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Schools in St. James · Smithtown Central School District

St. James’s public schools beat 80% of New York districts

The public schools St. James’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 80% of New York’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

68%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
70%
▲ 8 pts vs NY 62%
2020–21
Math proficiency
71%
▲ 15 pts vs NY 56%
2020–21
Graduate on time
94%
▲ 11 pts vs NY 84%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$34.8K
▲ 1% vs NY $34.6K
FY2024
Schools
0
The School Grade

How St. James compares

A− Test scoresA− Graduation
New York school districts we grade (781)Better than 80%
Lower resultsHigher results
New York towns with similar household incomes (425)Better than 68%
High confidence. Built on 2,174 tested students and a graduating class of 829; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change it.
How the School Grade works
  • Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on New York’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
  • The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
  • Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of New York only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
  • What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so 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.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve St. James.

7 schools teach K in St. James’s district. Which one depends on your address: Accompsett Elementary School, Smithtown Elementary School, Mount Pleasant Elementary School and Tackan Elementary School and more.
The path, start to finish
K–57 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–83 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your address

The district

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Smithtown Central School DistrictGrades K–12 · 12 schools · 7,437 students
$34,788NY $34,607
A−
Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading70%
State average 62.4%
Math71%
State average 55.9%

St. James vs. its neighbors

St. James’s schools rank 3rd of 6 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among New York districts.

Head of the HarborASmithtownA−St. JamesA−Village of the BranchA−Lake GroveA−BrookhavenB−

Every school in St. James

0 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.

Also serving St. James · in other towns
Accompsett Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Smithtown
B−
523 students12:1Rate it →
Smithtown Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Smithtown
B+
517 students11:1Rate it →
Mount Pleasant Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Smithtown
B
479 students12:1Rate it →
Tackan Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Nesconset
A−
470 students14:1Rate it →
Saint James Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Saint James
B
461 students12:1Rate it →
Dogwood Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Smithtown
A−
350 students13:1Rate it →
Mills Pond Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · St James
A−
338 students13:1Rate it →
Great Hollow Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Nesconset
B
750 students10:1Rate it →
Accompsett Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Smithtown
B−
522 students10:1Rate it →
Nesaquake Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Saint James
B−
466 students10:1Rate it →
Smithtown High School East
High · Grades 9–12 · Saint James
A
1,403 students11:1Rate it →
Smithtown High School-West
High · Grades 9–12 · Smithtown
A
1,158 students9:1Rate it →

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Within reach

Colleges near St. James

There’s no college in St. James, but 21 are within 30 miles. The closest is Stony Brook University in Brookhaven, 3.1 miles away.

Colleges →
Stony Brook UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Brookhaven
3.1 mi24,051 students
Suffolk County Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Brookhaven
5.4 mi17,584 students
Five Towns CollegeUniversity or college · For-profit · Huntington
12.7 mi717 students
Farmingdale State CollegeUniversity or college · Public · Huntington
16.7 mi9,077 students
New York College of Health ProfessionsUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Oyster Bay
19.5 mi96 students
Island Drafting and Technical InstituteCommunity college · For-profit · Amityville
19.6 mi53 students
Paier CollegeUniversity or college · For-profit · Bridgeport
20 mi203 students
University of BridgeportUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Bridgeport
20 mi3,171 students
Fairfield UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Fairfield
20.2 mi5,903 students
SUNY Old WestburyUniversity or college · Public · Old Westbury
22.6 mi4,120 students

Straight-line distance from the center of St. James. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS. 11 more within 30 miles.

School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within New York. Stars are from neighbors.

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