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WESTERN SUFFOLK BOCES
18 member districts, as listed by the New York State Education Department, Office of Educational Management Services, retrieved October 4, 2026. The state’s list
The member districts together
Every figure sums the member districts, with New York and the nation beside them.
| Measure | Members | New York | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students with IEPs, school age | 14,094 | 502,407 | 7,381,760 |
| Identification rate | 19.2% | 21.5% | 15.3% |
| In general education 80% or more of the day | 60.2% | 58.2% | 67.9% |
| In general education less than 40% of the day | 13.6% | 17.6% | 13.0% |
| In separate settings | 8.6% | 5.2% | 2.8% |
| School-age poverty (estimate) | 5.8% | 16.7% | 14.4% |
| Spending per student | $34,795 | $31,917 | $17,314 |
Where students learn
- In general education 80% or more of the day60.2%
- In general education 40% to 79% of the day14.7%
- In general education less than 40% of the day13.6%
- Separate school7.5%
- Residential facility0.3%
- Homebound or hospital0.7%
- Correctional facility0.0%
- Parentally placed in private school4.9%
| Setting | Share | New York | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| In general education 80% or more of the day | 60.2% | 58.2% | 67.9% |
| In general education 40% to 79% of the day | 14.7% | 12.1% | 15.2% |
| In general education less than 40% of the day | 13.6% | 17.6% | 13.0% |
| Separate school | 7.5% | 4.5% | 2.5% |
| Residential facility | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| Homebound or hospital | 0.7% | 0.3% | 0.3% |
| Correctional facility | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Parentally placed in private school | 4.9% | 8.2% | 1.8% |
Reported by the agency itself
Some agencies report students with IEPs in their own name, for students they serve directly.
- Not publishedschool-age students with IEPs
- Not publishedin general education 80% or more of the day
- 0students enrolled in its own schools
Member districts
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| AMITYVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTAmityville · Regular school district | 2,872 | 556 | 19.4% | 45.3% | 15.3% | 10.4% | $36,947 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BABYLON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTBabylon · Regular school district | 1,509 | 262 | 17.4% | 70.2% | 13.4% | 3.4% | $34,654 |
| COLD SPRING HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTCold Spring Harbor · Regular school district | 1,536 | 196 | 12.8% | 92.9% | Not published | 2.0% | $54,125 |
| COMMACK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTEast Northport · Regular school district | 5,449 | 1,090 | 20.0% | 67.7% | 13.5% | 2.5% | $35,417 |
| COPIAGUE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTCopiague · Regular school district | 4,822 | 920 | 19.1% | 41.4% | 20.2% | 11.3% | $32,351 |
| DEER PARK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTDeer Park · Regular school district | 4,139 | 716 | 17.3% | 59.2% | 14.4% | 7.4% | $32,369 |
| ELWOOD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTGreenlawn · Regular school district | 1,948 | 256 | 13.1% | 68.8% | 16.0% | 4.3% | $33,998 |
| HALF HOLLOW HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTDix Hills · Regular school district | 7,302 | 1,570 | 21.5% | 56.5% | 22.2% | 4.0% | $37,518 |
| HARBORFIELDS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTGreenlawn · Regular school district | 2,804 | 465 | 16.6% | 78.9% | 8.0% | 2.7% | $31,528 |
| HUNTINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTHuntington Station · Regular school district | 4,079 | 711 | 17.4% | 52.9% | Not published | 8.8% | $35,192 |
| KINGS PARK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTKings Park · Regular school district | 2,694 | 438 | 16.3% | 63.7% | 14.6% | 2.9% | $34,214 |
| LINDENHURST UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTLindenhurst · Regular school district | 5,635 | 977 | 17.3% | 61.2% | 16.1% | 6.8% | $32,177 |
| NORTH BABYLON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNorth Babylon · Regular school district | 4,735 | 836 | 17.7% | 53.3% | 18.7% | 7.0% | $29,577 |
| NORTHPORT-EAST NORTHPORT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNorthport · Regular school district | 4,346 | 885 | 20.4% | 74.1% | 5.4% | 2.6% | $38,681 |
| SMITHTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTSmithtown · Regular school district | 7,540 | 1,664 | 22.1% | 65.0% | 8.8% | 2.5% | $34,788 |
| SOUTH HUNTINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTHuntington Station · Regular school district | 5,780 | 1,243 | 21.5% | 59.1% | 10.6% | 8.2% | $34,626 |
| WEST BABYLON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTWest Babylon · Regular school district | 3,699 | 771 | 20.8% | 56.8% | 14.8% | 6.1% | $34,506 |
| WYANDANCH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTWyandanch · Regular school district | 2,583 | 538 | 20.8% | 52.2% | 19.0% | 15.1% | $33,952 |
How these figures are built
Both parts. Rates use only the districts that reported both parts of the fraction. A district missing either part is left out of that rate, never counted as zero.
Not published. Not published means the publisher suppressed the figure to protect student privacy, did not report it, or the count is fewer than 10 students. It is never zero.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs. IDEA Section 618 Part B Child Count (file specification 002), district level, 2024–25 school year. data.ed.gov. Public domain. Retrieved October 4, 2026.
- U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs. IDEA Section 618 Part B Educational Environments (file specification 089), district level, 2024–25 school year. data.ed.gov. Licensed CC BY. Retrieved October 4, 2026.
- U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Common Core of Data, district membership (final), 2024–25 school year. nces.ed.gov. Public domain. Retrieved October 4, 2026.
- U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Common Core of Data, district directory (final), 2024–25 school year. nces.ed.gov. Public domain. Retrieved October 4, 2026.
- U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates. SAIPE school district estimates, Income year 2024. www.census.gov. Public domain. Retrieved October 4, 2026.
- U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33). Public elementary-secondary education finance data, per-pupil spending by school system (table elsec24t), Fiscal year 2024 (the 2023–24 school year). www.census.gov. Public domain. Retrieved October 4, 2026.
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