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WILLIAM FLOYD HIGH SCHOOL
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About WILLIAM FLOYD HIGH SCHOOL
WILLIAM FLOYD HIGH SCHOOL is one of the big 9-12 campuss in MASTIC BEACH, New York, run under WILLIAM FLOYD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 3,107 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so WILLIAM FLOYD HIGH SCHOOL sits 365% above that benchmark.
Within WILLIAM FLOYD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 9 schools and 9,386 students, WILLIAM FLOYD HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
On demographics, WILLIAM FLOYD HIGH SCHOOL shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 28% White, 17% Black, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, The school lists 223 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 51% of students at WILLIAM FLOYD HIGH 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 somewhat above the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, WILLIAM FLOYD HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.3%; this one delivers 41.7%.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Suffolk County shows the typical household earns roughly $130,686 per year, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. WILLIAM FLOYD HIGH SCHOOL is one of 343 public schools in Suffolk County (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students).
Nearest neighbor: NATHANIEL WOODHULL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WILLIAM FLOYD HIGH SCHOOL at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 43.3%.
WILLIAM FLOYD HIGH SCHOOL operates from a residential location.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 13%: 2,745 students in 2018 compared to 3,107 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 52% to 28%.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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