WESTHAMPTON MIDDLE SCHOOL

WESTHAMPTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is an intermediate school of cozy scale in WESTHAMPTON BEACH, New York, one of the schools within WESTHAMPTON BEACH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, educateing 357 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 531 students each, so WESTHAMPTON MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 33% smaller than that benchmark.

WESTHAMPTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 3 schools operated by WESTHAMPTON BEACH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that enrolls 1,625 students overall.

In terms of who attends, WESTHAMPTON MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 36% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. Roughly 18% of students at WESTHAMPTON MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Suffolk County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WESTHAMPTON MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 68.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 65.5%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Suffolk County) logs that median household earnings sit near $130,686, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. WESTHAMPTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 343 public schools in Suffolk County (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students).

The closest other public school is WESTHAMPTON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WESTHAMPTON MIDDLE SCHOOL at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 62.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WESTHAMPTON MIDDLE SCHOOL has contracted 17%, going from 431 students in 2018 to 357 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 68% to 56% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 9.1:1 in 2018 to 7.4:1 in 2025.

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