Glen Cove High School, Glen Cove NY

Original Research by School Decision on Glen Cove High School

Glen Cove High School serves a student body that is predominantly Hispanic, with a substantial share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The enrollment spans roughly the expected size range for a four-year suburban high school in the Northeast. The school's own tested proficiency data was not available in state records, so a reader cannot compare this school's student achievement directly to peer schools in Nassau County or statewide; the state comparison analysis could not be completed for that reason. A parent may want to reach out to the school or district directly to ask for current performance metrics and how the school tracks student progress in core subjects.

Glen Cove High School sits on a spacious suburban campus on Dosoris Lane, apart from the downtown civic core where City Hall and public institutions cluster. The high school's setting is residential and car-dependent rather than walkable or transit-connected, though the city itself has rail access via the LIRR Oyster Bay Branch at Glen Cove and Glen Street stations and bus service on routes N21 and N27.

The city of Glen Cove is mid-sized, blending coastal residential neighborhoods with a compact, pedestrian-scaled downtown along School Street and an active waterfront. The dominant current reshaping is the Garvies Point mixed-use waterfront development, a former industrial brownfield now being rebuilt by RXR into a complex of housing, retail, parks, and trails connecting to the Garvies Point Preserve. That project has brought new condos, rental apartments, and workforce housing units to the city's waterfront edge, and is cited as a significant local employment driver. Glen Cove Hospital, part of the Northwell Health system, anchors the local job market alongside city government, retail, and hospitality. The local housing market is active, with median home values in the mid-range for Nassau County and modest annual appreciation. Rents are rising at a modest clip, and the market shows stronger supply than demand currently.

The Glen Cove City School District recently passed a substantial capital bond after two failed votes, funding reconstructed science labs at the high school, ADA upgrades to cafeteria and restroom facilities, new security infrastructure, HVAC and window replacements, and a new synthetic turf field and track. That work addressed aging facilities families had long flagged as overdue. The district has also overhauled its elementary literacy curriculum to align with New York's phonics-based K-3 reading standards, which the state approved in 2025. That curriculum shift reflects a statewide move toward structured literacy instruction and is the district's stated top classroom priority, making it a relevant context for families with students in early grades.

State graduation rate data for Glen Cove High School was not reported, so a reader cannot assess the school's completion or on-time-to-diploma performance against county peers. Chronic absenteeism rates were likewise not available. A parent interested in these outcomes should ask the school directly about graduation trends, diploma rates, college enrollment, and daily attendance patterns, as well as about course offerings, AP and honors pathways, and support services for students who struggle academically or need accommodations. Those details are not in the data provided here.

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Academic performance

How students graduate and prepare for what comes next.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

89.0%Cohort of 270 students · Class of 2021

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

1,253 schools plotted. 14 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Advanced Placement & IB

22 subjects offered · 2023-24

Each card is one AP or IB subject. The headline number is the share of students scoring 3 or higher on the exam — the threshold for college credit at most universities. The bar below each rate shows the underlying distribution across performance levels.

Score:12· no credit345· extremely well qualified

Math and Computer Science

Calculus AB

22 tested

22.7%

scored 3 or higher

Calculus BC

4 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Computer Science Principles

22 tested · Grade 9, Grade 10

59.1%

scored 3 or higher

Statistics

12 tested

16.7%

scored 3 or higher

Sciences

Biology

50 tested

44.0%

scored 3 or higher

Chemistry

17 tested

47.1%

scored 3 or higher

Environmental Science

52 tested · Grade 9, Grade 10

55.8%

scored 3 or higher

English

Research

46 tested

71.7%

scored 3 or higher

Seminar

38 tested · Grade 10

92.1%

scored 3 or higher

History and Social Sciences

European History

1 tested · Grade 10

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Human Geography

46 tested · Grade 9

63.0%

scored 3 or higher

Psychology

44 tested · Grade 10

40.9%

scored 3 or higher

U.S. History

65 tested

73.8%

scored 3 or higher

World Languages and Cultures

Italian Language and Culture

2 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Spanish Language and Culture

45 tested · Grade 10

84.4%

scored 3 or higher

Spanish Literature and Culture

8 tested

50.0%

scored 3 or higher

Arts

Music Theory

11 tested

9.1%

scored 3 or higher

Other

Language and Comp

42 tested

45.2%

scored 3 or higher

Literature and Comp

30 tested

53.3%

scored 3 or higher

Studio Art 2d Design

7 tested

71.4%

scored 3 or higher

U S Government and Politics

31 tested

87.1%

scored 3 or higher

World History

42 tested · Grade 10

66.7%

scored 3 or higher

New York Regents Exams

4 courses reported · 2024-25

End-of-course exams required for a New York Regents diploma. Each row shows the cohort size and the share of students scoring at the proficient level or higher.

Course	Students tested	% proficient
Ela	320	62.0%
Social Studies	308	69.0%
Math	179	61.0%
Science	19	37.0%

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.