The top reported proficiency rate is 28% in Social studies. The lowest is 14% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Neighborhood House Charter (district)
Neighborhood House Charter is a single-campus charter district serving pre-kindergarten through grade twelve, located entirely within the Neighborhood House Charter School building. With an enrollment that is small for a PK–12 district, it offers a continuous pathway from early childhood through high school. The student body is predominantly Black and Hispanic, together accounting for over four-fifths of enrollment, with smaller populations of White students, students who identify as two or more races, Asian students, and American Indian or Alaska Native students. Free or reduced-price lunch data was not available, and the district did not report the share of students with disabilities or English learners, so the full extent of student support needs is not immediately clear from the public record.
State testing results provide a central measure of academic performance here. In the most recent assessments, proficiency rates across tested subjects for grades three through eight were below the midpoint among Suffolk County's districts. In math, about one-fifth of students scored proficient or above. In English language arts, about one-quarter reached that threshold. Science proficiency was lower, and eighth-grade social studies came in just above a quarter. These figures place overall academic performance in the lower range of county districts, and a parent evaluating this school would want to examine whether the school's instructional approach or intervention programs match their child's needs. A chronic absenteeism rate that sits below the midpoint (meaning higher absenteeism) in the county is another signal that may warrant a closer conversation with the school about attendance supports and school climate.
On the resource side, per-pupil current spending falls in the middle range of county districts, on the upper half. That suggests the district invests at a level comparable to many of its neighbors, though without program-specific data publicly available it is not possible to see how those dollars are distributed across classrooms, support staff, or enrichment.
The district consists of a single school, the Neighborhood House Charter School, which spans the full PK–12 grade band. No recent parent-relevant changes, such as leadership turnover, facility expansions, or program overhauls, were confirmed in publicly available sources. The district's academic record and enrollment composition describe a school that serves a predominantly Black and Hispanic student body and operates with academic outcomes that trail the county median. For families considering this option, the central questions are how the school addresses gaps in proficiency and whether its scale and continuous-grade model provide the stability or the limitations that fit a given student.
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