Enrollment
298
Elementary
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTHAMPTON BEACH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363102004165
WESTHAMPTON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
379 MILL RD, WESTHAMPTON BEACH, NY 11978 · (631) 288-3800 · Suffolk County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL298 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% 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.
- C+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
6.9:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
81 students
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 22% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 43% smaller than its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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 WESTHAMPTON BEACH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
63.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +20.0pp since 2023
Math
66.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 20 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 66.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 59.0% |
% 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
57.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 WESTHAMPTON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WESTHAMPTON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (57.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WESTHAMPTON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 298 | 27.2% | 57.8% |
| TOOKER AVENUE SCHOOL WEST BABYLON | 282 | 28.4% | 59.7% |
| FOREST AVENUE SCHOOL WEST BABYLON | 278 | 29.5% | 36.1% |
| MUSCOTA NEW YORK | 290 | 34.5% | 75.6% |
| SANTAPOGUE SCHOOL WEST BABYLON | 356 | 30.9% | 59.3% |
| SOUTH BAY SCHOOL WEST BABYLON | 288 | 25.7% | 60.5% |
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 WESTHAMPTON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #854 of 2,335 | #59 of 168 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #867 of 2,342 ▲ 109 | #58 of 169 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #825 of 2,343 ▲ 333 | #47 of 169 ▲ 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 298 | #2,005 of 2,585 | #176 of 209 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 6.9:1 | #22 of 2,338 | #1 of 196 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.4% | #986 of 2,388 | #94 of 197 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.2% | #2,050 of 2,534 | #121 of 200 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.2% | #655 of 1,757 | #23 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
298
-112 (-27%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 313
Student : Teacher
6.9:1
was 8.7:1
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 | 298 | 43.4 | 6.9:1 | 27% (81) |
| 2023-24 | 332 | 47.3 | 7.0:1 | 35% (117) |
| 2022-23 | 356 | 49.1 | 7.3:1 | 43% (153) |
| 2020-21 | 410 | 47 | 8.7:1 | 44% (181) |
| 2017-18 | 369 | 43 | 8.6:1 | 50% (184) |
| 2015-16 | 375 | 40 | 9.4:1 | 46% (172) |
| 2010-11 | 387 | 49 | 7.9:1 | 21% (81) |
| 2000-01 | 406 | 35 | 11.6:1 | 17% (69) |
| 1990-91 | 313 | 20 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WESTHAMPTON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WESTHAMPTON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WESTHAMPTON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school that serves part of WESTHAMPTON BEACH, New York. It reported 298 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in New York average about 443 students, which makes this school 33% below average.
Enrollment across the 3 schools in WESTHAMPTON BEACH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT totals 1,625 students.
At WESTHAMPTON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 51% of students are Hispanic. It is also 43% White, 3% Asian, and 2% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Suffolk County is roughly 23% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, WESTHAMPTON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 55%.
Based on 43.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, WESTHAMPTON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a ratio of 6.9:1. The average for elementary schools in New York, 12.8:1, is higher. Income data for the school show 27% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Suffolk County, the average eligibility rate is 39%.
On the allk12 Grade, WESTHAMPTON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at B, ahead of 55% of New York public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 65.0% at WESTHAMPTON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 57.8%.
The county, Suffolk County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $130,686, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 40% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. The county's public schools total 343, with about 222,439 students.
Among nearby public schools, WESTHAMPTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is closest at about 0.1 miles. WESTHAMPTON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with 7 others within five miles. The school's 57.8% average proficiency ranks 7th among 7 nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes WESTHAMPTON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Suburb: Large.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 298, down from 410 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher dropped from 8.7 to 6.9 over 4 years.
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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 WESTHAMPTON BEACH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WESTHAMPTON BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 970 students
- WESTHAMPTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 357 students
Other schools in WESTHAMPTON BEACH
- WESTHAMPTON BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 970 students
- WESTHAMPTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 357 students
Nearby schools
- WESTHAMPTON MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 357
- WESTHAMPTON BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 970
- REMSENBURG-SPEONK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 119
- QUOGUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 92
- EASTPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.7 mi · 302
- TUTTLE AVENUE SCHOOL3.8 mi · 233
Frequently asked questions
About WESTHAMPTON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at WESTHAMPTON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WESTHAMPTON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 298 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does WESTHAMPTON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
WESTHAMPTON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at WESTHAMPTON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 6.9:1 students per teacher at WESTHAMPTON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is WESTHAMPTON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WESTHAMPTON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 43% White, 51% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees WESTHAMPTON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WESTHAMPTON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by WESTHAMPTON BEACH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Suffolk County.
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