREMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a reasonably sized elementary school in MEDFORD, New York, one of the schools within PATCHOGUE-MEDFORD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school caters to 433 students in grades K through 5.

Within PATCHOGUE-MEDFORD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 11 schools and 7,605 students, TREMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, TREMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 38% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 66% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.9:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 32% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, TREMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.1%, the actual is 46.8%, a residual of -16.4 points.

In the area at large, census data for Suffolk County shows 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), TREMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is OREGON MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), TREMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 45.1%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 6%: 462 students in 2018 compared to 433 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 62% to 51% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

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