Valley Stream North High School (VSNHS) is a combined public junior and senior

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located in the hamlet of

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in southwest Nassau County on

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. Valley Stream North High School is one of three high schools in the

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. Like

Valley Stream South High School Valley Stream South High School (VSSHS) is a combined public junior and senior high school located in South Valley Stream, New York, in southwest Nassau County on Long Island. The school was established in 1955. The high school is one of three h ...

, Valley Stream North High School is a combined junior-senior high school that educates grades seven through twelve. Students who attend Valley Stream North High School are mainly graduates of the local Franklin Square,

North Valley Stream North Valley Stream is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 16,628 at the 2010 census. History North Valley Stream's name reflects ...

, and Elmont elementary schools, including Willow Road Elementary School, James A. Dever Elementary School, and Howell Road Elementary School. Students who attend Valley Stream North High School reside in either Franklin Square, Malverne,

, or Elmont. Valley Stream North High School is known to the local population simply as "North." As of the 2014–15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,281 students and 95.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 13.4:1. There were 178 students (13.9% of enrollment) eligible for

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and 43 (3.4% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Valley Stream North High School

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. Accessed December 12, 2016.

Notable alumni

* Rich Borresen, former NFL player *

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, Assistant Coach of Men's Basketball at Penn State *

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, American novelist and young-adult and children's writer *

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, magazine editor * Rick Shutter, drummer and percussionist in the original New York production of ''

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'' * Mike Witteck, former NFL player

References

External links

Valley Stream North High School websiteValley Stream North High School Football WebsiteHigh School Student Publification North Star Website
Public high schools in New York (state) Valley Stream, New York Schools in Nassau County, New York Public middle schools in New York (state) * Educational institutions established in 1955 1955 establishments in New York (state) {{NewYork-school-stub