Hauppauge High School

Hauppauge · NY · HAUPPAUGE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT · Public


AP rigor: 90th percentile nationally 17 AP courses

A parent's read

  • Where graduates go: the #1 feeder school to Quinnipiac University. Hauppauge High School's own list (Class of 2026), enrolled: Long Island University, Post (63), Suffolk Community College (28), Suffolk Community College Western Campus (20), Binghamton (11), Farmingdale State College (10). Feeder standing: #2 University of Rhode Island, #2 Stony Brook University, #3 Binghamton, #4 University of South Carolina (Columbia), #4 Hofstra, #7 University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa).
  • Course rigor in the top 10% of US high schools. 17 AP courses plus advanced math and lab-science depth — measured against every high school in the country, not just the neighborhood.
  • 95% graduate on time. Nearly every student who starts 9th grade here finishes in four years — the strongest baseline signal a school can post.

Composed from this page's data — every claim is backed by a number in the sections below.

Where graduates go — as published by the school

Hauppauge High School publishes where its graduates enrolled (Class of 2026): 83 colleges with per-college counts — the largest counts enrolled at Long Island University, Post (63), Suffolk Community College (28), Suffolk Community College Western Campus (20). See the full list ↓

Feeder standing #1 feeder to Quinnipiac University, Long Island University, University at Albany · #2 to University of Rhode Island, #2 to Stony Brook University, #2 to SUNY Oswego, #2 to SUNY Cortland — from its own published counts, ranked per class year

At a glance

Programs & features
  • 17 AP courses offered — Elite
  • Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
  • 4 calculus classes · 14 physics · 17 chemistry
Academic signals
  • AP rigor: 90th percentile nationally
  • SAT/ACT participation: 90th percentile by test-taker volume
  • 4-yr grad rate: 96% (Class of 2025 (4-year cohort), NYSED)

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

Their published matriculation list

Where the Class of 2026 enrolled

Hauppauge High School publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 83 colleges, ordered by the number of students enrolled.

The ten largest counts, enrolled · Class of 2026

Suffolk Community College 28
Suffolk Community College Western Campus 20

Is my kid's college on this list?

— Stanford University ✓ New York University — University of Southern California — University of California, Los Angeles — University of California, Berkeley ✓ University of Michigan — Cornell University ✓ Boston University ✓ Northeastern University — University of Texas at Austin — Georgetown University — Duke University

#1of 29 feeder schools to Quinnipiac University · 5.0/yr#1of 12 feeder schools to Long Island University · 63.0/yr#1of 12 feeder schools to University at Albany · 9.0/yr#2of 53 feeder schools to University of Rhode Island · 4.0/yr#2of 37 feeder schools to Stony Brook University · 10.0/yr#2of 11 feeder schools to SUNY Oswego · 3.0/yr

The school down the road: Smithtown High School-West

CollegeHauppauge High SchoolSmithtown High School-West
Boston University✓ named✓ named
Carnegie Mellon University—✓ named
Cornell University—✓ named
Emory University—✓ named
Georgia Institute of Technology—✓ named
Harvard University✓ named—
Massachusetts Institute of Technology—✓ named
New York University✓ named✓ named
Northeastern University✓ named✓ named
Purdue University✓ named✓ named
The University of Texas at Austin—✓ named
Tufts University—✓ named

Both schools print names, not counts, so this shows which selective colleges each list names.

All 83 colleges, as the document prints them

College  ·  Students

Suffolk Community College 28
Suffolk Community College Western Campus 20
St. John's University 6
CUNY John Jay College 2
and 53 more
Alfred State College —
Appalachian StateUniversity —
CUNY Bernard M. Baruch —
CUNY Hunter —
CUNY LaGuardia —
CUNY NYC College of Tech —
Delaware University —
LeMoyne College —
Long Island University, Bklyn —
Louisiana State Univ, Agriculture & Mechanical College —
Nassau Community College —
New York Institute of Tech —
Pennsylvania College of Art & Design —
St. Joseph's University, LI Campus —
SUNY Environmental Science & Forestry —
SUNY Maritime —
SUNY Potsdam —
SUNY Technology at Delhi —

These graduates went on to the colleges above.

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Independently verified As published by Hauppauge High School — Hauppauge High School Profile 2026 - 2027 ↗. Found at: Page 4, 'Hauppauge High School / Class of 2026 College Attendance' (four columns, read left to right).

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How Hauppauge High School compares for families

Standout academic depth by national standards.

  • ▸ StatewideAP rigor in the top 10% nationally with 17 AP courses.
  • ▸ 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: SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL-WEST, EAST ISLIP HIGH SCHOOL, ISLIP HIGH SCHOOL and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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Academic rigor

AP + advanced-course offerings

Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth

90th percentile nationally

50th 90th ↑ this school
Less rigorMore rigorMost rigor
AP courses offered
17
Math ✓ · Science ✓
Students taking AP courses
435
≈42 per 100 students · uptake, not just offerings
Advanced math classes
16
4 calculus · 12 advanced
Lab science classes
31
14 physics · 17 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

90th percentile by test-taker volume

50th 90th
SAT/ACT test-takers
424
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test
Test-taking intensity
41.2
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)
3.9%
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.

Federal Title I context

Lower-need school

Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)

20.4%
FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).
0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.

Your state's public flagship

Stony Brook University

49%
admit rate
$10,931
in-state tuition/yr · $32,741 out-of-state
1320–1490
SAT 25–75 · ACT 28–33

The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $18,784/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.

See the full Stony Brook University profile → Estimate your odds with your scores →

Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

Pay for college in New York

New York's public scholarships

New York's Excelsior Scholarship makes SUNY and CUNY tuition-free for middle-income families — there's no GPA or test gate, but you commit to staying in New York after you graduate.

Promise Excelsior Scholarship
Free SUNY/CUNY tuition (last-dollar, up to $5,500/yr)
Income: Household AGI ≤ $125,000

Tuition-free SUNY/CUNY for NY families under $125k AGI — no GPA or test gate, but you must stay on track and live in New York after graduating. (Stay on-track (30 credits/yr); live & work in NY afterward for the years you received it.)

Official program details ↗

Eligibility rules change yearly — confirm with the official program before relying on it. Amounts are recent published figures; awards cover tuition/fees, not housing or books unless noted. Verified 2026-10-21.

Graduation, Diploma & Readiness

NY status: Good Standing

Do students graduate, with how strong a diploma — and how ready?

New York reports not just whether students graduate but which diploma they earn and how college/career/civic ready they are. A Regents diploma with Advanced Designation is the state's most rigorous — it takes extra Regents exams in math, science, and often a world language.

4-Year Graduation Rate
96%
Class of 2025 (4-year cohort)
Advanced Designation ★
73%
earned NY's most rigorous diploma
College/Career/Civic Ready
96%
reached NY's readiness bar · CCCR Index 187/200 · Level 4/4
Regents Diploma
21%
standard Regents diploma
Local Diploma
2%
lower-threshold diploma
Dropout Rate
2%
of the cohort — lower is better
What's a Regents diploma with Advanced Designation? →

Every NY public-school graduate earns a diploma by passing Regents exams (a score of 65+). A standard Regents diploma takes the core set. The Advanced Designation adds more — typically Algebra II and Geometry, an additional science, and a world-language Regents (or an approved alternative). It's the strongest signal of college-prep rigor New York publishes for a graduating class.

What are "readiness" and "NY status"? →

College/Career/Civic Ready is the share of students who reached at least New York's readiness bar — e.g., an advanced diploma, a qualifying exam or college credit, a career/technical credential, military readiness, or civic-readiness measures. NY also rolls this into a weighted CCCR Index (0–200) and a 1–4 performance level. NY status is the state's ESSA accountability designation: most schools are in good standing (managed locally), while a minority are state-identified for Comprehensive or Targeted support.

Source: New York State Education Department, High School Graduation Rate Database + School Report Card (CCCR readiness, ESSA accountability status), 2024-25, All Students, Class of 2025 (4-year cohort). Diploma shares are of the graduating cohort. NYSED masks small-group results for privacy.

Regents Exam Results

How students score on New York's Regents exams.

Regents exams are New York's statewide end-of-course tests — the state's core academic benchmark, and a requirement for graduation. Below: the share of students scoring 65 or above on each, the score that earns diploma credit (and New York's "proficient" / Level 3+ benchmark).

English
95%
scored 65+ (proficient)
Algebra I
89%
scored 65+ (proficient)
Living Env. / Biology
73%
scored 65+ (proficient)
Global History
98%
scored 65+ (proficient)
U.S. History
94%
scored 65+ (proficient)
What does "scored 65+" mean on the Regents? →

New York scores each Regents exam on five performance levels. A score of 65 or above earns credit toward a diploma — and under New York's current framework that's Level 3 or above, the state's "proficient" benchmark (the number shown above). Exams are taken when a student finishes the course, so results reflect that subject's instruction, not a single grade.

Source: New York State Education Department, School Report Card — Annual Regents Examinations, 2024-25, All Students. NYSED masks small-group results for privacy and shows only exams with reported results.

Chronic absenteeism

Share of students absent 15+ days
5.6%
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
62
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.

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

Counselor capacity

Student : Counselor
208:1
Below the ASCA 250:1 recommendation — strong capacity for college planning, course selection, and student supports.
Counselor FTE
5.0
Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.
Teacher FTE
102
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

Grade 12 went from 293 in 2021 to 251 in 2024 — over 3 years.
-14.3%

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

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of -1.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 1,038 students:

2025
1,019
2027
981
2029
945

≈ 93 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.

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

Revenue at risk

At $35,839 per student in district revenue, the 93 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $3,333,027/year in funding at risk.

District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.

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SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL EAST
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Public 3.8 1,403 -7.6%
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WEST ISLIP SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
WEST ISLIP
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At a glance

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Hauppauge High School is a public high school in Hauppauge, NY, enrolling 1,038 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.

Enrollment is down 14% from 2021 to 2024.

It offers 17 AP courses, a course-rigor profile stronger than 90% of U.S. high schools, and has a dual-enrollment program (federal Civil Rights Data Collection).

424 students took the SAT or ACT in the most recent federal count, a participation level above 90% of U.S. high schools.

Its federal four-year graduation rate was about 95% in the latest EDFacts release.

New York reports a four-year graduation rate of 96%, with 73% of the cohort earning a Regents diploma with advanced designation.

It has about 208 students per school counselor.

6% of its students were chronically absent in 2020.

Hauppauge High School publishes a matriculation list (where its graduates enrolled) for the Class of 2026: 83 colleges, with per-college counts; the largest counts are Long Island University, Post (63), Suffolk Community College (28), Suffolk Community College Western Campus (20), Binghamton University (11), Farmingdale State College (10). Source: Hauppauge High School Profile 2026 - 2027.

Hauppauge High School's feeder standing, from the schools' own published counts: #2 University of Rhode Island, #2 Stony Brook University, #3 Binghamton, #4 University of South Carolina (Columbia), #4 Hofstra, #7 University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa).

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.

Questions families ask

Where do Hauppauge High School graduates go to college? Hauppauge High School publishes a matriculation list (where its graduates enrolled) for the Class of 2026: 83 colleges, with per-college counts; the largest counts are Long Island University, Post (63), Suffolk Community College (28), Suffolk Community College Western Campus (20), Binghamton University (11), Farmingdale State College (10). Source: Hauppauge High School Profile 2026 - 2027.

Which colleges is Hauppauge High School a top feeder school to? Hauppauge High School's feeder standing, from the schools' own published counts: #2 University of Rhode Island, #2 Stony Brook University, #3 Binghamton, #4 University of South Carolina (Columbia), #4 Hofstra, #7 University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa).

How many AP courses does Hauppauge High School offer? Hauppauge High School offers 17 AP courses, a course-rigor profile stronger than 90% of U.S. high schools, and has a dual-enrollment program (federal Civil Rights Data Collection).

What is Hauppauge High School's graduation rate? Hauppauge High School's federal four-year graduation rate was about 95% in the latest EDFacts release.

How many students attend Hauppauge High School? Hauppauge High School is a public high school in Hauppauge, NY, enrolling 1,038 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.

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