WASHINGTON SCHOOL

Located at 78 WHITSON RD, in HUNTINGTON STATION, New York, WASHINGTON SCHOOL is a tight-knit primary school that serves 335 students (grades K through 3), part of HUNTINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 24% leaner than typical.

HUNTINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,995 students; WASHINGTON SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, WASHINGTON SCHOOL records that 58% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 33% White, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting WASHINGTON SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, WASHINGTON SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.0%, the actual is 58.5%, a residual of -0.5 points.

Across the wider county, Suffolk County reports that the typical household earns roughly $130,686 per year, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Suffolk County runs 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), of which WASHINGTON SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is MAPLEWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WASHINGTON SCHOOL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 54.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WASHINGTON SCHOOL has contracted 18%, going from 408 students in 2018 to 335 in 2025. The White share of enrollment grew from 25% to 33% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 9.5:1 in 2025.

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