Lake Ronkonkoma, New York

65% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 62% in reading, across the schools here that reported results. Math proficiency and 1 other measure here are published for Suffolk County, NY, which contains Lake Ronkonkoma, rather than for Lake Ronkonkoma alone.

There are 11.4 students for every full-time teacher, fewer than in most measured places. The student-teacher ratio is published for Suffolk County, NY, which contains Lake Ronkonkoma, rather than for Lake Ronkonkoma alone.

The proficiency and staffing figures above are for Suffolk County, NY: too few schools in Lake Ronkonkoma reported a usable figure on their own to weight one honestly.

Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data, placed by ZIP code — which schools are in this place, not which one a particular address is zoned for. A dash in a proficiency column is a gap in the federal file, not a bad result. Proficiency is measured against New York’s own standard, so it is ranked within state. How to read school figures.

New construction is predominantly single-family: of 1,105 units permitted over the past twelve months, only 15% are in buildings of five or more homes. The multifamily share is published for Suffolk County, NY, which contains Lake Ronkonkoma, rather than for Lake Ronkonkoma alone.

Federal tax returns show Suffolk County, which contains Lake Ronkonkoma, lost about 0.5% of its residents through moves within the US in the most recent year, counting those who arrived against those who left. Households that moved in reported an average income of $116,268, close to the $120,907 of households that moved out.

At 0.7 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is below the median for measured US cities. The permit rate is published for Suffolk County, NY, which contains Lake Ronkonkoma, rather than for Lake Ronkonkoma alone.

People moving in and out

Based on the address on federal tax returns, compared with the same filers a year earlier. It counts people who file, and sees a move only when the address on a return changes. Domestic moves only: people arriving from abroad are left out. This is the figure for Suffolk County, NY. IRS Statistics of Income, filing years 2022–2023.

The Census Bureau's Building Permits Survey lists only jurisdictions that issue their own permits, and Lake Ronkonkoma, NY is not one. This is the figure for Suffolk County, NY, which contains this city.

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are inland flooding, hurricane and coastal flooding, with inland flooding alone responsible for 60% of it. Inland flooding is independently rated low or minimal nationally, so this describes how the loss is composed, not how large that hazard is.

Overall hazard risk is lower than 96% of measured US cities.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. City values are the population-weighted mean of the counties the city overlaps, using AreaProfile place-to-county land-area weights. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

These are deaths, not offenses — they say nothing about burglary, theft or assault.

Suffolk County records 1.7 homicide deaths per 100,000 residents a year, lower than most counties measured. The CDC does not publish this below county level.

Firearm deaths of all intents run at 3.1 per 100,000 — more than the homicide rate, since the figure counts suicides and accidents as well as homicides.

Drug overdose deaths run at 15.6 per 100,000 residents in Suffolk County.

Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides, so the firearm figure and the homicide figure above it count some of the same deaths twice over. They overlap and should not be added together.

Death rates are crude rates — deaths divided by population, not adjusted for age — except where a count was too small for the CDC to publish and it modeled the rate, which the card marks. They come from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC by county and not below it. So they describe the county around Lake Ronkonkoma (Suffolk County) rather than Lake Ronkonkoma itself. They are shown and not scored. How to read death rates.

6 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest John F Kennedy Intl at 37 miles.

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.