Syosset Central School District

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Syosset Central School District
Address
99 Pell Lane
Syosset
, New York, 11791
United States
District information
TypePublic
GradesK–12 [1]
NCES District ID 3628560 [1]
Students and staff
Students6,578 (2020–2021) [1]
Teachers675.85 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Staff566.2 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Student–teacher ratio9.73:1 [1]
Other information
Website www.syossetschools.org

The Syosset Central School District serves the inhabitants of Syosset, a suburb in Nassau County, New York, on Long Island. It also serves the neighboring suburb of Woodbury, as well as parts of Plainview, Jericho, Muttontown, Oyster Bay Cove, and Hicksville. As of 2023, the Syosset Central School District was ranked the #5 school district in the United States. [2] The district operates ten schools.

Contents

Schools

High schools

Middle schools

Elementary schools

Academic Performance

The Syosset Central School District is nationally renowned and is consistently ranked among the top performing school districts in the United States. As of the 2022-23 school year, Syosset CSD was ranked the 3rd best school district in New York and the 5th best school district in the United States by Niche. [2] The school district’s prestige causes homes located within its boundaries to be significantly more expensive than those located just outside it. In this school district, 82% of students are considered proficient in Reading and Writing, and 89% are considered proficient in Mathematics. [2] Additionally, the district has a 99% graduation rate, an average SAT score of 1390 (compared to a national average of 1028) and an average ACT score of 30 (compared to a national average of 20). [2]

Board of education

For the 2023-2024 school year, the Board of Education includes: [3]

Early Regents Exams

In most schools throughout NY state, the NYS Regents Exam for Algebra 1 is administered in 9th grade. However, this test is administered in 8th grade for students in Syosset and some other districts in NY State. This practice gives pupils more time to study for the SATs and prepare for college.

Awards and recognition

General Information

6386 students were enrolled in Syosset schools for the 2014-2015 school year. [12] The student body was 48% female and 52% male; as of 2024, it was 46.9% White, 45% Asian and 4.9% Hispanic. [13] The district specializes in the arts with well recognized programs in art, voice, cooking, dance, theatre, band, orchestra, and photography. Syosset schools participate in county and state programs for voice and art.

The Syosset Central School District has an intensive mandatory foreign language program with kindergarten Russian, 1st grade Chinese, grade 2-4 Italian, Spanish, or French, and grade 5 Latin. In middle school (grades 6-8) students choose from Spanish, Italian, French, Chinese or Korean. Syosset has gradually added languages to reflect the cultural backgrounds of students; for example, the large student populations of Italian, Chinese, Korean and Russian Jewish backgrounds can study the languages corresponding with their heritage. In high school (grades 9-12) students stick with their first language (Italian, French, Spanish, Korean, or Chinese) and can take an additional language, including Japanese, Russian, Latin, or American Sign Language.

First Lady Hillary Clinton visited Village Elementary School in 1999. [14]

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