Tuckahoe School, Southampton NY - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Tuckahoe School

Tuckahoe School serves prekindergarten through eighth grade in Southampton on Long Island's South Fork, on the edge of one of the region's most expensive housing markets. The school draws from a community shaped by seasonal wealth and workforce challenges: roughly half the homes in the township are seasonal, and several neighboring hamlets rank among America's priciest real estate, creating a particular economic texture for families who work locally year-round.

The student body reflects this economic and demographic reality. More than half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the school serves a diverse population. The largest share of students identify as Hispanic, with substantial representation of Native American students and a smaller number identifying as white, Black, or Asian. The school is small, enrolling families across all elementary grades and into middle school (through eighth grade), with enrollment distributed fairly evenly across those ten grade bands.

In state testing across math and English language arts, Tuckahoe's results are mixed and uneven by grade. Math performance shows stark swings: fifth grade shows strong proficiency, while sixth and eighth grades fall notably lower. In English, the pattern is similar—fourth and fifth grades show solid results, but sixth through eighth grades dip. Science testing covers only fifth and eighth grades; fifth grade science proficiency sits at a moderate level, while eighth grade science is substantially lower. The school's overall proficiency index across tested subjects and grades lands above the midpoint when compared to other districts in Suffolk County, though the variability across grades suggests students experience different levels of academic support at different points in their middle-school years. A parent may want to look into what changes in instruction or support occur around sixth grade and what the school is doing to address the drops in the upper middle grades.

The school's context includes significant uncertainty about its future. Tuckahoe currently tuitions its high school students to Southampton or Westhampton Beach because it ends at eighth grade. The district is pursuing reorganization, and state legislation signed in December 2024 has opened the path to a feasibility study and potential referendum. One possibility is partnership with the Shinnecock Nation to build a high school within Tuckahoe itself as a union free school district. Another is a merger with Southampton, which itself approved moving forward with a reorganization feasibility study in early 2026 with a target date of 2028. A prior merger attempt failed in the early 2010s when Southampton voters rejected it, though Tuckahoe residents supported it. For families considering the school, this ongoing structural question affects where students will attend high school, how district taxes may shift, and what educational pathways the district will eventually offer. Any parent enrolling at Tuckahoe now should engage directly with the district about the timeline and status of these discussions.

The housing market in Southampton and the surrounding area is expensive, with median home values well above the state average and rents correspondingly high. The commercial center has a walkable downtown with boutiques, restaurants, and retailers, though the school itself sits on a campus slightly removed from the main business district. Southampton has invested in recent years in workforce and affordable housing: a major 79-unit development called The Preserve opened nearby with specialized units for veterans and people with disabilities, and the town approved an affordable housing overlay in late 2025 to encourage more workforce units. The school building is situated in a community in flux between seasonal and year-round living, with health care, hospitality, tourism, retail, agriculture, and construction anchoring the local economy.

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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	7	100.0%
Science	7	100.0%

Math

Grade 359%

School 59% · District 59%

even with state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 454%

School 54% · District 54%

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

Grade 589%

School 89% · District 89%

▲ 38 pts above state median · ▲ 40 pts above county median

Grade 640%

School 40% · District 40%

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

Grade 780%

School 80% · District 75% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 27 pts above state median · ▲ 20 pts above county median

Grade 823%

School 23% · District 23%

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

English language arts

Grade 363%

School 63% · District 63%

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

Grade 475%

School 75% · District 75%

▲ 22 pts above state median · ▲ 24 pts above county median

Grade 577%

School 77% · District 77%

▲ 22 pts above state median · ▲ 30 pts above county median

Grade 644%

School 44% · District 44%

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

Grade 750%

School 50% · District 53% · ▼ 3 pts below district

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

Grade 846%

School 46% · District 46%

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

Science

Grade 563%

School 63% · District 63%

▲ 21 pts above state median · ▲ 22 pts above county median

Grade 831%

School 31% · District 31%

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 588%

School 88% · District 88%

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Grade 893%

School 93% · District 93%

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

This schoolTUCKAHOE COMMON 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 3Lower-income33%Higher-income77%44 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income57%Higher-income100%43 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income50%Higher-income91%41 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income47%Higher-income38%9 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income56%Higher-income43%13 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income35%Higher-income80%45 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 4Lower-income43%Higher-income67%24 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income86%Higher-income91%5 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income46%Higher-income33%12 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income100%Higher-income57%43 pp gap