The Wheatley School | |
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Address | |
11 Bacon Rd Old Westbury, New York, Nassau 11568 United States |
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Coordinates | 40°46′55″N 73°35′50″W / 40.78194°N 73.59722°WCoordinates: 40°46′55″N 73°35′50″W / 40.78194°N 73.59722°W |
Information | |
Funding type | Public school |
Motto | Veritatem Quaerite (Seek the Truth) |
Established | 1955 |
Opened | 1956 |
Locale | Suburb: Large |
School district | East Williston School District |
NCES District ID | 3610050. |
Superintendent | Dr. Elaine Kanas |
CEEB code | 334293 |
NCES School ID | 361005000781. |
Principal | Sean C. Feeney |
Asst. principal | Karen Klapper |
Faculty | 63.9 FTEs |
Enrollment | 731 (as of 2014-15) |
• Grade 8 | 165 |
• Grade 9 | 164 |
• Grade 10 | 148 |
• Grade 11 | 158 |
• Grade 12 | 151 |
• Ungraded | 2 |
Student to teacher ratio | 11.4:1 |
Campus type | Suburban |
Color(s) | Red, White |
Sports | Baseball, Basketball(Boys/Girls), Cross Country(Boys/Girls), Fencing(Boys/Girls), Field Hockey(Girls), Football, Golf, Ice Hockey(Boys), Lacrosse(Boys/Girls), Soccer(Boys/Girls), Tennis (Boys/Girls), Track and Field(Boys/Girls), Volleyball(Girls), Wrestling |
Mascot | Wildcat |
Team name | Wildcats |
Accreditation | Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools |
National ranking | Newsweek: 92,US News and World Report:108 |
Publication | Literary Magazine (Vintage) |
Newspaper | Wildcat |
Yearbook | Aurora |
Feeder schools | Willets Road School |
Website | www |
The Wheatley School is a public high school serving grades 8 through 12 located in Old Westbury, Long Island, New York and part of the East Williston Union Free School District. The school district encompasses all of East Williston and parts of Mineola, Albertson, Old Westbury, and Roslyn Heights.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 731 students and 63.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.4:1. There were 27 students (3.7% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 7 (1.0% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.