Great Neck Public Schools is a public school district serving students residing in specific areas of Great Neck, North New Hyde Park, North Hills, and Manhasset Hills, New York. It is Union Free School District Number 7 in the Town of North Hempstead in Nassau County, Long Island, New York, United States.
About 6,846 students according to Niche rankings, grades K-12, attend the Great Neck Public Schools. On May 21, 2019, the voters of this district passed a budget of $234,418,944.
As of the 2015-16 school year, the district's ten schools had a total enrollment of 6,399 students and 585.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 10.7.District information for the Great Neck Union Free School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 16, 2008.
List of schools Current schools
There are three high schools: North High School, with an alternative program, Community School; South High School; and The Village School, a small alternative high school. There are also two middle schools, four elementary schools, and a nursery school. High schools: Great Neck North High School Great Neck South High School Great Neck Village High School (Alternative school) Middle schools: Great Neck North Middle School Great Neck South Middle School Elementary schools: Elizabeth Mellick Baker Elementary School(also known as E. M. Baker) John F. Kennedy Elementary School Lakeville Elementary School Saddle Rock Elementary School Nursery school Parkville School
Former schools Declining student population through the 1970s and 1980s resulted in a reduction in the number of operating elementary schools from eleven in 1954 to only four as of 2021. The previously operational schools included:
Early schools School nameOpenedClosedNotesWoolley's Brook School18141830Second School (name unknown)18301838burned downFairview Avenue School18401869(photo)(another photo)First Arrandale School18691899(photo)Second Arrandale School19001920 (burned down)(photo)"Second" School (Kensington)1905(photo)(another photo)
Modern day schools School nameOpenedClosedNotesArrandale School19141977Building on corner of Arrandale Ave. and Middle Neck Rd.; demolished in 1976Kensington-Johnson School19211981Demolished 1996Cumberland School19511981Became Cumberland Adult CenterCutter Mill School19521978DemolishedClover Drive School1954became Clover Drive Adult CenterGrace Avenue School1954became Great Neck Senior CenterCherry Lane School19541976sold to private religious school
Academic performance
Based on the 2020 Niche rankings, the Great Neck Union Free School District is the number one public school district in New York and number three in the United States, beating out its rivals — Jericho and Manhasset Union Free School District. In 2017, 75% of all students in this district were proficient in the English Language Arts while 78% of all students in this district are considered proficient in Mathematics.
See also
List of school districts in New York
References
External links Great Neck School District Data for the Great Neck School District, National Center for Education Statistics
Match, Richard. Lucky Seven: A History of the Great Neck Public Schools, Union Free School District No. 7, Great Neck Public Schools 150th Anniversary Committee, 1964. The Great Neck Library has provided this download to view scanned images of the book. It is a 7.2 MiB PDF file.