Great Neck Public Schools


Great Neck Public Schools is a community public school district serving students residing in specific areas of Great Neck, North New Hyde Park and Manhasset Hills, New York. It is Union Free School District Number 7 in the Town of North Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, United States, on Long Island.
About 6,399 students, 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.
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, for a student-teacher ratio of 10.7.

List of 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.
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. The previously operational schools included:

Early schools

Modern day schools

Academic performance

Based on the 2020 Niche rankings, the Great Neck Public 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.