WILLIAM T ROGERS MIDDLE SCHOOL

WILLIAM T ROGERS MIDDLE SCHOOL, a medium-sized middle school in KINGS PARK, New York, run under KINGS PARK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, caters to 588 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Within KINGS PARK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 5 schools and 2,656 students, WILLIAM T ROGERS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, WILLIAM T ROGERS MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 14% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Suffolk County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, WILLIAM T ROGERS MIDDLE SCHOOL has 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.3:1, putting WILLIAM T ROGERS MIDDLE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 15% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Suffolk County (around 39%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, WILLIAM T ROGERS MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.5%; this one delivers 70.9%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Suffolk County shows median household income runs about $130,686, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Suffolk County runs 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), of which WILLIAM T ROGERS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is RJ O INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WILLIAM T ROGERS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 71.5%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WILLIAM T ROGERS MIDDLE SCHOOL has ticked down 24%, going from 771 students in 2018 to 588 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 90% to 78% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 8.8:1 today.

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