Schools in Water Mill · Southampton Union Free School District
Water Mill’s public schools score below 65% of New York districts
The public schools Water Mill’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 65% of New York’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
7%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
51%
▼ 11 pts vs NY 62%
2020–21
Math proficiency
53%
▼ 3 pts vs NY 56%
2020–21
Graduate on time
82%
▼ 2 pts vs NY 84%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$53.7K
▲ 55% vs NY $34.6K
FY2024
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The School Grade
How Water Mill compares
C+ Test scoresC− Graduation
New York school districts we grade (781)Better than 35%
Lower resultsHigher results
New York towns with similar household incomes (209)Better than 7%
Good confidence. Built on 412 tested students and a graduating class of 160; 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 Water Mill.
The path, start to finish
PK–4Southampton Elementary Schoolin Southampton
5–8Southampton Intermediate Schoolin Southampton
9–12Southampton High Schoolin Southampton
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading51%
State average 62.4%
Math53%
State average 55.9%
Every school in Water Mill
0 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.
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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.