Suffolk County School Districts...

Anyone know which are the 'best' school districts in suffolk county?? I know of just a few.. Kings Park, Smithtown.. and Three Village.. I hear Sachem is a good one also, but I also hear it is the largest SD in Suffolk. (not sure if that's good or bad)
My husband and I are house hunting in those areas, and of course the SD is VERY important, as we have an 11 year old and a toddler.

Any input would be great, thanks.

hmmmm... and both are very close to my aunt..(she lives in smithtown)..that's why we're looking in that vicinity...to be near her.

thanks for the input...

I love Smithtown- but then are biased since I grew up there and now teach there.

miller place is further east though, right?

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Posted by cmc723

miller place is further east though, right?

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yes, on the north shore just past Port Jefferson and Mt Sinai

- cold spring harbor
- harborfields
- northport
- three village
- miller place
- port jeff

cold spring harbor SD
- cold spring harbor, some of cold spring harbor hills and some of huntington

harborfields SD
-centerport, greenlawn, and some of huntington

we currently live in huntington, but looking to purchase in northport. the SD is great. northport SD is also made up of east northport.

ETA - elwood and commack are very good distrcits as well.

elwood SD
- some of greenlawn, east northport and huntington

commack SD
- commack and some of east northport

i don't know the exact zoning lines of all these distrcits, but i am sure you can find all the info online. someone once posted the lines for harborfields.

Half Hollow Hills is one of the best ditricts on LI (Dix Hills area)

We're in Kings Park, and I grew up in Commack schools - they're both excellent as well.

The Top 2002 High Schools

Public schools are ranked according to a ratio called the Challenge Index devised by Jay Mathews: the number of Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate tests taken by all students at a school in 2002 divided by the number of graduating seniors. Schools that chose more than half of their students by grades or test scores were not considered because the index is designed to identify schools that challenge average students and does not work well with schools that have few or no average students. The schools ranked below have the strongest AP or IB programs in the country. Each of them is in the top four percent of all American high schools measured this way.


Note: I deleted the other schools and only kept the local school rankings.

Rank / School Name / City / State / Score
5 . Jericho Jericho , N.Y. 4.519
11 . Manhasset Manhasset , N.Y. 3.840
17 . Great Neck South Great Neck , N.Y. 3.640
19 . Cold Spring Harbor Cold Spring Harbor , N.Y. 3.573
26 . Great Neck North Great Neck , N.Y. 3.298
29 . Wheatley Old Westbury , N.Y. 3.146
34 . Vandermeulen Port Jefferson , N.Y 3.040
51 . Hewlett Hewlett , N.Y. 2.780
59 . Miller Place Miller Place , N.Y. 2.700
60 . Syosset Syosset , N.Y. 2.699
62 . South Side* Rockville Centre , N.Y. 2.690
64 . Kennedy Bellmore , N.Y. 2.668
70 . East Hampton East Hampton , N.Y. 2.598
71 . North Shore Glen Head , N.Y. 2.591
77 . Roslyn Roslyn Heights , N.Y. 2.505
92 . Calhoun Merrick , N.Y. 2.419
98 . Garden City Garden City , N.Y. 2.346
123 . Mepham Bellmore , N.Y. 2.188
125 . Floral Park Floral Park , N.Y. 2.180
129 . Half Hollow Hills East Dix Hills , N.Y. 2.172
148 . Schreiber Port Washington , N.Y. 2.087
150 . Harborfields Greenlawn , N.Y. 2.083
168 . Long Island City Long Island City , N.Y. 1.993
182 . Herricks New Hyde Park , N.Y. 1.950
198 . Elwood-John H. Glenn East Northport , N.Y. 1.899
208 . Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK Plainview , N.Y. 1.860
212 . Half Hollow Hills West Dix Hills , N.Y. 1.852
215 . Valley Stream South Valley Stream , N.Y. 1.848
225 . Oyster Bay Oyster Bay , N.Y. 1.822
238 . Valley Stream Central Valley Stream , N.Y. 1.777
249 . Smithtown Smithtown , N.Y. 1.736
257 . Ward Melville East Setauket , N.Y. 1.700
385 . Lynbrook Lynbrook , N.Y. 1.416
387 . Midwood Brooklyn , N.Y. 1.414
391 . Lawrence Cedarhurst , N.Y. 1.408
394 . Huntington Huntington , N.Y. 1.404
443 . Kings Park Kings Park , N.Y. 1.351
464 . Port Richmond Staten Island , N.Y. 1.319
492 . Northport Northport , N.Y. 1.291
499 . Baldwin (tie) Baldwin , N.Y. 1.279
509 . Dobbs Ferry* Dobbs Ferry , N.Y. 1.268
599 . Edward R. Murrow Brooklyn , N.Y. 1.153
651 . Susan E. Wagner Staten Island , N.Y. 1.081
677 . Valley Stream North Franklin Square , N.Y. 1.051
712 . Commack* Commack , N.Y. 1.022
* gives International Baccalaureate tests

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Posted by Jenny5150

The Top 2002 High Schools

Public schools are ranked according to a ratio called the Challenge Index devised by Jay Mathews: the number of Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate tests taken by all students at a school in 2002 divided by the number of graduating seniors. Schools that chose more than half of their students by grades or test scores were not considered because the index is designed to identify schools that challenge average students and does not work well with schools that have few or no average students. The schools ranked below have the strongest AP or IB programs in the country. Each of them is in the top four percent of all American high schools measured this way.


Note: I deleted the other schools and only kept the local school rankings.

Rank / School Name / City / State / Score
5 . Jericho Jericho , N.Y. 4.519
11 . Manhasset Manhasset , N.Y. 3.840
17 . Great Neck South Great Neck , N.Y. 3.640
19 . Cold Spring Harbor Cold Spring Harbor , N.Y. 3.573
26 . Great Neck North Great Neck , N.Y. 3.298
29 . Wheatley Old Westbury , N.Y. 3.146
34 . Vandermeulen Port Jefferson , N.Y 3.040
51 . Hewlett Hewlett , N.Y. 2.780
59 . Miller Place Miller Place , N.Y. 2.700
60 . Syosset Syosset , N.Y. 2.699
62 . South Side* Rockville Centre , N.Y. 2.690
64 . Kennedy Bellmore , N.Y. 2.668
70 . East Hampton East Hampton , N.Y. 2.598
71 . North Shore Glen Head , N.Y. 2.591
77 . Roslyn Roslyn Heights , N.Y. 2.505
92 . Calhoun Merrick , N.Y. 2.419
98 . Garden City Garden City , N.Y. 2.346
123 . Mepham Bellmore , N.Y. 2.188
125 . Floral Park Floral Park , N.Y. 2.180
129 . Half Hollow Hills East Dix Hills , N.Y. 2.172
148 . Schreiber Port Washington , N.Y. 2.087
150 . Harborfields Greenlawn , N.Y. 2.083
168 . Long Island City Long Island City , N.Y. 1.993
182 . Herricks New Hyde Park , N.Y. 1.950
198 . Elwood-John H. Glenn East Northport , N.Y. 1.899
208 . Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK Plainview , N.Y. 1.860
212 . Half Hollow Hills West Dix Hills , N.Y. 1.852
215 . Valley Stream South Valley Stream , N.Y. 1.848
225 . Oyster Bay Oyster Bay , N.Y. 1.822
238 . Valley Stream Central Valley Stream , N.Y. 1.777
249 . Smithtown Smithtown , N.Y. 1.736
257 . Ward Melville East Setauket , N.Y. 1.700
385 . Lynbrook Lynbrook , N.Y. 1.416
387 . Midwood Brooklyn , N.Y. 1.414
391 . Lawrence Cedarhurst , N.Y. 1.408
394 . Huntington Huntington , N.Y. 1.404
443 . Kings Park Kings Park , N.Y. 1.351
464 . Port Richmond Staten Island , N.Y. 1.319
492 . Northport Northport , N.Y. 1.291
499 . Baldwin (tie) Baldwin , N.Y. 1.279
509 . Dobbs Ferry* Dobbs Ferry , N.Y. 1.268
599 . Edward R. Murrow Brooklyn , N.Y. 1.153
651 . Susan E. Wagner Staten Island , N.Y. 1.081
677 . Valley Stream North Franklin Square , N.Y. 1.051
712 . Commack* Commack , N.Y. 1.022
* gives International Baccalaureate tests

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WOW, i am shocked by some of these ratings!

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Posted by LisaT

Half Hollow Hills is one of the best ditricts on LI (Dix Hills area)

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I'm not sure we can afford Dix Hills...

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Posted by Robinella

I live in Patchogue/Medford school district...and its a good district

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I do too! I think it is a great district. I went there too.

I went to Commack
and it is a very GOOD school district