Huntington High School, Huntington NY

Original Research by School Decision on Huntington High School

Huntington High School serves a large cohort of high school students across all four grades from a suburban campus on Oakwood Road. The school population is predominantly Hispanic, with meaningful shares of white and Black students, and a substantial share of families qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The school's neighborhood spans from the revitalized downtown corridor of Huntington Village to the office-park and commercial areas around Melville and Huntington Station, all within Suffolk County's diverse economy.

Academic performance data at the school level were not available, so a reader cannot see this school's proficiency results, graduation rate, or chronic absenteeism metrics directly. State testing results and outcomes reporting for individual schools within the district are not in the available records. The Huntington Union Free School District has made notable curriculum and pathway changes for the 2025/26 school year: math Regents courses were resequenced, and the district partnered with colleges so Huntington High School students can now earn college credit for Statistics and Advanced Placement Computer Science A. These additions expand dual-credit opportunity, though the full breadth of courses and programs at the school is not detailed in the available data.

The school operates within a district that has undertaken substantial structural reorganization. Effective in 2026/27, intermediate-level schools are being rezoned by primary-school attendance zone, meaning families' pathway through the district will depend on where they live. This reorganization does not directly affect the high school, but it signals ongoing district-level change. The district also implemented a cell phone policy for the entire school day beginning in fall 2025, aligning with new state law.

Housing in the 11743 zip code where the school sits is at a moderate to upper-middle price point for Long Island. The local market shows a typical suburban dynamic, with active inventory, modest price stability year over year, and pricing considerably higher than the national benchmark but in line with New York State averages. Renting is substantially more affordable than buying, though rent-to-income ratios remain elevated for many households. The broader Huntington area has seen significant revitalization investment, particularly around Huntington Station to the south, which received state Downtown Revitalization Initiative funding and is undergoing mixed-use housing and pedestrian infrastructure improvements. The Huntington LIRR station provides direct access to Manhattan in just over an hour.

The district's 2025/26 budget passed with a tax levy increase, which affects property owners directly. No information about the school's specific discipline policy, attendance support, staffing levels, or special education and English learner services were available in the data, so a parent may want to look into those further with the school. The school's strengths, challenges, and particular fit for a given family would benefit from direct conversation with the building, as the data do not paint a full academic and support picture.

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Academic performance

How students graduate and prepare for what comes next.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

92.0%Cohort of 379 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

30 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

33 tested

57.6%

scored 3 or higher

Calculus BC

9 tested

44.4%

scored 3 or higher

Computer Science A

8 tested · Grade 10

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Computer Science Principles

25 tested · Grade 9, Grade 10

36.0%

scored 3 or higher

Precalculus

43 tested · Grade 10

90.7%

scored 3 or higher

Statistics

31 tested

25.8%

scored 3 or higher

Sciences

Biology

56 tested · Grade 10

80.4%

scored 3 or higher

Chemistry

17 tested · Grade 10

64.7%

scored 3 or higher

Environmental Science

31 tested

32.3%

scored 3 or higher

Physics 1

19 tested

31.6%

scored 3 or higher

English

Research

11 tested

54.5%

scored 3 or higher

Seminar

50 tested · Grade 10

82.0%

scored 3 or higher

History and Social Sciences

Human Geography

20 tested · Grade 9, Grade 10

20.0%

scored 3 or higher

Macroeconomics

16 tested

75.0%

scored 3 or higher

Microeconomics

16 tested

75.0%

scored 3 or higher

Psychology

26 tested · Grade 10

34.6%

scored 3 or higher

U.S. History

77 tested · Grade 10

79.2%

scored 3 or higher

World Languages and Cultures

French Language and Culture

6 tested

66.7%

scored 3 or higher

Italian Language and Culture

8 tested

62.5%

scored 3 or higher

Latin: Vergil (archived)

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Spanish Language and Culture

59 tested · Grade 10

88.1%

scored 3 or higher

Spanish Literature and Culture

33 tested · Grade 10

48.5%

scored 3 or higher

Arts

Music Theory

7 tested · Grade 10

71.4%

scored 3 or higher

Studio Art Drawing

4 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Other

African American Studies

10 tested · Grade 10

70.0%

scored 3 or higher

Language and Comp

67 tested

40.3%

scored 3 or higher

Literature and Comp

43 tested

65.1%

scored 3 or higher

Studio Art 2d Design

10 tested

100.0%

scored 3 or higher

U S Government and Politics

81 tested

79.0%

scored 3 or higher

World History

68 tested · Grade 9, Grade 10, HS

83.8%

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	427	73.0%
Social Studies	361	83.0%
Math	265	48.0%
Science	87	60.0%

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.