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Ward Melville Senior High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
380 Old Town Rd
East Setauket, NY 11733
Phone
(631) 730-4900
District
THREE VILLAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
SUFFOLK COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1507
Classroom Teachers
141

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New York

10

(10 is best)

Better than 90.6% of all NY schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Ward Melville Senior High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

100 80 60 40 20 0
91%
65%
93%
78%
89%
53%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
11
11
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 3 0.2%
Grade 10 513 34.0%
Grade 11 486 32.2%
Grade 12 481 31.9%
Total 1507 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 76.8% 72.6% 42.2%
Black 1.8% 1.9% 16.4%
Hispanic 8.6% 10.9% 30.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 12.8% 14.5% 10.3%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.1% 0.1% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 14.8% 14.1% 53.7%
Free lunch eligible 13.8% 13.4% 51.2%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.0% 0.7% 2.6%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 46,147 19,571,216
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 2,082.2 413
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.4% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 23.3% 17.7%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.4% 33.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.6% 25.9%
65 OR OLDER 16.3% 17.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 13,187 7,668,956
Single Parent Households With Children 2.7% 7.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 96.8% 87.9%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 62.5% 39.6%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 50.0% 26.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 19.8% 16.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 8.9% 11.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 7.8% 13.8%
$30,000 - $49,999 6.1% 12.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 5.5% 9.7%
$15,000 or less 1.9% 9.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $23,520 $134,464,000 60.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,848 $10,567,000 4.8%
Staff $980 $5,603,000 2.5%
General Administration $582 $3,328,000 1.5%
School Administration $1,326 $7,582,000 3.4%
Operation $3,564 $20,374,000 9.2%
Transportation $1,843 $10,536,000 4.8%
Other $1,252 $7,158,000 3.2%
Total Support $11,395 $65,148,000 29.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,694 $21,121,000 9.6%
Total Expenditures $38,610 $220,733,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $18,290 $46,325,753,000 57.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $766 $1,940,420,000 2.4%
Staff $1,213 $3,072,691,000 3.8%
General Administration $408 $1,032,797,000 1.3%
School Administration $1,144 $2,897,632,000 3.6%
Operation $2,258 $5,718,874,000 7.1%
Transportation $1,460 $3,697,044,000 4.6%
Other $779 $1,972,819,000 2.4%
Total Support $8,027 $20,332,277,000 25.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,552 $14,062,158,000 17.4%
Total Expenditures $31,869 $80,720,188,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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