WEST ISLIP SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Set in WEST ISLIP, New York, WEST ISLIP SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a big senior high, run under WEST ISLIP UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. It teaches 1,163 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 74% larger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

WEST ISLIP UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 3,816 students. WEST ISLIP SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WEST ISLIP SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White, at 80% of enrollment. Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 66% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, WEST ISLIP SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL lists 122 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. Around 20% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Suffolk County's rate of about 39%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, WEST ISLIP SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.6%, the actual is 79.3%, a residual of +11.8 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Suffolk County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $130,686 per year, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. WEST ISLIP SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 343 public schools in Suffolk County (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students).

Nearest neighbor: BEACH STREET MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WEST ISLIP SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 53.9%.

WEST ISLIP SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. WEST ISLIP SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 19% since 2018, when it stood at 1,438 (now 1,163). The White share of enrollment contracted from 87% to 80% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 9.5:1 today.

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