Timber Point Elementary School, East Islip NY

Original Research by School Decision on Timber Point Elementary School

Timber Point Elementary School is a regular public elementary school in East Islip, serving pre-kindergarten through second grade. It enrolls a small population, with nearly half in kindergarten, about a third in first grade, and the remaining portion spread across second grade and an even smaller pre-K program. The enrollment is overwhelmingly white, with Hispanic students making up a modest but visible share and Asian and Black students each representing a very small fraction of the student body. About one in ten students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, suggesting a generally higher-income community with some economic diversity.

The school sits on the outskirts of East Islip, a small, tree-lined South Shore Long Island hamlet with waterfront access on the Great South Bay and a mixed residential and commercial character centered on Main Street. The area is home to modest new single-family construction and priced in the upper range for the region. LIRR access via the Great River station provides commute options for working families. While the hamlet itself is car-dependent for most errands, Main Street offers local shops, restaurants, and civic anchors like the public library and Bayway Arts Center. Nearby Heckscher State Park and East Islip Marina Park provide open-space recreation.

The school serves the lower elementary grades, meaning state testing data is unavailable for kindergarten and pre-K. For the grades that are tested—third through fifth—historical assessment results from the 2013-14 school year show a mixed academic profile. Math proficiency in the mid-range grades hovered in the low-to-mid sixties, with one grade dipping below that threshold. English language arts performance was notably weaker, running in the high thirties to mid-forties. Science results, by contrast, were very strong, with one tested grade showing proficiency near universal levels. A single social studies data point from an earlier year showed similarly high performance. The math-versus-ELA gap suggests that reading and writing skills may warrant closer attention. No recent assessment data is available, so it is unclear whether this pattern has shifted in the years since. A parent may want to ask the school directly about current proficiency trends and any instructional priorities the school has identified.

The school's overall proficiency index places it above the midpoint among Suffolk County districts in the comparison set, a positioning that reflects strength in science and some areas of mathematics balanced against the weaker ELA showing. The data comes from a decade ago, however, and the school's current academic standing is not documented in available records. Information about enrollment trends, staffing, attendance, or specialized programs is not present in the available data.

The East Islip Union Free School District operates multiple schools across East Islip, Great River, Islip Terrace, and neighboring communities. District finances have been stable, with consistent budget passage and modest annual tax increases. In May 2025, voters approved changes to student transportation and bus eligibility, a practical concern for families choosing the district. The district was required by New York State to retire its longstanding Native American mascot, a directive completed by the end of the 2024-25 school year. These shifts touch the lived experience of families in the district but do not directly bear on school academics.

Timber Point is a small school in an established, moderately affluent suburb with strong housing demand, stable district governance, and historical strength in science instruction balanced by documented reading and writing gaps in prior years. Without current academic data or program-level detail, a parent seeking to understand the school's current instructional quality will need to engage directly with the school and the district.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 365%

School 65% · District 50% · ▲ 15 pts above district

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

Grade 462%

School 62% · District 53% · ▲ 9 pts above district

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

Grade 555%

School 55% · District 48% · ▲ 7 pts above district

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

English language arts

Grade 345%

School 45% · District 42% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 439%

School 39% · District 46% · ▼ 7 pts below district

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

Grade 541%

School 41% · District 54% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Science

Grade 497%

School 97% · district not reported

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

Social studies

Grade 598%

School 98% · district not reported

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

This schoolEAST ISLIP 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.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income17%Higher-income48%32 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income33%Higher-income42%9 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income50%Higher-income67%17 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income33%Higher-income57%24 pp gap