The top reported proficiency rate is 100% in Social studies. The lowest is 89% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Quogue Elementary School
Quogue Elementary School sits at the center of a remarkably small, self-contained village on Long Island's South Fork, in the Town of Southampton. The school serves pre-kindergarten through sixth grade and is the only school in the Quogue Union Free School District. It is a genuinely tiny institution, with total enrollment that puts it among the smallest elementary schools imaginable for its grade band. Each grade cohort is measured in single or low double digits. That intimacy is the defining fact of the student experience here.
On New York State assessments, the school's academic results are striking. Across every tested grade in both English language arts and math, proficiency rates run from the high eighties to full marks. The school sits at the top of the distribution relative to districts in Suffolk County on overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades, reaching the ceiling of that comparison set. Science results at the tested grade are similarly strong. These results come from very small tested groups, which a parent should keep in mind when interpreting them, but the consistency across grades and subjects is hard to dismiss. Multi-year trend data was not available in the data provided.
Because the school ends at grade six, there is no graduation rate to report and no AP or career pathway offerings to evaluate. Those questions become relevant once students leave. Quogue's secondary students attend Westhampton Beach High School under a tuition contract that was publicly renewed by voters in May 2025. For any family thinking about the full K-12 arc, that transition is worth understanding in detail, as every child in this district will make the move to Westhampton Beach for grades seven through twelve.
Also passed in May 2025: voter authorization to use capital reserves for HVAC upgrades at the school building. That is a facility improvement funded without new debt. Voters also extended school board trustee terms, a governance change that means parents will vote on board representation less frequently going forward.
Free and reduced-price lunch data was not available in the provided data, nor were figures for students with IEPs or English learners, so the picture of student support needs is incomplete. The student body is predominantly white, with Hispanic students making up a meaningful share of enrollment and very small counts of other groups.
The village itself is seasonal in character. The year-round population is quite small; a large share of homes sit vacant outside summer. Publicly reported descriptions portray Quogue as preservation-minded and low-density, with shingle-style houses on large lots, a handful of eateries, roughly one block of commercial life, and civic anchors that include the library, the wildlife refuge on Old Country Road, and the village beach on Dune Road. There is no active rail service in the village; the nearest LIRR station is Westhampton. Employment for residents is generally in surrounding Hamptons communities.
Housing here is among the most expensive in New York State. The local home value index sits far above both the state median and the national median, and the rental index reflects an extraordinary cost of entry. The Suffolk County market more broadly has seen home values rise modestly year over year, with new listings up and active inventory ticking higher, though still at moderate levels county-wide. In Quogue specifically, publicly reported data places the median sale price among the highest in the region, with new construction consisting largely of large, expensive single-family homes. The monthly cost of ownership at these prices is substantial by any measure.
A family drawn here is typically choosing a very quiet, low-density coastal village with a one-school district whose academic results, at the elementary level, are as strong as any in the county. The peer environment is small enough that every child in a grade likely knows every other child well. The transition to Westhampton Beach for secondary school is not optional; it is built into the district's structure. Families who value a large, diverse, or program-rich high school experience within the same district should ask Westhampton Beach directly about what that pathway looks like, since this data does not extend there.
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