Great Neck Public Schools

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, on Long Island, in New York, United States.

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
Website

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

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.

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 today.[4][5][6] The previously operational schools included:

Early schools
School name Opened Closed Notes
Woolley's Brook School 1814 1830
Second School (name unknown) 1830 1838 burned down
Fairview Avenue School 1840 1869 (photo)(another photo)
First Arrandale School 1869 1899 (photo)
Second Arrandale School 1900 1920 (burned down) (photo)
"Second" School (Kensington) 1905 (photo)(another photo)

Modern day schools
School name Opened Closed Notes
Arrandale School 1914 1977 Building on corner of Arrandale Ave. and Middle Neck Rd.; demolished in 1976
Kensington-Johnson School 1921 1981 Demolished 1996[7]
Cumberland School 1951 1981 Became Cumberland Adult Center[8]
Cutter Mill School 1952 1978 Demolished
Clover Drive School 1954 became Clover Drive Adult Center
Grace Avenue School 1954 became Great Neck Senior Center
Cherry Lane School 1954 1976 sold 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 US, 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.[9]

See also

References
  1. "Superintendent / Office of Superintendent of Schools". www.greatneck.k12.ny.us. Retrieved 2023-08-27.
  2. "Business and Finance - Negocios y Finanzas / 2019-20 Budget Information - 2019-20 Información del pr". Great Neck Public Schools. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  3. District information for the Great Neck Union Free School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 16, 2008.
  4. "School Enrollment Trends". Great Neck Record. 2007-09-27. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  5. "District History". Great Neck Public Schools. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  6. "Great Neck History". www.greatnecklibrary.org.
  7. Shaman, Diana (1996-12-15). "For Great Neck Plaza, a New 68-Unit Condominium (Published 1996)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  8. "Community Education / Homepage". http. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  9. "Search for Public Schools - Search Results". nces.ed.gov. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
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