Deer Park High School

Deer Park High School serves 1,312 students in grades 9-12 in this Long Island community, offering a substantial educational environment with a favorable 11.4:1 student-teacher ratio across its 115 full-time equivalent faculty members. The school ranks in the 61st percentile statewide, placing at #1872 out of 4,758 New York high schools, with a MySchoolScout rating of 6.3 out of 10. The school draws from a well-established suburban community where the median household income reaches $124,704 and median home values average $471,500.

With 38% of local residents holding bachelor's degrees or higher and a low poverty rate of just 5%, the surrounding ZIP code of 11729 reflects a stable, middle-to-upper-middle-class environment that typically supports educational achievement. Located at 1 Falcon Place, Deer Park High School benefits from its position in Suffolk County's large suburban setting, where families have invested in a community that values education and stability. The school's size allows for diverse programming opportunities while maintaining a student-teacher ratio that enables more personalized attention than many larger institutions.

This combination of community support and manageable class sizes creates an environment focused on helping students transition successfully to post-secondary opportunities.