WILLIAM PACA MIDDLE SCHOOL

WILLIAM PACA MIDDLE SCHOOL is an intermediate school of sprawling scale in MASTIC BEACH, New York, operated by WILLIAM FLOYD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, enrolling 1,078 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 531 students per school, that is 103% larger than typical.

WILLIAM FLOYD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 9,386 students. WILLIAM PACA MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WILLIAM PACA MIDDLE SCHOOL records that 43% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder reads as 27% White, 21% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Suffolk County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, WILLIAM PACA MIDDLE SCHOOL has 96 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.3:1, putting WILLIAM PACA MIDDLE SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Suffolk County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, WILLIAM PACA MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.0%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Suffolk County indicate the typical household earns roughly $130,686 per year, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. WILLIAM PACA MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 343 public schools in Suffolk County (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students).

TANGIER SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WILLIAM PACA MIDDLE SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, WILLIAM PACA MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 42.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WILLIAM PACA MIDDLE SCHOOL has edged up 12%, going from 965 students in 2018 to 1,078 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 48% to 27% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

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