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Enrollment
488
Elementary
DISTRICT 490 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SACHEM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362535003513
WENONAH SCHOOL
251 HUDSON AVE, LAKE GROVE, NY 11755 · (631) 471-1880 · Suffolk County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL488 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest 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
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
141 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 16% |
| Ungraded | 24 | 5% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
68.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +22.0pp since 2023
Math
71.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +15.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 22 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 71.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 56.0% |
% 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
58.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 WENONAH SCHOOL
WENONAH SCHOOL's state test result (58.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WENONAH SCHOOL this school | 488 | 28.9% | 58.4% |
| GRUNDY AVENUE SCHOOL HOLBROOK | 452 | 27.9% | 38.5% |
| MINISINK VALLEY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL MIDDLETOWN | 509 | 27.1% | 38.8% |
| CHIPPEWA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HOLTSVILLE | 543 | 29.1% | 43.4% |
| WAVERLY AVENUE SCHOOL HOLTSVILLE | 497 | 24.9% | 45.3% |
| SCOTCHTOWN AVENUE SCHOOL GOSHEN | 505 | 25.1% | N/A |
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 WENONAH SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #820 of 2,335 | #55 of 168 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #685 of 2,342 ▲ 391 | #35 of 169 ▲ 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #623 of 2,343 ▲ 421 | #28 of 169 ▲ 37 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 488 | #886 of 2,585 | #85 of 209 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #781 of 2,338 | #69 of 196 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.6% | #1,080 of 2,388 | #101 of 197 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.9% | #2,001 of 2,534 | #115 of 200 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.2% | #1,399 of 1,757 | #97 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 2024-25Enrollment
488
+32 (+7%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 530
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 488 | 44.9 | 10.9:1 | 29% (141) |
| 2023-24 | 473 | 44.4 | 10.7:1 | 26% (125) |
| 2022-23 | 479 | 40.3 | 11.9:1 | 24% (115) |
| 2020-21 | 456 | 35 | 13.0:1 | 17% (77) |
| 2017-18 | 520 | 38 | 13.7:1 | 15% (80) |
| 2015-16 | 460 | 33 | 13.9:1 | 18% (84) |
| 2010-11 | 543 | 49 | 11.1:1 | 13% (68) |
| 2000-01 | 686 | 50 | 13.7:1 | 8% (55) |
| 1990-91 | 530 | 42 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WENONAH SCHOOL.
About WENONAH SCHOOL
WENONAH SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in New York, with an address in LAKE GROVE. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 488 students in kindergarten through 5.
Besides WENONAH SCHOOL, SACHEM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 14 other schools. The district enrolls 11,556 students.
A majority of students at WENONAH SCHOOL, 64%, are White. The next largest groups are 23% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 4% Black, and 3% multiracial. County-wide, about 66% of residents are White. WENONAH SCHOOL has a diversity index of 54%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at the school number 44.9 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 10.9:1. Among elementary schools in New York, the typical ratio is 12.8:1. The school's lunch program data list 29% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Suffolk County, the average eligibility rate is 39%.
WENONAH SCHOOL is graded B by allk12, scoring above 57% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For WENONAH SCHOOL, the prediction is 64.4% and the result is 58.4%.
In Suffolk County (population about 1,530,146), median household income is about $130,686, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. A total of 343 public schools operate in Suffolk County, serving about 222,439 students.
CAYUGA SCHOOL is located about 0.9 miles from WENONAH SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, WENONAH SCHOOL ranks 4th on proficiency.
WENONAH SCHOOL has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Federal counts put enrollment at 456 in 2020-21 and 488 in 2024-25, a 7% gain. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.0:1 in 2020-21 to 10.9:1 in 2024-25.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in SACHEM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SACHEM HIGH SCHOOL NORTHHigh · 2,008 students
- SACHEM HIGH SCHOOL EASTHigh · 1,984 students
- SENECA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 928 students
- SAGAMORE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 893 students
- SAMOSET MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 847 students
- LYNWOOD AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 561 students
Other schools in LAKE GROVE
- CAYUGA SCHOOLElementary · 539 students
- EUGENE AUER MEMORIAL SCHOOLElementary · 308 students
Nearby schools
- CAYUGA SCHOOL0.9 mi · 539
- EUGENE AUER MEMORIAL SCHOOL1.1 mi · 308
- TACKAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 470
- SACHEM HIGH SCHOOL NORTH1.4 mi · 2,008
- SAMOSET MIDDLE SCHOOL1.6 mi · 847
- OXHEAD ROAD SCHOOL2.0 mi · 383
Frequently asked questions
About WENONAH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at WENONAH SCHOOL?
WENONAH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 488 students in grades KG-05.
Is WENONAH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WENONAH SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at WENONAH SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.9:1 students per teacher at WENONAH SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at WENONAH SCHOOL?
At WENONAH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 64% White, 23% Hispanic, 4% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees WENONAH SCHOOL?
WENONAH SCHOOL is overseen by SACHEM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Suffolk County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.