WENONAH SCHOOL

WENONAH SCHOOL is one of the mid-sized elementary campuss in LAKE GROVE, New York, one of the schools within SACHEM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 488 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

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

Demographically, WENONAH SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 64%. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. Compared to Suffolk County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 29% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Suffolk County's rate of about 39%.

With demographic context factored in, WENONAH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.4%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Suffolk County indicate median household income runs about $130,686, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Suffolk County runs 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), of which WENONAH SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: CAYUGA SCHOOL, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WENONAH SCHOOL comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 53.9%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. WENONAH SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 6% since 2018, when it stood at 520 (now 488). White enrollment moved from 79% to 64% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

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