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Garden City Park Sign, Garden City Park, NY August 31, 2022Photo: AITFFan1 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Schools in Garden City Park

Garden City Park’s public schools

Sewanhaka Central High School District, New Hyde Park-Garden City Park Union Free School District and Herricks Union Free School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Garden City Park. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?13/13schools above New York’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 76% of students in New York’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
65%
2021–22
Math proficiency
69%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$28.2K
▼ 19% vs NY $34.6K
FY2024 · Sewanhaka Central High
Students per teacher
12.7
NY 11.2 · larger classes
Schools in town
0
12,002 students on the public path
In brief

Garden City Park’s schools, in brief

School by school

13 of Garden City Park’s 13 district schools with test results score above the middle of New York’s 4,095 public schools. Denton Avenue School places highest (better than 89%); Garden City Park School lowest (71%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Seven elementary schools serve Garden City Park, graded from B+ to A, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then six middle schools: New Hyde Park Memorial High School, H Frank Carey High School, Sewanhaka High School, Elmont Memorial High School, Floral Park Memorial High School and Herricks Middle School. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Garden City Park, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–67 schoolsDepends on your addressB+ to A
7–126 schoolsDepends on your addressB+ to A−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Sewanhaka Central High School District.

Three districts serve Garden City Park

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading · 7–12, Sewanhaka Central High School District65%
State average 48.9% · 2021 students tested
Math · 7–12, Sewanhaka Central High School District69%
State average 46.5% · 2911 students tested
Reading · PK–6, New Hyde Park-Garden City Park Union Free School District70%
State average 48.9% · 781 students tested
Math · PK–6, New Hyde Park-Garden City Park Union Free School District74%
State average 46.5% · 790 students tested
Reading · K–12, Herricks Union Free School District83%
State average 48.9% · 2117 students tested
Math · K–12, Herricks Union Free School District86%
State average 46.5% · 2229 students tested

Garden City Park vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the New York towns that share Garden City Park’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Garden City Park—New Hyde Park-Garden City Park Union Free PK–6 · Herricks Union Free K–12 · Sewanhaka Central High 7–12
MineolaA−Mineola Union Free
HempsteadABellmore-Merrick Central High 7–12 · Sewanhaka Central High 7–12 · Valley Stream Central High 7–12
North HempsteadAGreat Neck Union Free PK–12 · Sewanhaka Central High 7–12
Garden CityA+Garden City Union Free

2 of the 4 neighbors share Sewanhaka Central High with Garden City Park for grades 7–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Garden City Park

13 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with New York’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

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Questions about Garden City Park’s schools

Are Garden City Park’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Garden City Park. Sewanhaka Central High School District, New Hyde Park-Garden City Park Union Free School District and Herricks Union Free School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Garden City Park. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 13 of its 13 district schools with test results score above the middle of New York’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Garden City Park in?

Sewanhaka Central High School District, New Hyde Park-Garden City Park Union Free School District and Herricks Union Free School District.

Where do Garden City Park kids go to high school?

One of six high schools, depending on your address: New Hyde Park Memorial High School, H Frank Carey High School, Sewanhaka High School, Elmont Memorial High School, Floral Park Memorial High School and Herricks Middle School.

Parents talk

What Garden City Park families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.