Westhampton Middle School, Westhampton Beach NY

Original Research by School Decision on Westhampton Middle School

Westhampton Middle School serves grades 6 through 8 in Westhampton Beach, a community on Long Island where housing values are substantial and the market shows steady appreciation. The school enrolls a small-to-mid-sized student body, with a student population that is predominantly white and Hispanic, with smaller populations of Asian, multiracial, and Black students. About one-fifth of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

In mathematics, the school shows solid proficiency across the grades tested. Sixth and seventh graders demonstrate comparable proficiency levels, with seventh-grade math performing slightly higher. Eighth-grade mathematics data is too limited to report reliably. English language arts proficiency is somewhat lower, with sixth and seventh grades both showing performance in the low-to-mid range, while eighth grade rebounds somewhat. Proficiency in both subjects tends to be higher in seventh grade than in sixth, suggesting students build competency as they move through the middle years. A very small cohort of eighth graders took the state science test, so no science results are available to characterize that subject area. An older social studies assessment from the school showed strong results, though that test is no longer administered at the state level.

The school operates within the Westhampton Beach Union Free School District, which has undertaken significant recent investments in school facilities. Voters approved a capital improvement bond in fall 2022 that funded a turf field and track replacement, athletic complex upgrades, roof and masonry repairs at the middle school, and electrical and HVAC system work across all buildings. In October 2025, the district sought and won approval for two additional capital bonds, signaling continued facility investment and a tax environment shaped by ongoing debt service. At the instructional level, the district has adopted universal acceleration in earth science at the middle school, meaning all eighth graders are placed into the accelerated curriculum, a structural choice that affects how students encounter science content regardless of prior performance.

Among Suffolk County school districts, Westhampton Middle shows proficiency results in the top quartile. Test participation rates in grades 6 and 7 are reasonable, though eighth-grade participation dropped significantly, which may reflect scheduling, course placement, or other factors a parent may want to look into further with the school. The overall picture is a community-embedded middle school with solid academic standing, recent facility improvements, and explicit instructional choices around science acceleration that shape the academic environment students encounter.

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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	132	93.0%
Science	130	93.0%

Math

Grade 671%

School 71% · District 71%

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

Grade 772%

School 72% · District 72%

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

English language arts

Grade 663%

School 63% · District 63%

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

Grade 763%

School 63% · District 63%

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

Grade 871%

School 71% · District 71%

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

Social studies

Grade 895%

School 95% · district not reported

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

This schoolWESTHAMPTON BEACH 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 6Lower-income35%Higher-income76%40 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income50%Higher-income65%15 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income57%Higher-income73%16 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income35%Higher-income87%52 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income71%Higher-income72%2 pp gap