Amagansett School, Amagansett NY

Original Research by School Decision on Amagansett School

Amagansett School is a small, single-site public school serving pre-K through grade 6 in a historic, tightly zoned hamlet on Long Island's South Fork. Its enrollment has roughly doubled in recent years to around a mid-sized figure, driven by pandemic relocations and the opening of nearby workforce housing. The school sits at the center of hamlet life, on Main Street adjacent to the library, and families here send all secondary students to East Hampton under a tuition agreement locked in through 2030.

The school's 2024-25 state test results show uneven proficiency across grades and subjects. In math, Grade 4 stands strongest, with a solid majority of students proficient; Grades 3, 5, and 6 cluster around half or slightly below. In reading, Grade 4 again leads decisively, while Grade 6 presents a notable challenge, with only about a third of students meeting proficiency. Grade 5 science shows proficiency near half. Performance is highest in the middle grades and notably weaker at the upper end of the school's span. Against other districts in Suffolk County, the school's overall proficiency index sits above the midpoint, a strength for a small rural school, though individual grade pockets warrant attention, particularly Grade 6 reading.

The student body is predominantly white, with Hispanic families comprising a meaningful share and Asian and Black students present in small numbers. Demographic data on free-and-reduced-price lunch eligibility and English learners was not available. The school's operating context has shifted sharply: enrollment pressure and rising operational costs have driven two tax-cap-exceeding budgets, with the 2024-25 budget requiring a supermajority vote. In May 2025 voters approved both a new capital reserve fund for facility upgrades and authorization for a school bus purchase, signaling long-term campus investment. These budget moves reflect real estate pressure on property taxes in a high-cost housing market where median home values are substantial and rising modestly.

Amagansett is a quiet, car-dependent hamlet with a compact historic Main Street and strong seasonal swings. Families here value the small-town feel and preservation-minded zoning that bars chain development. The hamlet has limited year-round commercial life and a notably transient summer population. Year-round residents tend to stay; the school's recent enrollment growth came primarily from pandemic-era movers and families at the Gansett Meadow affordable housing complex rather than from organic local family growth. For families with older children, the tuition agreement with East Hampton is not optional—all secondary students attend there—so the school functions as an entry point only, not a K-12 pathway. The district's taxes and rising tuition bills are meaningful factors for a family considering a move. Parents should discuss with the school, particularly for students entering Grade 5 or 6, the specific supports in place for literacy and numeracy, given the mid-upper grade proficiency patterns in the data.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 350%

School 50% · District 50%

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 475%

School 75% · District 75%

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

Grade 558%

School 58% · District 58%

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Grade 656%

School 56% · District 56%

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 358%

School 58% · District 58%

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

Grade 492%

School 92% · District 92%

▲ 39 pts above state median · ▲ 41 pts above county median

Grade 555%

School 55% · District 55%

even with state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 633%

School 33% · District 33%

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Science

Grade 546%

School 46% · District 46%

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 5100%

School 100% · District 100%

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

This schoolAMAGANSETT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.