GREAT NECK SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL

GREAT NECK SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL is a sprawling four-year high school in GREAT NECK, New York, one of the schools within GREAT NECK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school serves 1,362 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 668 students per school, that is 104% larger than typical.

GREAT NECK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 6,798 students. GREAT NECK SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, GREAT NECK SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL records that 75% of the student body identifies as Asian. Beyond that, the school records 13% White, 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.

On the income-and-resources front, GREAT NECK SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL logs 126 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.8:1. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 27% of students at GREAT NECK SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, GREAT NECK SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 65.2%; this one delivers 96.5%, a residual of +31.3 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Nassau County indicate the typical household earns roughly $146,202 per year, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Nassau County's 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), GREAT NECK SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

GREAT NECK SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GREAT NECK SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GREAT NECK SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 81.9%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GREAT NECK SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL has rose 12%, going from 1,221 students in 2018 to 1,362 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 31% to 13%.

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