📍 141 Phillips Ave, Riverhead, Suffolk County, 11901
Phillips Avenue School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Riverhead, Suffolk County. The school has 578 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Riverhead Central School District school district. It serves grades K–4 in a suburban setting. The school employs 55.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.4:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Phillips Avenue School enrolls 578 students across grades K–4. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 55.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 80% Hispanic or Latino, 10% White and 7.6% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 461 | 80% |
| White | 60 | 10% |
| Black or African American | 44 | 7.6% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 1.4% |
| Asian | 5 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
286 of the school's 578 students (49%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 283 qualify for free lunch and 3 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Phillips Avenue School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Small). 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-10, state senate district 1, state house district 1.
Phillips Avenue School is one of 8 schools in RIVERHEAD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, based in RIVERHEAD, New York. The district serves 5,753 students district-wide and employs 451 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 578 students, Phillips Avenue School is smaller than the district average of about 719 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Small
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