WILLIAM FLOYD LEARNING CENTER

Set in SHIRLEY, New York, WILLIAM FLOYD LEARNING CENTER is a tiny K-5 school, part of WILLIAM FLOYD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. It educates 81 students across grades K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so WILLIAM FLOYD LEARNING CENTER sits 82% smaller than that benchmark.

WILLIAM FLOYD LEARNING CENTER is one of 9 schools operated by WILLIAM FLOYD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that serves 9,386 students overall.

In terms of who attends, WILLIAM FLOYD LEARNING CENTER lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 36%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 25% Black, 23% White, 15% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, WILLIAM FLOYD LEARNING CENTER has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 6.5:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Suffolk County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Suffolk County indicate median household income runs about $130,686, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. WILLIAM FLOYD LEARNING CENTER is one of 343 public schools in Suffolk County (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students).

WILLIAM FLOYD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WILLIAM FLOYD LEARNING CENTER.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. WILLIAM FLOYD LEARNING CENTER's enrollment has rose 268% since 2018, when it stood at 22 (now 81). Over the same period, the White share fell from 41% to 23%. Class-load math has loosened: from 5.5:1 in 2018 to 6.5:1 in 2025.

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