Freeport High School (New York)

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Freeport High School
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Freeport High School (New York)
50 South Brookside Avenue

Freeport
,
Nassau County
,
New York
11520

United States
Coordinates 40°39′15″N73°36′09″W / 40.6542563°N 73.6024711°W / 40.6542563; -73.6024711
Information
School type Public, High school
School district Freeport Public Schools
CEEB code 332000 [1]
NCES School ID3611550 [2]
PrincipalGisselle Campbell-Ham [1]
Faculty156.0 FTEs [2]
Grades 9 – 12 [1]
GenderCo-ed
Enrollment2,177 (as of 2018–19) [2]
Student to teacher ratio14.0:1 [2]
Color(s)  Red and
  White
Team nameRed Devils
Website www.freeportschools.org/schools/freeport_hs

Freeport High School is a public high school located in Freeport, in Nassau County, New York, United States. Serving students in ninth through twelfth grade, it is the only high school operated by the Freeport Public Schools.

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As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,177 students and 156.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.0:1. There were 1,130 students (51.9% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 79 (3.6% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch. [2]

Administration

The school's principal is Gisselle Campbell-Ham. Her administration team includes four assistant principals. [1]

Notable alumni

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 School data for Freeport High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 1, 2020.
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  8. ↑ "Hometown boy gives back to Freeport", Long Island Herald, July 16, 2015. Accessed January 26, 2021. "Freeport High School alumnus and former National Football League star Morlon Greenwood hosted his foundation's first annual football camp for Freeport students of all ages. Greenwood, a member of the class of 1996, who played linebacker for the Miami Dolphins, Houston Texans and Oakland Raiders, hosted a free-of-charge evening of football, food and fun on the field on Friday, July 10. The camp featured more than 200 participants from Freeport Public Schools and was led by members of the Morlon Greenwood Foundation."
  9. ↑ LaMonica, Mark. "LI's Jay Hieron continues on his journey", Newsday , April 16, 2011. Accessed January 26, 2021. "But it is sport's unique connotation of 'journeyman' that Hieron, a two-time state finalist in wrestling at Freeport High School in the mid-1990s, prefers not be applied here."
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