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, North New Hyde Park, North Hills, and Manhasset Hills, New York. It is Union Free School District Number 7 in the

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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. 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.District information for the Great Neck Union Free School District
National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 16, 2008.

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. * High schools: **

Great Neck North High School John L. Miller Great Neck North High School or simply "Great Neck North," is a public high school, including grades 9 through 12, in the village of Great Neck, New York, operated by the Great Neck School District. As of the 2018–19 school year ...

Great Neck South High School William A. Shine Great Neck South High School (commonly Great Neck South, South High School, or GNSHS) is a four-year public high school located in the Lake Success village of Great Neck, New York. The school serves students in grades 9 through 1 ...

Great Neck Village High School Great Neck Village High School (also known as Village School or VS) is an American long-established public alternative school. It is a member of Coalition of Essential Schoolshttp://www.greatneck.k12.ny.us/GNPS/Pages/profiles/vsprofile10.pdf Grea ...

(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 School **

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* Nursery school: ** Parkville 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. The previously operational schools included:

Early schools

Modern day schools

Academic performance

Based on the 2020

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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

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. 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.

References

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External links

Great Neck School District

Data for the Great Neck School District
National Center for Education Statistics

* 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

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