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The William Floyd School District is located in the southern area of the Town of Brookhaven on Long Island in New York. The district serves the contiguous communities of Shirley, Mastic, Mastic Beach and Moriches. The William Floyd School District is one of the larger school districts in Long Island and is named after William Floyd, one of only 56 men to sign the Declaration of Independence. The district is located on the south shore of Long Island, approximately 60 miles east of New York City, with an enrollment of 8,653 students. William Floyd students attend five elementary schools, two middle schools, and a senior high school.

Kevin Coster is the superintendent of schools.

Schools
There are five primary schools which serve grades K-5: There are two middle schools which serve grades 6-8: There is one high school in the district which serves grades 9-12: The average class size is between 25 and 26 students.
 * John S. Hobart Elementary School - Principal, James Westcott . There are 795 students in attendance. 54.6% of all students are male. 41.5% of the students are white, 28.3% are Hispanic or Latino and 19.7% identify as black or African-American . The school is named in honor of New York State politician and federal jurist John Sloss Hobart.
 * Moriches Elementary School - Principal, Eileen Filippone . There are 885 students. 50.2% of all students are female. 44.9% are white, 33.7% are Hispanic or Latino, 14.5% are black and 2.9% identify as Asian.
 * Nathaniel Woodhull Elementary School - Principal, Monica Corona . There are 744 students. 50.4% are female. 51.9% are white, 30.4% are Hispanic or Latino, 10.2% are black and 3.2% are Asian . This school is named after Nathanial Woodhull, who was a brigadier general in the New York Militia during the American Revolution.
 * Tangier Smith Elementary School - Principal, Toni Komorowski . There are 772 students. 53.5% are male. 53.9% of all students are white, 23.4% identify as Latino or Hispanic, 14.2% are black and 2.3% are Asian . Tangier Smith Elementary is named after early Long Island settler and former acting governor of New York William "Tangier" Smith.
 * William Floyd Elementary School - Principal, Keith Fasciana . There are 755 students. 50.7% of all students are female. 54.2% are white, 28.9% are Latino or Hispanic, 7.9% are black and 4.1% identify as Asian
 * William Floyd Middle School - Principal, Carolyn Schick . There are 1,047 students. 50.6% of the students are male. 53.5% of all students are white, 27.7% are Latino or Hispanic, 13.4% are black and 3.7% are Asian.
 * William Paca Middle School - Principal, Michael Gode . There are 996 students in attendance, 51.6% of wich are male. 60.5% of students are white, 17.9% are Latino or Hispanic, 16.6% are African- American or black and1.7% identify as Asian . This middle school is named in honor of former Maryland governor andDeclaration of Independence signer William Paca.
 * William Floyd High School - Principal, Phil Scotto . There are 2,719 students. 50.5% and 49.5% of all students identify as male and female, respectively. 57.6% of students are white, 22.3% are Latino or Hispanic, 15.2% are black and 2.7% are Asian.

Academics
As of the 2012-2013 school year, William Floyd High School has a graduation rate of 80%. 92% of students graduate with the Regents Diploma and 36% of students graduate with a Regents Diploma with Advanced Designation.

As a public school, students in the district are expected to take a series of State Required standardized tests. All students in the third grade through the eighth grade take the English Langauge Arts (ELA) exams; In 2014 each respective grade received a mean score of slightly under 300. Third through eighth-grade students also take the New York State Testing Program Assesment in Mathematics, in 2014 each grade earned an average score between 254 and 300, with the exception of fifth grade which received a score of 303 in 2014.

In New York State, middle school and high school students are expected to pass their Regents Exams with a 65 or higher in order to graduate and receive the Regents Diploma. In the English Comprehensive test taken in 2014, 80% of students passed and 85% of students passed the general education exams for the Regents that same year. In Mathematics, 58% of students passed the Integrated Algebra Regents, 52% passed the Geometry Regents, 67% passed the Algebra 2/ Trigonometry Regents.

Over the course of several years, the school district has infused Common Core into their curriculum. Whether or not a student is in a Common Core class or must take a Common Core standardized test mostly depends on which exam it is and the student's grade. Students may even be required to take both the Common Core and the original version of an exam. The reason for this is because the integration is not yet completed. A NewsDay survey found that 40% of students in the William Floyd School District have opted out of the English and Mathematics common core exams.

Board of Education
There are seven members on the Board of Education :
 * Robert Vecchio - Board President (elected 2003)
 * Jeananne Dawson - Board Vice President (elected 1980)
 * Thomas Gross - Board Member (elected 2006)
 * Robert Taiani - Board Member (elected 2008)
 * Anthony Speruta - Board Member (elected 2010)
 * Robert Guerriero - Board Member (elected 2011)
 * April Coppola - Board Member (elected 2016)