NCES CCD 2024-25 12 schools NY

Best-Resourced Schools in Bay Shore, NY

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12 public K-12 schools in Bay Shore from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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12
Schools
8,705
Students
35.7/100
Avg Resource Index
10.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Bay Shore has more public-school enrollment than 77% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Bay Shore's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

8 of Bay Shore's 12 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 2 middle and 1 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Bay Shore's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 28th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 97th percentile. The 69-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment
Top 23%
School count
Top 31%
Resource Index average
28th percentile
Teacher staffing
97th percentile

Bay Shore Senior High School accounts for 21.4% of all Bay Shore public-school enrollment

That concentration means Bay Shore-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Bay Shore school enrollment varies 53× across entities

Bay Shore school enrollment ranges from 35 students (lowest) to 1,862 students (highest), a spread of 1,827 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Bay Shore reports 58.4% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Bay Shore student-teacher ratio is 10.6:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Woodhull School 58
2. Bay Shore Senior High School 52
3. Bay Shore Middle School 46
4. West Middle School 39
5. South Country School 37
6. Brook Avenue Elementary School 34
7. Gardiner Manor School 32
8. Mary G Clarkson School 32
9. Fifth Avenue School 32
10. Oak Park Elementary School 29
11. Hemlock Elementary School 19
12. Southwest Elementary School 18

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Bay Shore

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 South Country School 66.3/100
  2. 2 Bay Shore Senior High School 65.3/100
  3. 3 Fifth Avenue School 65.3/100
  4. 4 Bay Shore Middle School 64.1/100
  5. 5 Gardiner Manor School 62.7/100

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Which Bay Shore school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Woodhull School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Bay Shore schools in this federal-data comparison at 58/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Bay Shore, NY? ▼

Bay Shore has 12 public schools with a total enrollment of 8,705 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 10.6:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.