East Hampton High School, East Hampton NY

Original Research by School Decision on East Hampton High School

East Hampton High School is a regular public high school serving grades 9 through 12 in the East Hampton Union Free School District on Long Island's East End. The school sits on a campus at the edge of the village, near downtown but separated from the commercial core.

The enrollment is mid-sized, just over a thousand students. The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with a substantial white enrollment and much smaller percentages of Asian, Black, and multiracial students. About two-fifths of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a significant share that reflects the area's economic complexity: the Hamptons host a wealthy summer population and a large service workforce, while many year-round residents work in construction, health care, and trades. State testing data was not available for this school, so academic proficiency cannot be assessed from the data provided. No graduation rate, attendance data, or discipline information was reported, limiting what can be said about outcomes. A parent would need to ask the school directly about these measures or seek supplemental sources.

The district is small, serving three schools across pre-K through 12 in a single community. East Hampton itself is a resort village where roughly half of homes are second residences or vacation rentals, meaning the year-round population swells dramatically in summer. The commercial core is walkable and oriented toward Main Street and Newtown Lane; civic life is downtown-centered around the renovated Herrick Park, the Hampton Library, and the historic village green. The school sits near the LIRR station, which connects to the Montauk Branch and offers commuter shuttles to and from the city.

Housing costs in the area are very high. The median home value is in the mid-to-high range regionally, and median monthly rents are correspondingly steep. The community housing fund, approved in 2022, uses a real estate transfer tax to support affordability programs including down-payment help and accessory dwelling unit construction assistance. A new all-electric 50-unit affordable rental complex, the Green at Gardiner's Point, opened in late 2024. Still, buying or renting in East Hampton remains a significant financial commitment for most families.

The district's financial footing has tightened. For 2024-25, the district passed a budget that exceeded the state tax cap and required voter approval by a supermajority; the increase reflected spiking expenses and the end of COVID-19 relief funding. In May 2026 the district placed three capital-bond propositions on the ballot: one for essential renovations across all three schools funded by replacing retiring debt at no additional tax cost, and two optional propositions for an indoor pool and an indoor athletic facility, each carrying added annual property-tax cost for the ballot measure. These results will shape school facilities and tax bills for years ahead, making the vote a material factor for families considering relocation to the district.

Program offerings at the high school were not detailed in available data. The school occupies a modern campus that underwent significant expansion. The peer environment reflects the seasonal nature of the place: the year-round student population is drawn from both affluent households and working families whose livelihoods depend on the resort economy and construction trades, creating economic and cultural diversity within the school.

A parent may want to look into the school's course breadth, AP and dual-credit offerings, graduation outcomes, and state proficiency trends directly with the school or the district, as these numbers were not provided in public reports accessed here.

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Academic performance

How students graduate and prepare for what comes next.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

83.0%Cohort of 248 students · Class of 2021

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

1,253 schools plotted. 14 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Advanced Placement & IB

22 subjects offered · 2023-24

Each card is one AP or IB subject. The headline number is the share of students scoring 3 or higher on the exam — the threshold for college credit at most universities. The bar below each rate shows the underlying distribution across performance levels.

Score:12· no credit345· extremely well qualified

Math and Computer Science

Calculus AB

34 tested · Grade 10

44.1%

scored 3 or higher

Calculus BC

5 tested

100.0%

scored 3 or higher

Computer Science A

11 tested

63.6%

scored 3 or higher

Computer Science Principles

17 tested · Grade 10

64.7%

scored 3 or higher

Precalculus

75 tested · Grade 10

93.3%

scored 3 or higher

Statistics

34 tested · Grade 10

44.1%

scored 3 or higher

Sciences

Biology

57 tested · Grade 9, Grade 10

70.2%

scored 3 or higher

Chemistry

16 tested · Grade 10

43.8%

scored 3 or higher

Environmental Science

46 tested

50.0%

scored 3 or higher

Physics 1

20 tested · Grade 10

45.0%

scored 3 or higher

English

Research

29 tested

96.6%

scored 3 or higher

Seminar

118 tested · Grade 10

90.7%

scored 3 or higher

History and Social Sciences

Macroeconomics

27 tested

81.5%

scored 3 or higher

Psychology

49 tested

79.6%

scored 3 or higher

U.S. History

70 tested

80.0%

scored 3 or higher

World Languages and Cultures

Spanish Language and Culture

20 tested · Grade 10

90.0%

scored 3 or higher

Arts

Music Theory

8 tested

62.5%

scored 3 or higher

Studio Art Drawing

8 tested

87.5%

scored 3 or higher

Other

Literature and Comp

91 tested

74.7%

scored 3 or higher

Studio Art 2d Design

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

U S Government and Politics

53 tested

79.2%

scored 3 or higher

World History

39 tested · Grade 10

84.6%

scored 3 or higher

New York Regents Exams

4 courses reported · 2024-25

End-of-course exams required for a New York Regents diploma. Each row shows the cohort size and the share of students scoring at the proficient level or higher.

Course	Students tested	% proficient
Science	281	66.0%
Ela	256	85.0%
Social Studies	254	95.0%
Math	150	83.0%

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.