Syosset Central School District

The Syosset Central School District serves the inhabitants of Syosset, a suburb in Nassau County, New York. It also serves the suburbs of Woodbury, parts of Plainview, Jericho, Laurel Hollow, Muttontown, Oyster Bay Cove, and even very small parts of Hicksville.

The Syosset Central School District operates ten schools.

The Syosset Central School District performs better than many other neighboring school districts and rivals. In this school district, 71% of students are considered proficient in Reading, Writing and Mathematics.

In most schools throughout NY state, the NYS Regents Exam for Algebra 1 is administered in 9th grade. However, this test is administered in 8th grade for students in Syosset and some other districts in NY State. This practice gives pupils more time to study for the SAT's and for College.

6386 students were enrolled in Syosset schools for the 2014-2015 school year. The district specializes in the arts with well recognized programs in art, voice, cooking, dance, theatre, band, orchestra, and photography. Syosset schools participate in county and state programs for voice and art..

The Syosset Central School District has an intensive mandatory foreign language program with kindergarten Russian, 1st grade Chinese, grade 2-4 Italian, Spanish, or French, and grade 5 Latin. In middle school (grades 6-8) students choose from Spanish, Italian, and French. In high school (grades 9-12) students stick with their first language (Italian, French, or Spanish) and can take an additional language, including Japanese, Chinese, Russian, or American Sign Language.

First Lady Hillary Clinton visited Village Elementary School in 1999.

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