Great Neck Public Schools

Public school district of Great Neck, New York, US

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”
Grades| PreK-12
Established| 1814
Superintendent| Dr. Kenneth R. Bossert[1]
School board| Great Neck Public Schools Board of Education
Budget| $234,418,944
NCES District ID| 3612510
Other information
Website| [1]

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.

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[edit]

### Current schools[edit]

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 SchoolGreat Neck South High School in 2009.
* Great Neck Village High School (Alternative school)
* Middle schools:
* Great Neck North Middle School
* Great Neck South Middle School
* Elementary schools:
* E. M. Baker Elementary School
* John F. Kennedy Elementary School
* Lakeville Elementary SchoolLakeville Elementary School in July 2021.
* Saddle Rock Elementary School
* Nursery school:
* Parkville School The Parkville School in May 2021.

### Former schools[edit]

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[edit]

School name  | Opened  | Closed  | Notes

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|
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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[edit]

School name  | Opened  | Closed  | Notes

|
|
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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[edit]

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[edit]

* New York (state) portal
* Schools portal

* List of school districts in New York

## References[edit]

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.

## External links[edit]

* Great Neck School District
* Data for the Great Neck School District, National Center for Education Statistics
* [2]
* 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.

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