Commack Middle School
Public · Grades 6–8 · 1,337 students
Candlewood Middle School
1200 Carlls Straight Path, Dix Hills, NY 11746
Grades
6–8
Middle
Students
706
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
9.7 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Half Hollow Hills Central School District
Suffolk County
Schola Grade A · Excellent
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 770 New York middle schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other New York middle schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Candlewood Middle School
Candlewood Middle School is a public middle school in Dix Hills, New York, serving grades 6–8. It is part of Half Hollow Hills Central School District. The school is located in a large suburb in Suffolk County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 706 students were enrolled, with about 9.7 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is close to the typical New York middle school (10.1 students per teacher). Its Schola Grade is A (excellent), compared with 770 New York middle schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 6–8
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Public School · What this means
- Level
- Middle
- Grades offered
- 6–8
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 706 students
- Students per teacher
- 9.7 to 1
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- Suburb — Large
- School district
- Half Hollow Hills Central School District
- County
- Suffolk County
- NCES school ID
- 361329001081
Schools near Candlewood Middle School
All 11 schools in Dix Hills →
Robert Frost Middle School
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West Middle School
Public · Grades 6–8 · 906 students
Milton L Olive Middle School
Public · Grades 6–8 · 546 students
Robert Moses Middle School
Public · Grades 6–8 · 1,022 students
School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.