Hauppauge High School, Hauppauge NY

Original Research by School Decision on Hauppauge High School

Hauppauge High School is a mid-sized public high school serving grades nine through twelve in the suburban hamlet of Hauppauge, which straddles the towns of Islip and Smithtown in central Suffolk County. The school draws from an established residential community mixed with extensive commercial, industrial, and county government uses. It functions as an anchor in a car-dependent landscape: Hauppauge itself has no railroad station, and residents rely on the Long Island Expressway, Northern State Parkway, and county transit buses for mobility. Nearby Blydenburgh County Park and the Hauppauge Public Library are the civic amenities, while shopping and dining spill into neighboring Smithtown and Commack.

The enrollment is diverse by both race and economic circumstance. The student body is roughly two-thirds white, with a substantial Hispanic population, meaningful Asian enrollment, and smaller numbers of Black students. About one in five students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a mixed but moderate economic profile for the school population. State testing data was not available for this report, nor was the four-year graduation rate, so a reader cannot compare Hauppauge High's academic standing against its county peers or track how many students complete their diplomas on time. That information would be worth requesting directly from the school if academic performance is a deciding factor.

The district has made recent capital investments through a bond referendum approved in December 2023. Funds are being directed toward renovation of the high school's science research room, fitness center, television studio, and pre-production classrooms, plus courtyard and learning-center improvements at both the middle and high schools, and resurfaced athletic fields and track. These upgrades are intended to strengthen the physical plant and program spaces over time, though the bond carries a lasting property-tax increase that families should factor into the cost of living in the district.

Housing in the Hauppauge area sits in the upper range of Long Island's suburban market. Median home values in the zip code are substantial, with rental costs also meaningful relative to regional incomes. The market is tight: Long Island faces chronic housing inventory shortages, and buyer demand in established suburban districts with school access continues to outpace supply. Properties move reasonably quickly, and new construction is expected to remain modest through 2026. Growth is being channeled partly through zoning overlays in the adjacent industrial park, where mixed-use development has recently been permitted, but this is unlikely to add residential housing near the school in the near term.

The school sits within a community identity shaped by the Hauppauge Industrial Park (also known as the Long Island Innovation Park), one of the largest industrial parks in the nation, anchoring a daytime employment base in technology, manufacturing, biomedical, and related fields. This employer base sustains the region's middle and upper-middle-class character. The district also offers state-funded full-day universal pre-kindergarten for eligible four-year-olds, allocated by lottery, a benefit relevant for families with younger children.

Without testing results or graduation data, parents evaluating Hauppauge High should reach out to the school directly for current academic performance measures, course breadth, special programs, and student outcomes to weigh against other district options in the county.

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Academic performance

How students graduate and prepare for what comes next.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

97.0%Cohort of 295 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

41 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

50 tested

88.0%

scored 3 or higher

Calculus BC

18 tested

61.1%

scored 3 or higher

Computer Science Principles

21 tested · Grade 9, Grade 10

76.2%

scored 3 or higher

Statistics

30 tested · Grade 9, Grade 10

76.7%

scored 3 or higher

Sciences

Biology

74 tested · Grade 9, Grade 10

75.7%

scored 3 or higher

Chemistry

11 tested

90.9%

scored 3 or higher

Physics 1

42 tested

66.7%

scored 3 or higher

Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism

10 tested

60.0%

scored 3 or higher

History and Social Sciences

Human Geography

25 tested · Grade 10

64.0%

scored 3 or higher

Microeconomics

40 tested

47.5%

scored 3 or higher

U.S. History

111 tested

74.8%

scored 3 or higher

World Languages and Cultures

German Language and Culture

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Arts

Music Theory

2 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

International Baccalaureate

Ib Business and Management HL

22 tested

90.9%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Business and Management SL

28 tested

85.7%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Dance HL

4 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Dance SL

5 tested

100.0%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Environmental Systems SL

26 tested

84.6%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Film HL

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Film SL

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Global Politics SL

7 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Ib History Hl History of the Americas

31 tested

96.8%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Language a Language and Literature English HL

68 tested

92.6%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Language B French HL

2 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Language B French SL

25 tested

88.0%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Language B German SL

16 tested

100.0%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Language B Spanish HL

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Language B Spanish SL

30 tested

56.7%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Mathematics Analysis and Approaches HL

16 tested

75.0%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Mathematics Analysis and Approaches SL

24 tested

54.2%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Mathematics Applications and Interpretation SL

8 tested

62.5%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Physics HL

8 tested

62.5%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Sports Exercise and Health Science SL

20 tested

75.0%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Theatre Arts HL

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Visual Arts HL

2 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Visual Arts SL

2 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Other

Language and Comp

67 tested · Grade 10

55.2%

scored 3 or higher

Literature and Comp

21 tested · Grade 10

81.0%

scored 3 or higher

Studio Art 2d Design

3 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

U S Government and Politics

61 tested

73.8%

scored 3 or higher

World History

63 tested · Grade 10

88.9%

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
Ela	291	95.0%
Social Studies	285	94.0%
Math	212	99.0%
Science	105	94.0%

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.