Schools · Smithtown
Smithtown, NY schools
Smithtown’s public schools score well above New York’s averages: 70% of students are proficient in reading against 62.4% statewide, and 94% of high schoolers graduate on time against 83.5%. Kids attend one of 9 elementary schools through grade 5, then one of 10 elementary schools, one of 4 middle schools and SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL EAST or SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL-WEST or KINGS PARK HIGH SCHOOL.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
A−
Smithtown’s School Grade: A-
The public schools Smithtown’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 82% of New York’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
A-Test scoresA-Graduation
New York school districts we grade (781)Better than 82%
Lower resultsHigher results
New York towns with similar household incomes (349)Better than 68%
High confidence. Built on 2,936 tested students and a graduating class of 829; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on New York’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of New York only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in New York with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Smithtown kids go to school
Grades PK–5
9 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Smithtown Central School DistrictGrades 5
10 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Smithtown Central School DistrictGrades 9–12
ASMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL EAST or ASMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL-WEST or A+KINGS PARK HIGH SCHOOL
Depends on your address Smithtown Central School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well above the state in reading
Reading (grades PK–12, Smithtown Central)70%
State average 62.4%
Reading (Kings Park Central)79%
State average 62.4%
Math (grades PK–12, Smithtown Central)71%
State average 55.9%
Math (Kings Park Central)68%
State average 55.9%
Graduation · class of 2020
94% graduate on time
Graduation rate
94%
NY: 83.5%
Graduating class
829
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #97 of 609 NY towns →
Districts
Two districts serve Smithtown
Smithtown Central School DistrictGrades K–12 · 12 schools · 7,437 students
$34,788 per studentNY $34,607A-Kings Park Central School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 5 schools · 2,656 students
$34,214 per studentNY $34,607AEach district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 33 schools in Smithtown
Showing 1–30 of 33 schools
SAWMILL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · Grades 2–5 · 550 students
B-PublicACCOMPSETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 523 students
B-PublicSMITHTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 517 students
B+PublicPINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 498 students
BPublicMOUNT PLEASANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 479 students
BPublicTACKAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 470 students
A-PublicSAINT JAMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 461 students
BPublicRJ O INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · Grades 3–5 · 439 students
B-PublicPARKVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–3 · 425 students
APublicFORT SALONGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–3 · 381 students
B+PublicDOGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 350 students
A-PublicFOREST BROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 342 students
B+PublicMILLS POND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 338 students
A-PublicNORTH RIDGE SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–2 · 335 students
PublicWOOD PARK SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–2 · 280 students
PublicINDIAN HOLLOW SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–2 · 254 students
PublicGREAT HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 750 students
BPublicWILLIAM T ROGERS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 588 students
BPublicACCOMPSETT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 522 students
B-PublicNESAQUAKE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 466 students
B-PublicCOMMACK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,728 students
A+PublicSMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL EASTHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,403 students
APublicSMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL-WESTHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,158 students
APublicKINGS PARK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · Grades 9–12 · 823 students
A+PublicCLEARY SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
PrivateDEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES INSTITUTE
PrivateHARBOR COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
PrivateIVY LEAGUE SCHOOL
PrivateSMITHTOWN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
PrivateSS PHILIP & JAMES SCHOOL
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.