📍 125 Browns Rd, Huntington, Suffolk County, 11743
Southdown School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Huntington, Suffolk County. The school has 289 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Huntington Union Free School District school district. It serves grades K–3 in a suburban setting. The school employs 28.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.2:1. 35% of students are proficient in reading. 25% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Southdown School enrolls 289 students across grades K–3. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 28.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 56% Hispanic or Latino, 35% White and 6.2% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 161 | 56% |
| White | 102 | 35% |
| Black or African American | 18 | 6.2% |
| Two or more races | 6 | 2.1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
167 of the school's 289 students (58%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 148 qualify for free lunch and 19 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Southdown School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NY-30, state senate district 5, state house district 10.
Southdown School is one of 8 schools in HUNTINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, based in HUNTINGTON STATION, New York. The district serves 4,079 students district-wide and employs 391 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 289 students, Southdown School is smaller than the district average of about 510 students per school.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large