WAVERLY AVENUE SCHOOL

Located at 1111 WAVERLY AVE, in HOLTSVILLE, New York, WAVERLY AVENUE SCHOOL is an average-sized elementary campus that hosts 497 students (grades K through 5), run under SACHEM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.

Across the 15 schools in SACHEM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (11,556 students total), WAVERLY AVENUE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, WAVERLY AVENUE SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment. Other groups include 24% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 4% Black, 3% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.8:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Suffolk County (around 39%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, WAVERLY AVENUE SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 65.8%; actual is 45.3%, a gap of -20.6 points.

Across the wider county, Suffolk County reports that median household income runs about $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. In all, Suffolk County runs 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), of which WAVERLY AVENUE SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is SAGAMORE MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WAVERLY AVENUE SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 51.3%.

WAVERLY AVENUE SCHOOL operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 8%: 541 students in 2018 compared to 497 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 72% to 62%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

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