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Elementary · Regular · Grades 3 to 5

South Country School, Bay Shore, NY

CEP schoolSouth Country School is a public elementary school in Bay Shore, part of Bay Shore Union Free School District. It enrolled 496 students in 2024-25, with 10.1 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "SOUTH COUNTRY SCHOOL".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
496
Teachers (FTE)
49.0
Students per teacher
10.1
Grades
3 to 5

This school's ratio is 0.8 lower than the district figure of 10.9. The New York average across schools is 11.4. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school10.1
District10.9
New York11.4
United States15.3

School details

Address
885 Hampshire Rd, Bay Shore, NY 11706
County
Suffolk County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
360408000171
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
214
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
21443.1% 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 elementary schools in Bay Shore Union Free School District

Elementary schools elsewhere in Bay Shore

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.