Great Neck North High School, Great Neck NY

Original Research by School Decision on Great Neck North High School

Great Neck North High School is a four-year suburban school in an affluent North Shore community on Long Island, serving a student body drawn from upscale residential neighborhoods where housing values are substantial. The school's enrollment is stable at just under twelve hundred students, spread evenly across grades nine through twelve, with a small ungraded cohort.

The student population is predominantly white, with a significant Asian enrollment that reflects both the demographic makeup of the broader Great Neck area and the region's concentration of professional families. About a quarter of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, a rate that suggests economic diversity within what is otherwise a high-income district. The school's enrollment data on English learners and students receiving special education services was not available, so a reader seeking detail on those populations should contact the district directly.

State assessment results and graduation rate data were not provided, which means the school's academic outcomes cannot be characterized here. This gap likely reflects how New York reports results; some school-level data may not be public at the individual school level, or the school's performance data may be aggregated at the district level. A parent wanting to understand proficiency in tested subjects and the school's graduation trend should look to the Great Neck Union Free School District's published results or ask the school for that information.

The school sits on Polo Road about a mile and a half from the LIRR Great Neck station, making it accessible by public transit but positioned on a separated suburban campus rather than in the walkable downtown commercial core of Great Neck Plaza. The broader Great Neck area—nine villages and unincorporated areas on a North Shore peninsula—is characterized by tree-lined streets, substantial homes, and a compact, vibrant downtown around the LIRR station. The region has seen limited new residential construction but several multifamily developments are advancing along Middle Neck Road and the waterfront, funded partly by state housing grants and local zoning incentives, which may bring modest demographic shifts over time.

The district itself has taken a deliberate approach to facility renewal, establishing a capital reserve fund in 2024 that allows ongoing upgrades to classrooms, libraries, playgrounds, and athletic fields without raising the tax levy. Recent phases have included a synthetic turf field and renovations at the middle school and athletic improvements at the high school campuses. These are concrete signs of a district committed to sustaining physical infrastructure without burdening property taxpayers with bond measures.

Housing in the area is expensive. Median home values are in the range of properties that typically sell in six figures, and the local market has a modest supply relative to demand, with homes moving at a steady pace. Rent in the area is similarly high, and affordability for renters is constrained; mortgage payments on typical homes far exceed typical rents. This is an upper-middle-class to affluent community where family income and housing access are closely linked.

Course breadth, specific program offerings, and academic pathways at the school were not detailed in the available data. A parent interested in AP course load, career or dual-credit options, or specialized programs should check the school's website or contact the counseling office to understand what is available.

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Academic performance

How students graduate and prepare for what comes next.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

91.0%Cohort of 280 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

30 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

69 tested · Grade 10

97.1%

scored 3 or higher

Calculus BC

29 tested

93.1%

scored 3 or higher

Computer Science A

25 tested · Grade 10

88.0%

scored 3 or higher

Precalculus

3 tested · Grade 10

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Statistics

48 tested

95.8%

scored 3 or higher

Sciences

Biology

73 tested

94.5%

scored 3 or higher

Chemistry

52 tested · Grade 10

96.2%

scored 3 or higher

Environmental Science

161 tested

56.5%

scored 3 or higher

Physics 1

17 tested · Grade 9

88.2%

scored 3 or higher

Physics 2

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism

18 tested

66.7%

scored 3 or higher

Physics C: Mechanics

19 tested

73.7%

scored 3 or higher

History and Social Sciences

European History

15 tested

93.3%

scored 3 or higher

Macroeconomics

107 tested

86.9%

scored 3 or higher

Microeconomics

82 tested

96.3%

scored 3 or higher

Psychology

86 tested

91.9%

scored 3 or higher

U.S. History

91 tested

97.8%

scored 3 or higher

World Languages and Cultures

Chinese Language and Culture

12 tested · Grade 9

75.0%

scored 3 or higher

French Language and Culture

17 tested

76.5%

scored 3 or higher

German Language and Culture

1 tested · Grade 10

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Latin: Vergil (archived)

8 tested

50.0%

scored 3 or higher

Spanish Language and Culture

40 tested

97.5%

scored 3 or higher

Arts

Art History

40 tested · Grade 10

80.0%

scored 3 or higher

Music Theory

13 tested · Grade 10

15.4%

scored 3 or higher

Studio Art Drawing

5 tested

80.0%

scored 3 or higher

Other

Language and Comp

87 tested

97.7%

scored 3 or higher

Literature and Comp

89 tested

97.8%

scored 3 or higher

Studio Art 2d Design

3 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

U S Government and Politics

78 tested

84.6%

scored 3 or higher

World History

75 tested · Grade 10

98.7%

scored 3 or higher

New York Regents Exams

3 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
Social Studies	302	92.0%
Ela	290	91.0%
Math	236	100.0%

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.