Schools · North Hempstead
North Hempstead, NY schools
North Hempstead’s public schools score well above New York’s averages: 83% of students are proficient in reading against 62.4% statewide, and 94% of high schoolers graduate on time against 83.5%. Kids attend one of 4 elementary schools through grade 5, then one of 4 elementary schools, NEW HYDE PARK MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL or GREAT NECK SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL or GREAT NECK NORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL and NEW HYDE PARK MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL or GREAT NECK SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL or GREAT NECK NORTH HIGH SCHOOL.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
A
North Hempstead’s School Grade: A
The public schools North Hempstead’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 90% of New York’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
ATest scoresA-Graduation
New York school districts we grade (781)Better than 90%
Lower resultsHigher results
New York towns with similar household incomes (327)Better than 85%
High confidence. Built on 4,550 tested students and a graduating class of 1,414; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on New York’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of New York only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in New York with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where North Hempstead kids go to school
Grades PK–5
4 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Great Neck Union Free School DistrictGrades 5
4 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Great Neck Union Free School DistrictGrades 6–12
ANEW HYDE PARK MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL or A-GREAT NECK SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL or A-GREAT NECK NORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL
Depends on your address Sewanhaka Central High School DistrictGrades 12
ANEW HYDE PARK MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL or A+GREAT NECK SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL or A+GREAT NECK NORTH HIGH SCHOOL
Depends on your address Sewanhaka Central High School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well above the state in reading
Reading (grades 6–12, Sewanhaka Central High)83%
State average 62.4%
Reading (grades PK–5, Great Neck Union Free)83%
State average 62.4%
Math (grades 6–12, Sewanhaka Central High)76%
State average 55.9%
Math (grades PK–5, Great Neck Union Free)86%
State average 55.9%
Graduation · class of 2020
94% graduate on time
Graduation rate
94%
NY: 83.5%
Graduating class
1,414
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #97 of 609 NY towns →
Districts
Two districts serve North Hempstead
Sewanhaka Central High School DistrictGrades 7–12 · 5 schools · 7,727 students
$28,186 per studentNY $34,607AGreat Neck Union Free School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 10 schools · 6,798 students
$36,778 per studentNY $34,607AEach district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 72 schools in North Hempstead
Showing 1–30 of 72 schools
MUNSEY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–6 · 803 students
APublicLAKEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades 1–5 · 772 students
A+PublicE M BAKER SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 651 students
APublicSHELTER ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–6 · 631 students
APublicDENTON AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 599 students
APublicHARBOR HILL SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 582 students
APublicJOHN PHILIP SOUSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 564 students
A-PublicPARK AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · Grades 1–5 · 557 students
DPublicEAST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades 2–5 · 552 students
A-PublicSEARINGTOWN SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 549 students
APublicSADDLE ROCK SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 519 students
APublicDREXEL AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · Grades 1–5 · 513 students
C-PublicNORTH SIDE SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–4 · 510 students
APublicMANORHAVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 499 students
BPublicCENTER STREET SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 482 students
APublicPOWELLS LANE SCHOOLElementary · Grades 1–5 · 476 students
C-PublicNEW HYDE PARK ROAD SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–6 · 475 students
A-PublicGUGGENHEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 473 students
BPublicJOHN J DALY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 471 students
B+PublicHILLSIDE GRADE SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–6 · 446 students
A-PublicJACKSON AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · Grades 3–4 · 436 students
BPublicSOUTH SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 435 students
A-PublicJOHN F KENNEDY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 427 students
A-PublicDRYDEN STREET SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–1 · 415 students
PublicRUSHMORE AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · Grades 3–6 · 407 students
B+PublicHAMPTON STREET SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–2 · 323 students
PublicMANOR OAKS WILLIAM BOWIE SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–6 · 320 students
A-PublicGARDEN CITY PARK SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–6 · 310 students
B+PublicMEADOW DRIVE SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–2 · 309 students
PublicEARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERElementary · Grades PK–K · 304 students
PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.