FISHERS ISLAND SCHOOL

FISHERS ISLAND · NY · FISHERS ISLAND UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT · Public · K-12 combined

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GREENPORT HIGH SCHOOL → SHELTER ISLAND SCHOOL → EAST HAMPTON HIGH SCHOOL → PIERSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL → Ross School → SOUTHOLD JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL → BRIDGEHAMPTON SCHOOL → SOUTHAMPTON HIGH SCHOOL →

📋 At a glance

Programs & features

✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
🔢 1 calculus classes · 1 physics

Academic signals

🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 29% of US high schools
📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 15% by test-taker volume

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How FISHERS ISLAND SCHOOL compares for families

What families should know about FISHERS ISLAND SCHOOL.

▸ LocallyNY sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: GREENPORT HIGH SCHOOL, SHELTER ISLAND SCHOOL, EAST HAMPTON HIGH SCHOOL and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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🎓 Academic rigor

AP + advanced-course offerings

Limited — narrow advanced curriculum

Bottom 29% of US high schools

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Advanced math classes

1 calculus · 1 advanced

Lab science classes

1 physics · 0 chemistry

Other rigor signals

✅ Dual-enrollment program

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).

SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

Bottom 15% by test-taker volume

SAT/ACT test-takers

11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test

Test-taking intensity

55.0

takers per 100 students in grades 9-12

Compared against

18,426

US high schools reporting SAT/ACT participation

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

👩‍🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC

Teacher experience & reliability

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)

Strong: experienced corps. New teachers rotate through but most have ≥3 years in.

% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)

25.0%

Elevated. Teacher absence directly affects classroom continuity and student outcomes.

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.

Chronic absenteeism

Share of students absent 15+ days

7.1%

Below 10% — strong attendance culture. Chronic absence is a leading indicator of dropout and disengagement; a low rate signals families staying connected to the school.

Students absent 15+ days

Federal definition: absent (excused or unexcused) for at least 15 of ~180 school days — about 10% of the school year.

Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.

Counselor capacity

Student : Counselor

56:1

Below the ASCA 250:1 recommendation — strong capacity for college planning, course selection, and student supports.

Counselor FTE

1.0

Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.

Teacher FTE

Full-time-equivalent classroom teachers.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of -0.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 56 students:

2025

2027

2029

A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Nearby high schools — the local competition

The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.

School	Type	Miles	HS enrollment	Trend
GREENPORT HIGH SCHOOL GREENPORT	Public	20.6	250	+4.2%
SHELTER ISLAND SCHOOL SHELTER ISLAND	Public	20.6	57	+5.6%
EAST HAMPTON HIGH SCHOOL EAST HAMPTON	Public	21.6	1,057	+8.3%
PIERSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL SAG HARBOR	Public	22.5	288	-2.7%
Ross School East Hampton	Private	22.6	329	-13.0%
SOUTHOLD JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL SOUTHOLD	Public	24.8	242	-14.5%
BRIDGEHAMPTON SCHOOL BRIDGEHAMPTON	Public	25.9	73	+30.4%
SOUTHAMPTON HIGH SCHOOL SOUTHAMPTON	Public	30.9	572	-7.9%