Summary:
The Southold Union Free School District is home to a single high school, Southold Junior-Senior High School, which serves students in grades 7-12. The school's performance has been mixed, with some academic areas exceeding state averages while others fall short.
Southold Junior-Senior High School has a statewide ranking that has fluctuated between 387 and 489 out of 1,234 New York high schools over the past three school years, with a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's four-year graduation rate for the 2023-2024 school year was 84.3%, slightly lower than the state average, and its dropout rate was 4.5%, higher than the state average. Additionally, the school's chronic absenteeism rate for the 2023-2024 school year was 31.5%, significantly higher than the state average.
Academically, Southold Junior-Senior High School's proficiency rates on the New York State Assessments were generally lower than the state averages, with the exception of 8th-grade English Language Arts and several Regents exams. The school's per-student spending for the 2023-2024 school year was $51,326, significantly higher than the state average, and it has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 9:1. These factors suggest that the district is investing significant resources into the school, but the academic performance and other metrics indicate that these resources may not be translating into consistently strong student outcomes.
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