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Southold Junior-Senior High School

Federal NCES profile for Southold Junior-Senior High School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 54/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 362762003751
0/100100/10054/100
👥 S:T ratio
65
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
67
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Southold Junior-Senior High School earns 54/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 84% of New York schools.

54
Resource Index · Higher
8.8:1
small classes for New York
37.4%
free-lunch eligible
333
students enrolled

Southold Junior-Senior High School has class sizes smaller than 84% of New York schools. Computed live against every New York school reporting to NCES.

CCD year-over-year · 2022-23 → 2023-24

-19 students YoY

Southold Junior-Senior High School shrank from 380 students in 2022-23 to 361 in 2023-24 (-5.0%).

Teacher FTE added 38.2 → 40.1 across the same CCD years.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data public-school universe (2022-23, 2023-24).

Shrinking CCD campus

-19 students YoY 362762003751 · Southold, NY Other · SMALL · TRAD

333 enr · 8.8:1 · 37.4% lunch · RII 54

Nearest enrollment peer: Southold Elementary School (304 students)

Southold Junior-Senior High School shrank from 380 students in 2022-23 to 361 in 2023-24 (-5.0%). Teacher FTE added 38.2 → 40.1 across the same CCD years. Read with this school → · District book → · New York schools → · Find another →

How Southold Junior-Senior High School compares

Southold Junior-Senior High School is a shrinking campus on CCD: ratios and free-lunch share vs New York and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs New York New York avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 8.8:1 ▼ 25% 11.8:1 15.7:1
Free-lunch eligible 37.4% ▼ 33% 56.2% 51.7%
Enrollment 333 top 69% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

8.8:1
Leaner classes than 93% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
333
Bigger than 37% of US schools by enrollment, mid-sized for the country.

Equity indicators methodology

Economic need
37.4%
free-lunch eligible - 33% below the New York average of 56.2%
Below the 40% Title I threshold; federal aid targets individual qualifying students rather than schoolwide programs.
Staffing depth
8.8:1
students per teacher - 25% below state mean
Top 16% in New York - lower ratio than 84% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Funding equity
$43,788
per pupil, district-wide - above New York avg of $28,120
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors2.0 FTE
Per 167 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
15
in-school suspensions + 6 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 4.5 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 6.3 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Student demographics

White 62.5%
Hispanic or Latino 35.1%
African American 0.9%
Asian 0.9%
Two or More 0.6%

Largest group: White at 62.5% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 48.6/100

Simpson diversity index - at 48.6, Southold Junior-Senior High School is more mixed than the New York school average of 45.5.

Programs

AP courses offered 7

District finance for Southold Union Free School District reports $43,788 per pupil (NCES F-33) - open the district page for the full revenue mix.

How Southold Junior-Senior High School Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Southold Elementary School Similar size Similar economic need Similar S:T ratio

Comparisons are relative to Southold Junior-Senior High School's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Southold Union Free School District · 1 sibling school

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Nationwide other schools with similar size or staffing

Out-of-state peers matched by enrollment and by student-teacher ratio, not the same-city or same-district lists above.

Frequently asked questions about Southold Junior-Senior High School

How many students attend Southold Junior-Senior High School?

Southold Junior-Senior High School has 333 students enrolled. It is a public school in Southold, NY. CCD year-over-year: 380 (2022-23) → 361 (2023-24), down 19.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Southold Junior-Senior High School?

The student-teacher ratio at Southold Junior-Senior High School is 8.8:1, which is 25% lower than the New York average of 11.8:1 and 44% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.

What percentage of students receive free lunch at Southold Junior-Senior High School?

37.4% of students at Southold Junior-Senior High School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the New York average of 56.2%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Southold Junior-Senior High School?

The largest demographic group at Southold Junior-Senior High School is White at 62.5% of enrollment, in Southold, NY.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Southold Junior-Senior High School?

Southold Junior-Senior High School has a Resource Investment Index of 54/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio, gifted-program reporting, counselor availability. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

What other schools are in Southold Union Free School District?

Besides Southold Junior-Senior High School, Southold Union Free School District also operates Southold Elementary School (304 students). See the Southold Union Free School District district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2022-23) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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