The top reported proficiency rate is 94% in Science. The lowest is 44% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Jefferson School
Jefferson School serves kindergarten through third grade in Huntington, a mixed residential and commercial area on Long Island's North Shore. The school enrolls a diverse population with a substantial share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, and a student body that is majority Hispanic, with meaningful representation of white, Black, and Asian students.
The school's recent state testing results show proficiency rates in the low-to-mid range. In third-grade math, less than half of tested students scored at proficient levels, with a similar result in third-grade English language arts. Science data from an earlier year showed notably higher proficiency, though that result is now several years old and may not reflect current performance. When compared against other districts in Suffolk County, Jefferson's overall proficiency index sits above the midpoint, a positioning that reflects its current performance relative to peers in the county.
Testing participation rates were strong in both English language arts and math, suggesting the results represent a reliable picture of the tested population. The school serves children in the lower elementary grades, so it has no graduation rate or high school pathway data; state testing does not extend below grade three, which is why science proficiency is drawn from older data.
Huntington itself is a town with a clear geography. The historic downtown village around Main Street is the area's walkable commercial core, home to independent shops, restaurants, galleries, the Paramount Theater, and civic anchors like Heckscher Park. Beyond the village, the town is primarily single-family homes. The broader Huntington area includes the office-park corridor in Melville, revitalization activity around Huntington Station centered on the LIRR and state-funded downtown improvements, and neighborhood commercial corridors in other hamlets. Housing values in the zip code are substantial, reflecting Long Island's position in the regional market. Rents have risen meaningfully year-over-year, and the inventory picture has shifted, with supply tightening relative to the prior year.
The Huntington Union Free School District, which operates Jefferson, has made several structural changes. Most directly relevant to families with children at Jefferson is a rezoning effective for the 2026-27 school year: Jefferson students will be assigned to attend Woodhull Intermediate School, beginning with fourth graders in September 2026. This reshuffles which intermediate building each primary school feeds into and represents a lasting change in school assignment. The district has also implemented a bell-to-bell cell phone restriction in compliance with new state law. At the high school level, the district has resequenced math courses and created dual-enrollment pathways for statistics and computer science, though these do not affect Jefferson directly.
The school's position in the county proficiency comparison and the community context around it paint a picture of a school serving a moderately sized cohort in a neighborhood with active commercial and residential character, where state test results suggest achievement is in the lower-to-middle band. A parent or guardian considering Jefferson may want to look into the school's supports for English learners and students with high free-or-reduced-lunch populations, and discuss with the school directly what instructional approaches and supplemental resources are available.
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