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Enrollment
697
Elementary
DISTRICT 782 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LONGWOOD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361923001756
WEST MIDDLE ISLAND SCHOOL
30 SWEZEY LN, MIDDLE ISLAND, NY 11953 · (631) 345-2160 · Suffolk County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL697 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% of New York public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
14.0:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
319 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 130 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 134 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 134 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 155 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 144 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (130) is 10% smaller than its 4th grade class (144).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within LONGWOOD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
45.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +16.0pp since 2023
Math
44.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +12.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 32.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
37.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 58% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 WEST MIDDLE ISLAND SCHOOL
WEST MIDDLE ISLAND SCHOOL's state test result (37.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEST MIDDLE ISLAND SCHOOL this school | 697 | 45.8% | 37.5% |
| ROUND HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WASHINGTONVILLE | 718 | 46.0% | 34.6% |
| C E WALTERS SCHOOL YAPHANK | 795 | 41.8% | 42.9% |
| GEORGE M DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW ROCHELLE | 640 | 39.5% | 59.5% |
| PS 132 CONSELYEA SCHOOL (THE) BROOKLYN | 564 | 45.6% | 77.8% |
| PS 31 SAMUEL F DUPONT BROOKLYN | 644 | 48.3% | 88.7% |
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 WEST MIDDLE ISLAND SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #1,737 of 2,335 | #126 of 168 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #1,693 of 2,342 ▲ 260 | #124 of 169 ▲ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #1,562 of 2,343 ▲ 250 | #105 of 169 ▲ 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 697 | #271 of 2,585 | #18 of 209 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #1,870 of 2,338 | #167 of 196 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.7% | #189 of 2,388 | #9 of 197 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.8% | #1,525 of 2,534 | #54 of 200 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.7% | #924 of 1,757 | #45 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
697
+36 (+5%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 885
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 697 | 49.8 | 14.0:1 | 46% (319) |
| 2023-24 | 687 | 50.1 | 13.7:1 | 48% (329) |
| 2022-23 | 642 | 47.5 | 13.5:1 | 46% (295) |
| 2020-21 | 661 | 45 | 14.7:1 | 41% (268) |
| 2017-18 | 808 | 50 | 16.1:1 | 52% (417) |
| 2015-16 | 805 | 52 | 15.5:1 | 47% (376) |
| 2010-11 | 838 | 51 | 16.4:1 | 33% (279) |
| 2000-01 | 1,112 | 64 | 17.4:1 | 22% (250) |
| 1990-91 | 885 | 57 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WEST MIDDLE ISLAND SCHOOL.
About WEST MIDDLE ISLAND SCHOOL
This page covers WEST MIDDLE ISLAND SCHOOL, a large elementary school in MIDDLE ISLAND, New York. It offers kindergarten through 4 and has 697 students enrolled. It has 57% more students than the average for elementary schools in New York (about 443).
LONGWOOD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT is the district for WEST MIDDLE ISLAND SCHOOL. It has 7 schools and 8,787 students.
Of every 100 students at WEST MIDDLE ISLAND SCHOOL, about 44 are White, the largest group. Smaller groups are 25% Hispanic, 15% Black, 11% multiracial, and 4% Asian. For comparison, the population of Suffolk County is roughly 66% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 71, compared with 70 nationally.
There are about 14.0 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at WEST MIDDLE ISLAND SCHOOL, which has 49.8. The school's 14.0:1 compares with an average of 12.8:1 for elementary schools in New York. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 46%.
WEST MIDDLE ISLAND SCHOOL earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 17% of New York public elementary schools.
In New York, WEST MIDDLE ISLAND SCHOOL is one of the bottom 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 37.5% compared with a predicted 58.2%.
In Suffolk County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $130,686, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. The county has 343 public schools and about 222,439 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, CORAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is about 1.3 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, WEST MIDDLE ISLAND SCHOOL ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 5%, from 661 to 697.
The allk12 page for WEST MIDDLE ISLAND SCHOOL lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 LONGWOOD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- LONGWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,993 students
- LONGWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 1,363 students
- LONGWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,304 students
- CORAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 951 students
- C E WALTERS SCHOOLElementary · 795 students
- RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 684 students
Other schools in MIDDLE ISLAND
- LONGWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,993 students
- LONGWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 1,363 students
- LONGWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,304 students
Nearby schools
- CORAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 951
- LONGWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL2.3 mi · 1,304
- NEW LANE MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.8 mi · 771
- MILLER PLACE HIGH SCHOOL2.9 mi · 764
- STAGECOACH SCHOOL3.2 mi · 351
- COMSEWOGUE HIGH SCHOOL3.2 mi · 1,160
Frequently asked questions
About WEST MIDDLE ISLAND SCHOOLHow large is WEST MIDDLE ISLAND SCHOOL?
WEST MIDDLE ISLAND SCHOOL enrolls approximately 697 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does WEST MIDDLE ISLAND SCHOOL serve?
WEST MIDDLE ISLAND SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WEST MIDDLE ISLAND SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WEST MIDDLE ISLAND SCHOOL is approximately 14.0:1 (50 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at WEST MIDDLE ISLAND SCHOOL?
Student demographics at WEST MIDDLE ISLAND SCHOOL are roughly 44% White, 25% Hispanic, 15% Black, 4% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is WEST MIDDLE ISLAND SCHOOL in?
WEST MIDDLE ISLAND SCHOOL is part of LONGWOOD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.