North Shore Senior High School, Glen Head NY

Original Research by School Decision on North Shore Senior High School

North Shore Senior High School is a public high school in Glen Head, serving grades nine through twelve within the North Shore Central School District, which also includes elementary and middle schools across Glen Head, Glenwood Landing, Sea Cliff, Old Brookville, and nearby areas of Greenvale and Roslyn Harbor.

The school's enrollment sits at a mid-sized level for its grade span, with roughly even distribution across all four grades. The student body is predominantly white, with meaningful shares of Asian and Hispanic students and smaller numbers of other backgrounds. A modest proportion of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating an overall economically stable student population, though not uniformly affluent.

State testing data for this school was not available, making it impossible to assess proficiency or trends in academic performance relative to the state or neighboring districts. Similarly, a graduation rate was not provided. These gaps likely reflect the nature of the data reporting available rather than an alternative or special-purpose designation, but a parent would benefit from requesting this information directly from the school or district to understand recent academic outcomes and completion rates.

Glen Head itself is an affluent, tree-lined residential hamlet on Long Island's North Shore about a half-hour from Manhattan by car or rail. The area functions as a bedroom community with limited commercial development, relying on nearby Glen Cove and Sea Cliff for shopping and dining. The Long Island Rail Road's Glen Head station serves the hamlet, with transit to Manhattan and other destinations. Housing values are high, reflecting the area's desirability and limited supply; homes in the zip code command substantial prices with median values well above state and national benchmarks. The rental market is equally tight. Locally, a newly rebuilt Gold Coast Public Library and waterfront access at Harry Tappen Beach anchor community life. The school district itself is a significant institutional employer in the area.

The district has recently modernized its approach to early literacy instruction, adopting evidence-based curricula for elementary grades beginning in the 2025-26 school year in response to state guidance on reading instruction. Voters approved substantial capital investments in February 2026 for facility upgrades, including athletic field improvements and air conditioning installations, without raising property taxes by reallocating funds from a retired debt obligation. The 2026-27 operating budget reflects among the higher per-pupil spending levels in the region, a resource commitment that families should evaluate in the context of local property tax rates and the district's overall financial health.

The school sits on a suburban campus and draws from a neighborhood characterized by established single-family homes, high owner-occupancy, and stable residential patterns. This is not a setting with rapid growth or demographic change; Glen Head developed most intensively nearly a century ago and remains substantially built-out. For families considering North Shore High School, the choice reflects enrollment in a traditional public suburban school serving an affluent, predominantly white community with moderate diversity, located in a stable residential area with strong regional transit connections and proximity to higher education institutions. Academic performance data would be essential to a fuller assessment; parents are encouraged to seek recent state test results, graduation rates, and information about course offerings and college placement from the school directly.

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Academic performance

How students graduate and prepare for what comes next.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

>=99%Cohort of 212 students · Class of 2021

The federal source publishes a banded range instead of an exact rate when the graduating cohort is small enough that an exact number could risk identifying individual students.

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

40 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

34 tested

94.1%

scored 3 or higher

Calculus BC

28 tested

92.9%

scored 3 or higher

Computer Science A

19 tested

89.5%

scored 3 or higher

Computer Science Principles

1 tested · Grade 10

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Statistics

28 tested · Grade 10

67.9%

scored 3 or higher

Sciences

Biology

66 tested · Grade 10

93.9%

scored 3 or higher

Chemistry

22 tested · Grade 10

77.3%

scored 3 or higher

Physics 1

30 tested

83.3%

scored 3 or higher

Physics C: Mechanics

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

History and Social Sciences

European History

2 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Psychology

52 tested · Grade 10

76.9%

scored 3 or higher

U.S. History

41 tested

87.8%

scored 3 or higher

World Languages and Cultures

French Language and Culture

2 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Italian Language and Culture

4 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Spanish Language and Culture

12 tested

91.7%

scored 3 or higher

Arts

Studio Art Drawing

5 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

International Baccalaureate

Ib Biology HL

8 tested

87.5%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Business and Management SL

27 tested

77.8%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Classical Languages Latin SL

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Computer Science SL

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Environmental Systems SL

15 tested

73.3%

scored 3 or higher

Ib History Hl History of the Americas

45 tested

93.3%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Language a Language and Literature English HL

37 tested

62.2%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Language B Chinese SL

10 tested

80.0%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Language B French SL

7 tested

100.0%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Language B Italian HL

3 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Language B Italian SL

8 tested

87.5%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Language B Spanish HL

30 tested

86.7%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Mathematics Analysis and Approaches SL

32 tested

56.3%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Mathematics Applications and Interpretation SL

50 tested

60.0%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Music SL

6 tested

83.3%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Physics HL

7 tested

100.0%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Social Anthropology SL

34 tested

85.3%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Visual Arts HL

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Ib Visual Arts SL

2 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Other

Language and Comp

5 tested

80.0%

scored 3 or higher

Literature and Comp

102 tested

62.7%

scored 3 or higher

Studio Art 2d Design

4 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

U S Government and Politics

88 tested · Grade 10

88.6%

scored 3 or higher

World History

81 tested · Grade 10

80.2%

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	174	100.0%
Social Studies	173	99.0%
Science	87	64.0%
Math	45	96.0%

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.