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Candlewood Middle School, Dix Hills, NY

CEP schoolCandlewood Middle School is a public middle school in Dix Hills, part of Half Hollow Hills Central School District. It enrolled 706 students in 2024-25, with 9.8 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "CANDLEWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
706
Teachers (FTE)
72.0
Students per teacher
9.8
Grades
6 to 8

This school's ratio is 1.4 lower than the district figure of 11.2. The New York average across schools is 11.4. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school9.8
District11.2
New York11.4
United States15.3

School details

Address
1200 Carlls Straight Path, Dix Hills, NY 11746
Phone
(631)592-3300
District
Half Hollow Hills Central School District
County
Suffolk County
Level
Middle
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
361329001081
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
187
Reduced-price lunch
9
Free or reduced-price lunch
19627.8% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other middle schools in Half Hollow Hills Central School District

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.