Other / mixed grade configuration · Bay Shore, NY

Woodhull School

Federal NCES profile for Woodhull School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 58/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 362154003056
0/100100/10058/100
👥 S:T ratio
80
🌟 Gifted program
30
📋 Attendance
64
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Woodhull School earns 58/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 98% of New York schools. It is also one of the smallest schools in New York.

#1 of 12
public schools in Bay Shore · Resource Index
58
Resource Index · Higher
5:1
small classes for New York
35
students enrolled

Woodhull School has class sizes smaller than 98% of New York schools. Computed live against every New York school reporting to NCES.

By Resource Investment Index, Woodhull School ranks #1 of 12 public schools in Bay Shore, NY.

Enrollment

35

New York · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

7.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

5:1

vs 11.8:1 New York avg

-58% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Woodhull School compares with New York and U.S. medians

Smaller classes than state median
0:135:15:1

Source: NCES Common Core of Data As of 2024-25 federal staff survey Total enrollment ÷ full-time-equivalent classroom teachers

What stands out at Woodhull School

Woodhull School is a small combined-grade school in Bay Shore, New York, enrolling 35 students.

Classes run notably small here: at 5:1, Woodhull School is leaner than roughly 98% of New York schools and 58% under the state's 11.8:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.

This is a small campus: fewer students than 99% of New York schools, with 35 enrolled.

Its Resource Investment Index outscores 93% of the 4,801 New York schools with a score on record, a top-tier result on this measure.

Its student body is led by White (77%) and Hispanic or Latino (14%) (diversity index 38/100).

14.3% of students were chronically absent in the 2021-22 collection, in line with the post-pandemic national range.

Fire Island Union Free School District operates only this one school, so Woodhull School has no district-mates to compare against locally. At 35 students, it is also a small operation, on the smaller end of New York's single-school districts.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Woodhull School compares

Woodhull School on the metrics families compare, against New York and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs New York New York avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 5:1 ▼ 58% 11.8:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 35 top 99% - -

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

5:1
Leaner classes than 98% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
35
Bigger than 4% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Staffing depth
5:1
students per teacher - 58% below state mean
Top 2% in New York - lower ratio than 98% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
14.3%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
In the 10-15% range, above the pre-pandemic national baseline but within the broader post-pandemic picture.
Support staff
Counselors0.0 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

White 77.1%
Hispanic or Latino 14.3%
African American 8.6%

Largest group: White at 77.1% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 37.8/100

Simpson diversity index - at 37.8, Woodhull School is less mixed than the New York school average of 45.5.

Programs

Similar other schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of New York, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Woodhull School's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Woodhull School

How many students attend Woodhull School?

Woodhull School has 35 students enrolled. It is a public school in Bay Shore, NY.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Woodhull School?

The student-teacher ratio at Woodhull School is 5:1, which is 58% lower than the New York average of 11.8:1 and 68% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Woodhull School?

The largest demographic group at Woodhull School is White at 77.1% of enrollment, in Bay Shore, NY.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Woodhull School?

Woodhull School has a Resource Investment Index of 58/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

How does Woodhull School rank among public schools in Bay Shore?

By Resource Investment Index, Woodhull School ranks #1 of 12 public schools in Bay Shore, NY. This compares federal resource and staffing data among local peers; it is not a test-score or academic ranking. See all public schools in Bay Shore on the city page.

Is Woodhull School a good school?

Woodhull School earns 58/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 98% of New York schools. It is also one of the smallest schools in New York. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Fire Island Union Free School District?

None reported; Fire Island Union Free School District operates only Woodhull School as a public school district in NCES's records.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 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

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