Springs School, East Hampton NY - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Springs School

Springs School serves pre-K through eighth grade in East Hampton, a small, high-cost coastal village on Long Island where roughly half the housing stock consists of second homes and vacation properties. The school enrolls a student body that is majority Hispanic and Latino alongside a substantial white population, with smaller shares of Asian and multiracial students. State test data from the most recent school year shows proficiency rates that cluster in the middle range by grade and subject, with some variance.

In math, proficiency is strongest in third and seventh grades and weakens noticeably in middle grades, particularly fifth and sixth, where fewer than half of tested students met the standard. English-language arts follows a similar pattern, with proficiency rising in grade eight to comparatively strong levels. Science testing data is available only for grades five and eight; fifth-grade science shows a little over half of tested students proficient, while eighth-grade science sits somewhat lower but still above fifty percent. The school's overall proficiency index places it above the midpoint among Suffolk County districts, a meaningful placement given the competitive district landscape there. A parent may want to look into staffing levels, special education resources, and English-learner support, as those data were not available.

The school occupies a campus position slightly away from East Hampton Village's downtown commercial core, positioned near the LIRR station and town edge. The district itself is a single PK-12 union free district encompassing three schools. For 2024-25, the district passed a budget that exceeded New York's property-tax cap by a substantial margin—a notable taxpayer burden shift. The district has adopted the Science of Reading approach across K-grade classrooms, a district-wide pedagogical shift requiring teacher training and new materials. Springs has also joined with three neighboring districts to establish a regional special education program, expanding local options for families with students needing specialized services. Through expanded intermunicipal agreements with East Hampton district, Springs contracts for business, transportation, facilities, and payroll services, a structural arrangement administrators credit with containing costs and supporting a path toward lower-capped budgets ahead.

Extracurricular life includes chess, robotics, journalism, a newspaper, and a diversity club. The school's setting reflects East Hampton's character: a resort-oriented place with seasonal population swings, high property values and rents, and zoning that prioritizes residential and rural preservation. Civic anchors such as Herrick Park (recently renovated with athletic fields and accessible pathways) and the Hampton Library sit in the village center, within walking distance of the LIRR station. The town and village have moved aggressively on affordable housing in recent years, with completion of a 50-unit all-electric affordable rental development in late 2024 and state certification as a Pro-Housing Community. The median home value in the area is substantially above state and national benchmarks; rent pressures are similarly high.

The school operates in a district and town context marked by both constraint and investment: high costs shape everything from property taxes to payroll, limited land availability drives shared-services strategies, and seasonal population swings affect enrollment stability year to year. For families considering Springs, the salient questions center on whether the school's academic profile and peer environment fit their child's needs, what the actual cost of district residency or proximity means to their housing budget, and how they value access to both the village's civic institutions and the coastal setting itself.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

New York Regents Exams

2 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
Math	20	100.0%
Science	19	100.0%

Math

Grade 363%

School 63% · District 63%

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Grade 457%

School 57% · District 57%

▼ 2 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 543%

School 43% · District 43%

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 635%

School 35% · District 35%

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 767%

School 67% · District 67%

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Grade 863%

School 63% · District 63%

▲ 26 pts above state median · ▲ 39 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 359%

School 59% · District 59%

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

Grade 449%

School 49% · District 49%

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 547%

School 47% · District 47%

▼ 8 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 649%

School 49% · District 49%

▲ 4 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 760%

School 60% · District 60%

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 873%

School 73% · District 73%

▲ 25 pts above state median · ▲ 29 pts above county median

Science

Grade 556%

School 56% · District 56%

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 861%

School 61% · District 61%

▲ 28 pts above state median · ▲ 34 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 598%

School 98% · District 98%

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 891%

School 91% · District 91%

▲ 13 pts above state median · even with county median

This schoolSPRINGS UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, same grade

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.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 5Lower-income17%Higher-income50%33 pp gap