Comsewogue High School, Port Jefferson Sta NY

Original Research by School Decision on Comsewogue High School

Comsewogue High School serves students in grades nine through twelve from Port Jefferson Station and surrounding areas in Brookhaven-Comsewogue Union Free School District on Long Island's North Shore. The school enrolls roughly a thousand students across the four grades, with a student body that is majority white, nearly a third Hispanic, and smaller shares of Black, Asian, and multiracial students. About a quarter of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting modest economic diversity within the school's attendance zone.

The hamlet of Port Jefferson Station itself is a primarily suburban, car-oriented community of tree-lined residential streets mixed with industrial and retail areas along Nesconset Highway. It sits south of the more tourist-oriented Port Jefferson village, separated by LIRR tracks that form the northern border. The school sits on Bicycle Path, one of several district facilities distributed across residential areas rather than clustered near a town center. The area is entering a phase of active redevelopment, with the aging Jefferson Plaza shopping center scheduled for demolition and replacement by a mixed-use complex with apartments and civic space, signaling local investment in walkability and density where the commercial spine has long been auto-oriented and fragmented.

State assessment data was not available for this school, so readers cannot see proficiency rates or attainment in tested subjects and grades. A graduation rate was also not reported in the available data. These gaps limit what can be said about academic outcomes. The school's four-year grade distribution and enrollment stability suggest a standard secondary pathway, and the absence of designation as a Title I or special-purpose school indicates it does not serve as a targeted alternative or special population program.

The housing market in the zip code reflects Long Island's escalating costs. Home values are substantial, though modest affordability metrics indicate that housing remains achievable for middle-income families through mortgage on local median household earnings. Rents are also appreciable and have grown, though the incoming redevelopment and ongoing transit connections through the Port Jefferson LIRR station and Suffolk County Transit buses provide some housing diversity and access to regional employment. The Comsewogue Public Library and the paved Setauket-Port Jefferson Station Greenway Trail serve as civic anchors for the community.

Program offerings and staffing data were not available, so a parent seeking detail on course breadth, AP access, career pathways, English learner support, or special education services would need to check the school's website or contact the district directly. Similarly, chronic absenteeism, discipline trends, and attendance rates were not provided. A parent considering Comsewogue may want to reach out to the school to learn about academic supports, AP and dual-enrollment pathways, club and athletic offerings, and the school's approach to peer culture and college and career readiness, since those qualitative dimensions cannot be drawn from the data at hand.

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Academic performance

How students graduate and prepare for what comes next.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

92.0%Cohort of 328 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

20 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

20 tested

30.0%

scored 3 or higher

Calculus BC

15 tested

13.3%

scored 3 or higher

Computer Science A

9 tested

33.3%

scored 3 or higher

Statistics

28 tested

57.1%

scored 3 or higher

Sciences

Biology

35 tested · Grade 10

54.3%

scored 3 or higher

Chemistry

16 tested

56.3%

scored 3 or higher

Environmental Science

11 tested

45.5%

scored 3 or higher

Physics 1

11 tested

45.5%

scored 3 or higher

Physics 2

6 tested

66.7%

scored 3 or higher

English

Research

23 tested

91.3%

scored 3 or higher

Seminar

71 tested · Grade 10

90.1%

scored 3 or higher

History and Social Sciences

Psychology

19 tested

47.4%

scored 3 or higher

U.S. History

56 tested

82.1%

scored 3 or higher

World Languages and Cultures

Chinese Language and Culture

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

French Language and Culture

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Italian Language and Culture

8 tested

25.0%

scored 3 or higher

Spanish Language and Culture

2 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Other

Language and Comp

66 tested

63.6%

scored 3 or higher

Literature and Comp

17 tested

88.2%

scored 3 or higher

World History

42 tested · Grade 10

66.7%

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	312	91.0%
Social Studies	302	86.0%
Science	196	56.0%
Math	49	18.0%

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.