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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRENTWOOD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360528000261

TWIN PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

2 MUR PL, BRENTWOOD, NY 11717 · (631) 434-2457 · Suffolk County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL804 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of New York public elementary schools
  • CTest 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

Enrollment
804
Elementary
DISTRICT 700 · STATE 443
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
700 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 116320%
Grade 217221%
Grade 317221%
Grade 415519%
Grade 514218%

This year's 1st grade class (163) is 15% larger than its 5th grade class (142).

Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 72% · US 70%
White
182%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
71689%
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
456%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
71%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
51%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
111%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
20%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
37547%
Female
42953%

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
40.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
38.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -3.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2540.0%38.0%
2023-2435.0%41.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 TWIN PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

TWIN PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (37.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
TWIN PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school80487.1%37.5%
NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BRENTWOOD
88187.5%26.9%
ACHIEVEMENT FIRST NORTH BROOKLYN PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL
BROOKLYN
84390.3%61.8%
NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BRENTWOOD
93788.4%29.4%
COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NEW ROCHELLE
72886.3%44.4%
PS 92 HARRY T STEWART SR
CORONA
86787.0%42.3%
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 TWIN PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn Suffolk County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
37.5%#1,734 of 2,335#125 of 168
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
38.0%#1,912 of 2,342
▼ 265
#145 of 169
▼ 30
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
40.0%#1,787 of 2,343
▼ 264
#123 of 169
▼ 28
Enrollment
ranked largest first
804#147 of 2,585#10 of 209
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
16.2:1#2,186 of 2,338#189 of 196
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
20.3%#2,097 of 2,388#195 of 197
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
87.1%#532 of 2,534#7 of 200
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-10.0%#1,145 of 1,757#74 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 2024-25
Enrollment
804
+11 (+1%) vs 2020
+96% since 1990-91, when it was 410
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 15.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2580449.616.2:187% (700)
2023-2478647.916.4:187% (683)
2022-2374449.215.1:185% (636)
2020-217935015.9:189% (707)
2017-188934420.3:185% (762)
2015-169324421.2:188% (822)
2010-118604917.6:178% (671)
2000-018334120.3:178% (646)
1990-914103212.8:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for TWIN PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

About TWIN PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

TWIN PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, located in BRENTWOOD, New York, is a high-enrollment elementary school. The school had 804 students in grades 1 through 5 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in New York) has about 443 students.

BRENTWOOD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT is made up of 17 schools with 17,844 students in all.

At TWIN PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Hispanic students make up 89% of the student body. The school is also 6% Black and 2% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 23%. The chance that two students picked at random at TWIN PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 20%.

The school employs the equivalent of 49.6 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 16.2:1. Among elementary schools in New York, the typical ratio is 12.8:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 87%. That is higher than the 39% average for public schools in Suffolk County.

Measured against New York public elementary schools, TWIN PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.

Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 43.0% for TWIN PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The school posts 37.5%, 5.4 points below the prediction.

Within Suffolk County, median household income is about $130,686, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 40% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Federal data list 343 public schools in Suffolk County, with a combined enrollment of about 222,439.

The school nearest to TWIN PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is PINE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Within five miles of TWIN PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, TWIN PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th of 8 on average proficiency.

By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Enrollment has been fairly stable: 793 in 2020-21 and 804 in 2024-25.

The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for TWIN PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.

Suffolk County at a glance

View full county profile
Population
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

School name
TWIN PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
District
BRENTWOOD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
Address
2 MUR PL, BRENTWOOD, NY 11717
Phone
(631) 434-2457
County
Suffolk County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
01–05
Total enrollment
804
Teachers (FTE)
50
Student–teacher ratio
16.2:1
Free and reduced lunch
700 (87%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
360528000261
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About TWIN PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
What is the total enrollment at TWIN PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
TWIN PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 804 students in grades 01-05.
What age range does TWIN PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
TWIN PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade 01 through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at TWIN PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at TWIN PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 16.2:1 (50 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at TWIN PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at TWIN PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 2% White, 89% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is TWIN PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
TWIN PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BRENTWOOD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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