📍 225 S Ocean Ave, Patchogue, Suffolk County, 11772
South Ocean Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Patchogue, Suffolk County. The school has 599 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Patchogue-Medford Union Free School District school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 55.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.8:1. 75% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
South Ocean Middle School enrolls 599 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 55.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 59% Hispanic or Latino, 30% White and 4.5% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 355 | 59% |
| White | 182 | 30% |
| Black or African American | 27 | 4.5% |
| Two or more races | 21 | 3.5% |
| Asian | 14 | 2.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
344 of the school's 599 students (57%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 303 qualify for free lunch and 41 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.
South Ocean Middle 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-20, state senate district 3, state house district 7.
South Ocean Middle School is one of 11 schools in PATCHOGUE-MEDFORD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, based in PATCHOGUE, New York. The district serves 7,704 students district-wide and employs 629 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 599 students, South Ocean Middle School is close to the district average of about 700 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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