Elwood vs Harborfields vs Northport SD (New York, Huntington: house, school districts, live)

[nyc-li]

Hi

We're looking to move to the Huntington/Northport area. We love both towns and from the research I've done, it seems these three school districts are where you want to be in that area.

Can anyone who actually lives in one of these school districts please tell me what it's like? Any thoughts on why one might be better/worse than the other?

Thanks for your help!

[PizzaPedro]

I've lived in two of the 3 districts. They all have good reputations. If you go by just about any of the rankings, you'll see that Harborfields is considered the clear cut #1, Elwood and Northport are about a push. I don't think you could go wrong with any of them, but if this were the deciding factor for you, Harborfields has the best reputation.

[Walter Greenspan]

Originally Posted by nyc-li

We're looking to move to the Huntington/Northport area. We love both towns ...

nyc-li, in case you are unfamiliar with the local geography:

What people refer to colloquially as "towns" are actually villages and hamlets, which are within actual towns; and, because villages and hamlets are referred to as "towns", then, many times, the error is compounded when actual towns are referred to as "townships".

Huntington is a hamlet that is governed on an at-large basis by the Town of Huntington while Northport is a self-governing village in the Town of Huntington.

Also, many colloquially refer to a "downtown business district" in a hamlet as a "village", such as "Huntington Village".

//www.city-data.com/forum/new-y...-glossary.html and //www.city-data.com/forum/long-...-resource.html may be of some help to you in understanding the geography of "Lawn Guyland".

//www.city-data.com/forum/long-...you-think.html may help you understand the great geographic confusions caused by non-conforming ZIP Code postal zones.


You can get a fact sheet for any city, village or hamlet on Long Island by going here American FactFinder and input the name of the city, village or hamlet for "city/town" (leave out the ZIP Code) and New York for "State", and then click "GO".

You'll get a lot of demographic, and some economic, statistics for the city, village or hamlet you selected, and if you click on "Reference map" (it's on the right hand side), you'll get a map.


When you do find a house that you like, you can find out in which community (city, village or CDP) that house is actually located, which is oftentimes different from the community named in that house's mailing address, by using the Census Bureau's online address search function. (CDP or Census Designated Place is the Census Bureau equivalent for a hamlet in Nassau and Suffolk Counties.)

And, very importantly, among other things, the Census Bureau's online address search function also indicates in which school district an address is located.