Summary:
The city of Yaphank, New York has only one school, C.E. Walters School, which serves grades K-4 with a total enrollment of 795 students. The school is part of the Longwood Central School District, which is ranked 742 out of 865 school districts in New York and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
C.E. Walters School's academic performance on the New York State Assessments in English Language Arts (ELA) and Math is generally below the Longwood Central School District and New York state averages. In 2023-2024, the school's 3rd grade ELA proficiency rate was 34%, compared to the district's 28.6% and the state's 42.6%, while the 4th grade ELA proficiency rate was 28.81%, compared to the district's 30.22% and the state's 47.05%. Similarly, the school's 3rd grade Math proficiency rate was 49.02%, compared to the district's 35.78% and the state's 53.93%, and the 4th grade Math proficiency rate was 46.4%, compared to the district's 38.8% and the state's 58.03%. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom half of New York elementary schools and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating below-average performance.
Additionally, 49.18% of students at C.E. Walters School were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2022-2023 school year, suggesting a relatively high level of economic disadvantage among the student population. The school's per-student spending for the 2022-2023 school year was $19,028, which is higher than the national average but may not be sufficient to address the needs of the student population. However, the school had a student-teacher ratio of 14.4 to 1 in the 2022-2023 school year, which is slightly lower than the national average and may indicate a relatively favorable learning environment.
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