Original Research by School Decision on Oakwood Primary Center
Oakwood Primary Center is a kindergarten through second grade school in Huntington, part of the South Huntington Union Free School District. The school enrolls a diverse student population, with a student body that is majority Hispanic, followed by a significant white population and smaller shares of Asian, Black, and multiracial students. Just over half the students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which reflects moderate economic need within the school's attendance zone.
The school sits within a housing market that has shifted in recent years. The Huntington area around this school's zip code shows home values in the high six figures, with rental costs roughly half what monthly mortgage payments would be. Homes in the area are changing hands relatively quickly, reflecting an active market. The broader Huntington landscape is primarily single-family residential, though the town has pockets of commercial activity and is in the midst of revitalization efforts, particularly around Huntington Station to the south with new mixed-use developments and transit-oriented housing.
One significant change is coming to the district structure itself. Effective September 2026, the South Huntington district is reconfiguring its buildings substantially. Silas Wood Sixth Grade Center will become a Pre-Kindergarten center, and the current Silas Wood building will close as a sixth-grade facility. Oakwood will shift to serve kindergarten through fifth grade, retaining but expanding its role as an upper primary and early elementary anchor. More broadly, the district is ending its lottery system for Pre-K placement and opening publicly-funded Pre-K to all families in the district, a meaningful change for families with younger siblings. This reconfiguration takes effect in the coming school year and reshapes both which building a child attends and which grades are served where.
The school serves only the early elementary years, so state testing data are not available; New York does not test these grade bands. Without assessment results, a parent cannot see academic performance trends for this specific building. What is known is the student population composition and economic circumstances.
The district has also established a Capital Reserve Fund to support future facility projects without relying solely on borrowing, a structural decision that will shape how building improvements and upgrades are funded going forward.
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