Is there a list of school rankings for Long Island?? (Hempstead: to buy, taxes)

[anthonylongisland]

I am kinda getting frustrated. I dont have kids, but may someday soon. So i am looking to buy a place basically now, but thinking 5 years down the line for the school system.

Does anyone know of a list of long island schools, and how they rank? I know there are alot of lists, but they all have bits of info. Is there anything more total in information?!?!? Im not sure if i am making sense, basically I need help! lol

I need a goodish school system, decent taxes... I kinda want the best of both worlds, quality and quantity. (I know, good luck with that!)

[rocafeller05]

http://www.city-data.com/forum/long-...-rankings.html

[LilTownBlues]

Originally Posted by anthonylongisland

I am kinda getting frustrated. I dont have kids, but may someday soon. So i am looking to buy a place basically now, but thinking 5 years down the line for the school system.

Does anyone know of a list of long island schools, and how they rank? I know there are alot of lists, but they all have bits of info. Is there anything more total in information?!?!? Im not sure if i am making sense, basically I need help! lol

I need a goodish school system, decent taxes... I kinda want the best of both worlds, quality and quantity. (I know, good luck with that!)

Good news...you can relax...
First thing I suggest is count to ten...now say "pins and needles, needles and pins, a happy man is a man who grins"...there, feel better?

Now as far as looking for a "goodish school system", by many standards that pretty much covers most of the districts in LI. "Top" ones include Jericho, Cold Spring Harbor, Syosset, Plainview Old Bethpage, just to name a few. There are tons more that people will call good, and I don't think too many of them will change drastically in 5 years.

There is some bad news in all of this however. If you're really looking for "decent taxes" you will not find it anywhere around LI, at least by my standard. Even more unfortunately, it will probably be worse in 5 years.

[ambralita]

This is from a poster on my message today about a similar topic. Take it with grain of salt though, as I can't cite the exact source or dates or specifics:

School (District)........................................ ............Standard Ranking (County/Percent Free Lunch)
Wheatley School (East Williston)........................................ .245.0 (N/3%)
Cold Spring Harbor HS (CHS Central)....................................238.0 (S/<1%)
Great Neck South (Great Neck)...........................................23 6.6 (N/3%)
Plainview-Old Bethpage (Plainview-Old Bethpage)..................232.7 (N/2%)
Roslyn High School (Roslyn).......................................... .....232.1 (N/12%)
Garden City HS (Garden City)............................................. 231.7 (N/0%)
Syosset High School (Syosset)......................................... ..230.7 (N/1%)
Manhasset High School (Manhasset)....................................227 .6 (N/3%)
Jericho HS (Jericho)......................................... .................225.0 (N/<1%)
Paul D. Schreiber (Port Washington).....................................22 3.4 (N/5%)
Herricks High School (Herricks)........................................ ....212.4 (N/1%)
JFK (Bellmore-Merrick).......................................... .............212.0 (N/<1%)
Wantagh High School (Wantagh)......................................... 211.7 (N/<1%)
Locust Valley HS (Locust Valley).........................................21 0.5 (N/4%)
Hauppauge High School (Hauppauge)...................................208. 1 (S/5%)
Harborfields High School (Harborfields Central).......................205.7 (S/3%)
Carle Place Senior High School (Carle Place)..........................200.4 (N/4%)
Half Hollow Hills HS West (Half Hollow Hills)............................197.9 (S/7%)
Half Hollow Hills HS East (Half Hollow Hills).............................197.8 (S/6%)
Ward Melville (Three Village).......................................... .....197.7 (S/2%)
Calhoun (Bellmore-Merrick).......................................... .......197.3 (N/1%)
Great Neck North (Great Neck)...........................................19 6.1 (N/7%)
Smithtown High School East (Smithtown).............................195.2 (S/0%)
Mount Sinai High School (Mount Sinai).................................194.8 (S/1%)
Gen. Douglas MacArthur HS (LEVITTOWN)............................194.3 (N/4%)
Earl L. Vandermeulen HS (Port Jefferson)..............................193.5 (S/3%)
North Shore HS (North Shore)............................................ 192.6 (N/6%)
George W. Hewlett (Hewlett-Woodmere)..............................191.7 (N/1%)
Babylon Senior High School (Babylon)...................................190.0 (S/6%)
Massapequa High School (Massapequa)................................186.8 (N/<1%)
Elwood/John Glenn HS (Elwood).......................................... .186.4 (S/12%)
Lynbrook Senior HS (Lynbrook)........................................ ....186.3 (N/<1%)
New Hyde Park Memorial (NHP)............................................1 86.0 (N/4%)
Bayport-Blue Point HS (Bayport-Blue Point)............................185.8 (S/4%)
Oyster Bay HS (Oyster Bay-East Norwich).............................183.4 (N/9%)
Mattituck SHS (Mattituck-Cutchogue)..................................178.9 (S/4%)
Hicksville High School (Hicksville)...................................... ...178.1 (N/9%)
Northport SHS (Northport-East Northport).............................177.5 (S/5%)
Westhampton Beach SHS (Westhampton Beach).....................177.3 (S/3%)
South Side High School (Rockville Centre).............................175.4 (N/11%)
Smithtown HS West (Smithtown)....................................... ..173.3 (S/4%)
Walt Whitman HS (South Huntington)...................................171. 6 (S/23%)
Floral Park Memorial (Floral Park)..........................................170 .8 (N/10%)
Islip High School (Islip)........................................... ............169.8 (S/19%)
Lindenhurst High School (Lindenhurst)..................................168 .8 (S/7%)
Mepham (Bellmore-Merrick).......................................... .......168.6 (N/2%)
West Islip Senior High School (West Islip)..............................167.9 (S/3%)
Sayville High School (Sayville)........................................ .....166.6 (S/3%)
Bethpage Senior High School (Bethpage)...............................165.7 (N/6%)
Connetquot High School (Connetquot)...................................164 .3 (S/9%)
Valley Stream North (VS North)............................................ 163.9 (N/3%)
Island Trees HS (Island Trees)............................................ .162.6 (N/6%)
Bridgehampton School (Bridgehampton).................................16 2.1 (S/31%)
Valley Stream South HS (VS South)......................................161.3 (N/4%)
Kings Park High School (Kings Park)......................................159.3 (S/3%)
Commack High School (Commack)........................................1 59.0 (S/2%)
Eastport-South Manor (Eastport-South Manor).......................158.6 (S/??)
Southold High School (Southold)........................................ ..157.9 (S/7%)
Pierson (Sag Harbor)........................................... ..............157.2 (S/3%)
Mineola High School (Mineola)......................................... ....157.1 (N/10%)
East Islip High School (East Islip).........................................157 .0 (S/5%)
Oceanside Senior High School............................................ .156.7 (N/3%)
Division Avenue HS (Levittown)....................................... ....151.5 (N/5%)
Glen Cove HS (Glen Cove)............................................. .....151.4 (N/16%)
Baldwin SHS (Baldwin)......................................... ..............150.1 (N/0% ??)
Miller Place High School (Miller Place)...................................149.9 (S/2%)
Valley Stream Central (VS Central)......................................149. 2 (N/3%)
Seaford High School (Seaford)......................................... ...147.7 (N/1%)
Plainedge Senior High School (Plainedge)..............................145.0 (N/6%)
H. Frank Carey HS (Sewanhaka)....................................... ..141.7 (N/13%)
Elmont Memorial (Elmont).......................................... ........141.1 (N/23%)
W. Tresper Clarke High School (East Meadow).......................138.3 (N/9%)
Shoreham-Wading River (Shoreham-Wading River)..................137.8 (S/2%)
Long Beach High School (Long Beach)..................................136.7 (N/14%)
Sewanhaka HS (Sewanhaka)....................................... .......136.3 (N/29%)
Newfield High School (Middle Country)..................................135.7 (S/13%)
Huntington High School (Huntington)....................................13 4.7 (S)
Village School (Great Neck)............................................. ...132.6 (N/0%)
Sachem High School West (Sachem)....................................131.5 (S/8%)
Shelter Island HS (Shelter Island)........................................131 .2 (S/??)
Malverne High School (Malverne)........................................ .130.1 (N/22%)
Sachem High School East (Sachem).....................................129.3 (S/??)
West Hempstead HS (West Hempstead)...............................129.2 (N/9%)
Patchogue-Medford HS (Patchogue-Medford)........................127.9 (S/12%)
Farmingdale High School (Farmingdale).................................127. 7 (N/12%)
East Hampton High School (East Hampton)...........................125.7 (S/6%)
West Babylon SHS (West Babylon)......................................125. 5 (S/13%)
Lawrence High School (Lawrence).......................................1 24.8 (N/17%)
Rocky Point High School (Rocky Point).................................123.2 (S/10%)
Comsewogue (Brookhaven-Comsewogue).............................120.7 (S/9%)
Southampton High School (Southampton)............................120.4 (S/9%)
Longwood High School (Longwood).....................................115 .7 (S/17%)
Center Moriches High School (Center Moriches).....................115.0 (S/11%)
East Meadow High School (East Meadow).............................114.0 (N/8%)
Bay Shore SHS (Bay Shore)............................................ ...111.9 (S/35%)
East Rockaway SHS (East Rockaway)..................................111.8 (N/11%)
Hampton Bays Secondary (Hampton Bays)............................111.6 (S/16%)
North Babylon HS (North Babylon).......................................111 .4 (S/6%)
William Floyd High School (William Floyd)...............................104.8 (S/28%)
Riverhead High School (Riverhead)....................................... .99.6 (S/27%)
Centereach High School (Middle Country)...............................99.3 (S/12%)
Deer Park High School (Deer Park).........................................95.8 (S/13%)
Bellport High School (South Country).....................................90.6 (S/19%)
Walter G. O'Connell (Copiague)........................................ .....90.3 (S/28%)
Brentwood High School (Brentwood)......................................8 4.8 (S/54%)
Amityville Memorial (Amityville)...................................... .......78.0 (S/35%)
Central Islip HS (Central Islip)............................................ ..57.2 (S/27%)
Freeport High School (Freeport)........................................ ...53.3 (N/26%)
Hempstead High School (Hempstead)....................................37. 9 (N/42%)
Roosevelt (Roosevelt)....................................... .................34.1 (N/100%)
Westbury High School (Westbury)........................................ 32.9 (N/64%)
Wyandanch Memorial (Wyandanch)....................................... 13.8 (S/26%)