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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
1,939
High
DISTRICT 810 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH HUNTINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362730003729
WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL
301 W HILLS RD, HUNTINGTON STATION, NY 11746 · (631) 812-3800 · Suffolk County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,939 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 87% of New York public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
168 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
952 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 474 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 465 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 482 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 488 | 25% |
| Ungraded | 30 | 2% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 72% · US 70%
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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within SOUTH HUNTINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
87.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -5.0pp since 2023
Math
69.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -12.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 12 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 87.0% | 69.0% |
| 2023-24 | 92.0% | 81.0% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
79.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 57% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 23 points, placing it in New York's top 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 WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL
WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (79.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,939 | 49.1% | 79.5% |
| PATCHOGUE-MEDFORD HIGH SCHOOL MEDFORD | 2,487 | 51.7% | 70.0% |
| WHITE PLAINS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL WHITE PLAINS | 2,239 | 49.8% | 62.2% |
| RIVERHEAD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL RIVERHEAD | 1,927 | 48.4% | 48.0% |
| BAY SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL BAY SHORE | 1,862 | 44.3% | 72.5% |
| ART AND DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 1,485 | 48.5% | 81.0% |
Matched among New York high 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 WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.5% | #189 of 1,135 | #21 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #283 of 1,109 ▼ 76 | #23 of 57 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #279 of 1,135 ▼ 53 | #30 of 56 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,939 | #51 of 1,216 | #8 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #629 of 1,058 | #34 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.3% | #241 of 1,070 | #14 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.1% | #708 of 1,167 | #12 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.2% | #686 of 743 | #41 of 45 |
Ranked against other public high 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 2024-25Enrollment
1,939
-46 (-2%) vs 2020
+22% since 1990-91, when it was 1,590
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 13.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,939 | 168.1 | 11.5:1 | 49% (952) |
| 2023-24 | 1,981 | 162.5 | 12.2:1 | 44% (878) |
| 2022-23 | 1,991 | 156.7 | 12.7:1 | 52% (1,041) |
| 2020-21 | 1,985 | 150 | 13.2:1 | 50% (991) |
| 2017-18 | 1,983 | 140 | 14.2:1 | 50% (985) |
| 2015-16 | 1,899 | 129 | 14.7:1 | 43% (813) |
| 2010-11 | 1,823 | 144 | 12.7:1 | 35% (642) |
| 2000-01 | 1,586 | 119 | 13.3:1 | 18% (288) |
| 1990-91 | 1,590 | 116 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL.
About WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL
WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL, located in HUNTINGTON STATION, New York, is a high-enrollment high school. The school enrolls 1,939 students in grades 9 through 12. High schools in New York average about 668 students, which makes this school 190% above average.
WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL is one of 7 schools in SOUTH HUNTINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which enrolls 5,670 students in total.
The student body at WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL is 53% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 31% White, 7% Black, 5% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Suffolk County, the Hispanic share is about 23%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 61%.
WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL reports a ratio of 11.5 students per teacher, from 168.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. Lunch program data show 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Compared with the 39% average for public schools in Suffolk County, the school's rate is higher.
WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 87% of New York public high schools.
WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL is a top-10% school in New York on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results of 56.9% with an actual 79.5%.
In the surrounding county, Suffolk County, median household income comes to about $130,686, about 40% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. The county's public schools total 343, with about 222,439 students.
WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL is about 0.5 miles from HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL is 2nd of 8 on proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 1,985 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 1,939. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 11.5:1, from 13.2:1.
This page is set up for the WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Suffolk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
Related schools
Other schools in SOUTH HUNTINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 845 students
- BIRCHWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 659 students
- OAKWOOD PRIMARY CENTERElementary · 643 students
- MAPLEWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 594 students
- COUNTRYWOOD PRIMARY CENTERElementary · 572 students
- SILAS WOOD 6TH GRADE CENTERMiddle · 418 students
Other schools in HUNTINGTON STATION
- HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 845 students
- MAPLEWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 594 students
- COUNTRYWOOD PRIMARY CENTERElementary · 572 students
- JACK ABRAMS STEM MAGNET SCHOOLMiddle · 438 students
- SILAS WOOD 6TH GRADE CENTERMiddle · 418 students
- WASHINGTON SCHOOLElementary · 335 students
Other Walt Whitman High schools
One other US public school is named Walt Whitman High. WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Walt Whitman HighBethesda, MD · 2,056 students
Nearby schools
- HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 845
- OAKWOOD PRIMARY CENTER0.7 mi · 643
- SILAS WOOD 6TH GRADE CENTER1.2 mi · 418
- JEFFERSON SCHOOL1.5 mi · 297
- BIRCHWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL1.6 mi · 659
- JACK ABRAMS STEM MAGNET SCHOOL2.0 mi · 438
Frequently asked questions
About WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL?
WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,939 students in grades 09-12.
Is WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 11.5:1 (168 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL?
At WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 31% White, 53% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL in?
WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL is part of SOUTH HUNTINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.