 Commack Middle School was awarded first place in the Long Island Regional Middle School Science Bowl academic competition at Brookhaven National Laboratory on April 14, 2007, and went on to take seventh place in the academic competition in the National Middle School Science Bowl that same year.It is also a blue ribbon school of excellence (Blue Ribbon Schools Program).The Suffolk County Reading Council has recognized the Commack School District elementary schools for their achievements in the area of literacy.