📍 10 43rd St, Centereach, Suffolk County, 11720
Dawnwood Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Centereach, Suffolk County. The school has 1,074 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Middle Country Central School District school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 76.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.0:1. 46% of students are proficient in reading. 37% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Dawnwood Middle School enrolls 1,074 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 76.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 52% White, 33% Hispanic or Latino and 6.1% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 561 | 52% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 354 | 33% |
| Asian | 66 | 6.1% |
| Black or African American | 57 | 5.3% |
| Two or more races | 35 | 3.3% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
402 of the school's 1,074 students (37%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 380 qualify for free lunch and 22 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.
Dawnwood Middle School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NY-10, state senate district 2, state house district 5.
Dawnwood Middle School is one of 14 schools in MIDDLE COUNTRY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, based in CENTEREACH, New York. The district serves 9,545 students district-wide and employs 616 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,074 students, Dawnwood Middle School is larger than the district average of about 682 students per school.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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