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Brentwood, New York - 17 schools
An equity score of 56/100 ranks Brentwood Union Free School District #287 of 941 districts in New York (state average 45). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $24,214 per pupil, Brentwood Union Free School District ranks #550 of 999 New York districts by per-pupil spending (New York districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
18,323
Total Enrollment
17
Schools
$24,214
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Brentwood Union Free School District operates 17 public schools serving 18,323 students, placing it among the smaller districts in New York. The school portfolio breaks down into 10 elementary, 4 middle, 2 high, 1 combined schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Suffolk County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $24,214 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 999 New York districts by per-pupil spending. See how New York compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 21.7% local, 62.2% state, and 16.2% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 56/100, ranked #287 of 941 in New York against a state average of 45, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 17 schools offering Advanced Placement (17 AP courses district-wide), a 548.4:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 35.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 86.1% Hispanic or Latino, 7.2% African American, 3.0% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Southwest Elementary School, with a diversity index of 41.5/100.
Its largest campus is Brentwood High School, enrolling 4,816 students (27% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is East Elementary School, at 430 students, a 11x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Brentwood High School accounts for 26.3% of all Brentwood Union Free School District student enrollment
That concentration means Brentwood Union Free School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Brentwood Union Free School District school enrollment varies 11× across entities
Brentwood Union Free School District school enrollment ranges from 430 students (lowest) to 4,816 students (highest), a spread of 4,386 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Brentwood Union Free School District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 79.5% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility — including this one — receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Brentwood Union Free School District student-counselor ratio is 548:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Brentwood Union Free School District chronic absenteeism rate is 35.4% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Comparisons are relative to Brentwood Union Free School District's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Brentwood Union Free School District?
Brentwood Union Free School District has 17 schools, including 2 high, 4 middle, 10 elementary, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 18,323 students.
How much does Brentwood Union Free School District spend per student?
Brentwood Union Free School District spends $24,214 per student. The district has an equity score of 56/100, ranking #287 in New York.
What is the demographic composition of Brentwood Union Free School District?
Brentwood Union Free School District students are 86.1% Hispanic or Latino, 7.2% African American, 3.0% White, 1.8% Asian, averaged across 17 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Brentwood Union Free School District?
Brentwood Union Free School District has an equity score of 56/100, ranking #287 out of 941 districts in New York.