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Enrollment
1,442
High
DISTRICT 704 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·THREE VILLAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362820003809
WARD MELVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
380 OLD TOWN RD, EAST SETAUKET, NY 11733 · (631) 730-4900 · Suffolk County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,442 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% 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.
- BBeats 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
10.5:1
138 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
226 students
DISTRICT 15% · 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 | 4 | 0% |
| Grade 10 | 442 | 31% |
| Grade 11 | 456 | 32% |
| Grade 12 | 522 | 36% |
| Ungraded | 18 | 1% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
94.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
56.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 94 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 94.0% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 95.0% | 48.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
77.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 WARD MELVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
WARD MELVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (77.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WARD MELVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,442 | 15.7% | 77.3% |
| COMMACK HIGH SCHOOL COMMACK | 1,728 | 18.9% | 90.5% |
| FAYETTEVILLE-MANLIUS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MANLIUS | 1,343 | 17.3% | 87.8% |
| SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL EAST SAINT JAMES | 1,403 | 14.8% | 83.3% |
| NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 1,379 | 21.7% | 81.7% |
| WELLINGTON C MEPHAM HIGH SCHOOL BELLMORE | 1,211 | 18.9% | 89.7% |
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 WARD MELVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.3% | #218 of 1,135 | #24 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #493 of 1,109 ▲ 172 | #37 of 57 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 94.0% | #109 of 1,135 ▲ 23 | #16 of 56 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,442 | #109 of 1,216 | #20 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #407 of 1,058 | #18 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.5% | #531 of 1,070 | #34 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.7% | #1,124 of 1,167 | #50 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.0% | #211 of 743 | #13 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
1,442
-128 (-8%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 1,742
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 1,442 | 137.9 | 10.5:1 | 16% (226) |
| 2023-24 | 1,492 | 139.2 | 10.7:1 | 15% (217) |
| 2022-23 | 1,507 | 140.9 | 10.7:1 | 15% (223) |
| 2020-21 | 1,570 | 144 | 10.9:1 | 15% (240) |
| 2017-18 | 1,759 | 137.9 | 12.8:1 | 0% (3) |
| 2015-16 | 1,887 | 131 | 14.4:1 | 7% (123) |
| 2010-11 | 1,849 | 135 | 13.7:1 | 3% (61) |
| 2000-01 | 1,543 | 120 | 12.9:1 | 3% (50) |
| 1990-91 | 1,742 | 134 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WARD MELVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About WARD MELVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
WARD MELVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a large high school in EAST SETAUKET, New York, administered by THREE VILLAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school reports 1,442 students in grades 9 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in New York is about 668 students.
WARD MELVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is in THREE VILLAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district with 5,629 students across 8 schools.
By race and ethnicity, WARD MELVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 69% White. It is also 16% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 3% Black. For comparison, Suffolk County is about 66% White. WARD MELVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has a diversity index of 49%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
WARD MELVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL employs 137.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 10.5:1. High schools in New York have a similar average ratio of 11.0:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 16% in 2024-25. That rate is below the 39% average among public schools in Suffolk County.
allk12 grades WARD MELVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL a B+. The grade compares the school only with New York public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, WARD MELVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL would be expected to post about 69.2%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 77.3%.
Within Suffolk County, median household income is about $130,686, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Suffolk County number 343 and enroll about 222,439.
NORWOOD AVENUE SCHOOL is located about 0.3 miles from WARD MELVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: WARD MELVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 2nd of 8 nearby schools, at 77.3% versus a 58.8% average.
WARD MELVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 8%, from 1,570 to 1,442.
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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
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Other schools in THREE VILLAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ROBERT CUSHMAN MURPHY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 655 students
- PAUL J GELINAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 651 students
- MINNESAUKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 644 students
- SETAUKET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 599 students
- ARROWHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 562 students
- NASSAKEAG ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 551 students
Other schools in EAST SETAUKET
- MINNESAUKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 644 students
- ARROWHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 562 students
- NASSAKEAG ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 551 students
Nearby schools
- NORWOOD AVENUE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 316
- ARROWHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 562
- JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 814
- TERRYVILLE ROAD SCHOOL1.4 mi · 471
- BOYLE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 306
- EARL L VANDERMEULEN HIGH SCHOOL1.7 mi · 313
Frequently asked questions
About WARD MELVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow large is WARD MELVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
WARD MELVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,442 students in grades 09-12.
Is WARD MELVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WARD MELVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does WARD MELVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL have?
WARD MELVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL employs 138 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at WARD MELVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
At WARD MELVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 69% White, 10% Hispanic, 3% Black, 16% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is WARD MELVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
WARD MELVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by THREE VILLAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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