Little Flower School
Public school, 3 to ungraded · Wading River, New York
Little Flower School in Wading River, New York enrolled 93 students in 2024-25 with 15.0 full-time teachers, 6.2 students per teacher against the New York median of 8.4. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22.
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment rose 1% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 12%
92 students in 2022-23, 101 students in 2023-24, 93 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 17.0 to 15.0.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 92 | 17.0 | 5.4 |
| 2023-24 | 101 | 18.0 | 5.6 |
| 2024-25 | 93 | 15.0 | 6.2 |
6.2 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 66 of every 100 New York schools of this kind
Among the 219 New York schools of this kind that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 8.4; the national median for schools of this kind is 13.8. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
One counselor per 104 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Little Flower School enrolled 104 students and had 1.0 counselor (full-time equivalent); it reported 25 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programNo
- Counselors (FTE)1.0, one per 104 of the 104 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions25
- Chronically absent75.0% (2022-23)
Who attends
33.3% of students were White, 31.2% Black, 28.0% Hispanic in 2024-25.
- White33.3%
- Black31.2%
- Hispanic28.0%
- Two or more races6.5%
- American Indian1.1%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
What to look at next about Little Flower School
- Jericho Elementary SchoolThe nearest public school of this kind, 14 miles away: 423 students, 17.0 per teacher (2024-25).14 mi
- Eastern Suffolk BOCESThe next nearest public school of this kind, 15 miles away: 2,043 students, 5.4 per teacher (2024-25).15 mi
- Compare Little Flower School with Jericho Elementary SchoolStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Little Flower Union Free School District spends per studentIts schools, enrollment and finance figures.
- The largest public schools in New YorkLittle Flower School is the number 227 by size of 249 New York schools of this kind open in 2024-25.#227 of 249
- New York schools by students per teacher6.2 students per teacher here against the New York median of 8.4 for schools of this kind.6.2:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Little Flower School
How many students attend Little Flower School?
93 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 92 in 2022-23. It is a special-education school in Wading River, NY.What is the student-teacher ratio at Little Flower School?
6.2 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the New York median for schools of this kind is 8.4. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Little Flower School a Title I school?
Little Flower School ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.What district is Little Flower School in?
Little Flower Union Free School District, NCES district ID 3617400. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 361740001552 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.