Great Neck Public Schools

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Great Neck Union Free School District
Address
345 Lakeville Rd
Great Neck
, New York, 11020
United States
District information
Motto“Where Discovery Leads to Greatness”
GradesPreK-12
Established1814
SuperintendentDr. Kenneth R. Bossert [1]
School boardGreat Neck Public Schools Board of Education
Budget$234,418,944
NCES District ID3612510
Other information
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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.

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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. [2]

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. [3]

List of schools

Current schools

Great Neck South High School, 2009 Great Neck South High School.JPG
Great Neck South High School, 2009
Lakeville Elementary School, July 2021 Lakeville Elementary School, Great Neck, Long Island, New York July 23, 2021.jpg
Lakeville Elementary School, July 2021
Parkville School, May 2021 Parkville School, North New Hyde Park, Long Island, New York.jpg
Parkville School, May 2021

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. [4]

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. [5] [6] [7] The previously operational schools included:

Early schools

School nameOpenedClosedNotes
Woolley's Brook School18141830
Second School (name unknown)18301838burned down
Fairview 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 nameOpenedClosedNotes
Arrandale School19141977Building on corner of Arrandale Ave. and Middle Neck Rd.; demolished in 1976
Kensington-Johnson School19211981Demolished 1996 [8]
Cumberland School19511981Became Cumberland Adult Center [9]
Cutter Mill School19521978Demolished
Clover Drive School1954became Clover Drive Adult Center
Grace Avenue School1954became Great Neck Senior Center
Cherry 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.

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References

  1. ↑ "Superintendent / Office of Superintendent of Schools". www.greatneck.k12.ny.us. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Business and Finance - Negocios y Finanzas / 2019-20 Budget Information - 2019-20 Información del pr". Great Neck Public Schools. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  3. ↑ District information for the Great Neck Union Free School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 16, 2008.
  4. ↑ "Search for Public Schools - Search Results". nces.ed.gov. Retrieved October 20, 2021.
  5. ↑ "School Enrollment Trends". Great Neck Record. September 27, 2007. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  6. ↑ "District History". Great Neck Public Schools. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Great Neck History". www.greatnecklibrary.org.
  8. ↑ Shaman, Diana (December 15, 1996). "For Great Neck Plaza, a New 68-Unit Condominium (Published 1996)". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved February 23, 2021.
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