Paul D. Schreiber High School
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101 Campus Drive Port Washington, NY 11050 United States |
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| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1953 |
| School district | Port Washington School District |
| Principal | Ira Pernick |
| Faculty | 111.4 FTEs |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,545 (as of 2014-15) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 13.9:1 |
| Color(s) | Blue and White |
| Mascot | Viking |
| Newspaper | The Schreiber Times |
| Yearbook | Port Light |
| Website | Schreiber Website |
Paul D. Schreiber Senior High School (commonly Paul D. Schreiber High School or Schreiber High School) is a four-year public high school located in Port Washington, New York at 101 Campus Drive, in Nassau County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. The school was originally constructed in 1953 and is named after a former superintendent.
Schreiber is one of the top public high schools on Long Island.U.S. News and World Report awarded Schreiber a gold medal in its 2014 rankings. In 2015, it was ranked as the 283rd best high school in the United States by U.S. News & World Report, with a student/teacher ratio of 13:1.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,545 students and 111.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.9:1. There were 238 students (15.4% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 68 (4.4% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
The school offers 26 Advanced Placement classes, more than three times the state average. The Advanced Placement exam pass rate is 83%, meaning that 83% of students attain a score of 3 or higher on the AP exam, compared to the state average of 61%, and more than half of the student body, 53%, takes at least one Advanced Placement exam, compared to the state average of 16%.
In 2011, Mandarin Chinese was added as a fifth language to the foreign language curriculum, joining Latin, French, Spanish, and Italian. Mandarin could be taken only in conjunction with another of the aforementioned languages or after completion of a three-year language sequence. After the conclusion of the 2014-2015 school year, Chinese was dropped from the list of course of offerings following budget reallocation.
Schreiber High School is part of the Section VIII (8) New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHAA). As such, it competes against other public schools in Nassau County, New York in: baseball, basketball, bowling, badminton, cross country, field hockey, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, track and field, tennis, volleyball, and wrestling.
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