What school is the best on the island? You vote

[VOTE!!!!!!]

Just wanted to throw this thread out there! What school district do you guys think is the best on the island as far as sports, grades, teacher pay (all around best school for children)? Place your vote!

Mine is:


Garden City

[knolls12]

Port Jefferson.

[EE1]

where ever there aint no dark folk!!!!!

[Ihatefloyd]

Anything that isn't William Floyd.

Garden City

SYOSSET

GC

Garden City

JEHRICO

BRENTWOOD???????? :lol:

[empirical data]

Objective empirical data supports Jericho and Roslyn as the best districts on the Island, and Half Hollow Hills in Suffolk. On the recent 2005 NYS English Language Arts Assessments, which measures reading, writing and listening skills, essential to success in any field, Jericho and Roslyn scored the highest. Each had almost 40% of their students performing at the top level 4, indicating "mastery" of the subject. These kids will kick butt as they go up the ranks.

Worst District's are no suprise, Roosevelt with not a single student scoring in the top category, and Central Islip and Hempstead where only 1% of the students were able to score a 4.

Surprisingly low scores, Cold Spring Harbor, with all their wealth and private school atmosphere, only 18 kids in a 100 scored a level 4?


% of students scoring at top level 4-2005 ELA


Jericho 38%
Roslyn 38%
Half Hollow Hills 36%
East Williston 34%
Garden City 34%
Huntington 33%
Herricks 32%
Great Neck 31%
East Hampton 30%
Rockville Centre 30%
Syosset 30%
Elwood 28%
Locust Valley 28%
Manhasset 27%
Bellmore-Merrick 26%
Plainedge 26%
Sayville 26%
Malverne 25%
Not Allowed 24%
Westhampton 24%
Hewlett 23%
Bayport/Blue Point 21%
Plainview 21%
Port Washington 21%
Seaford 21%
Sewanhaka 21%
Baldwin 20%
Commack 20%
Hicksville 20%
North Shore 20%
South Huntington 20%
Southhold 20%
Carle Place 19%
Island Park 19%
Miller Place 19%
Smithtown 19%
Bethpage 18%
Cold Spring Harbor 18%
Southampton 18%
West Hempstead 18%
Farmingdale 17%
Island Trees 17%
Lawrence 17%
Northport-E. Npt 17%
Oceanside 17%
East Rockaway 16%
Lindenhurst 16%
Massapequa 16%
Mineola 16%
Oyster Bay 16%
Port Jefferson 16%
Bay Shore 15%
Glen Cove 15%
Hauppauge 15%
Levittown 15%
Mattituck 15%
Middle County 15%
Rocky Point 15%
Three Village 15%
East Meadow 13%
Long Beach 13%
Valley Stream 13%
Wantagh 13%
Deer Park 12%
East Islip 12%
South Country 12%
Babylon 11%
Harborfields 11%
Shoreham Wading R'vr 11%
Comsewogue 10%
Islip 10%
Kings Park 10%
Westbury 10%
William Floyd 10%
Center Moriches 9%
Connequot 9%
Mount Sinai 9%
Uniondale 9%
West Islip 9%
East Moriches 8%
Freeport 8%
Longwood 8%
Sachem 8%
Copaigue 7%
Riverhead 7%
West Babylon 7%
Amityville 6%
Brentwood 6%
Montauk 6%
Eastport 5%
North Bablylon 5%
Patchogue-Medford 5%
Springs 5%
Hampton Bays 3%
Wyandanch 2%
Central Islip 1%
Hempstead 1%
Bridgehampton 0%
Roosevelt 0%

the wogue

[Robin]

Empirical data my foot! You have to know what you're looking at. Jericho HS has great scores but doesn't educate a single special education student within district. They can afford to send them out. What they call special ed other sidtricts call kids in skills classes. If a district has a large ESL population you have to figure that in. All the scores are lumped in Newsday in total. The mainstream passing rate, that includes ESL kids may be 90% on an exam, eg. the Global Ed. regents When special ed students are figured in, the perfceent drops and they are held to a 65% passing rate to be counted in "Passing" eventhough 55% qualifies them and everyone else for a local diploma and the RCT qualifies them for graduation. I'm talking about kids with IQ's under 80 who must take the exams. If you want to know what a school is like, vist it, sit in on classes, ask the Principal to break down the scores according to the population that sits for the test. If you don't want your kids in school with special ed or ESL kids that's a different story but get the whole picture.

FINALLY SOMEONE GETS IT....THE NUMBERS ARENT ALWAYS WHAT THEY SEEM TO BE

ROSYLYN is one of the best districts on LI??????

That's too funny.

[Testing and Measurement]

Perhaps one might want to consider this as a body of work instead of just looking at the test scores, huh? Roslyn.... Wow.

FINALLY SOMEONE GETS IT....THE NUMBERS ARENT ALWAYS WHAT THEY SEEM TO BE

Actually the numbers are exactly what they say to be its just fools like you who dont understand them

[Actually the numbers are exactly what they say to be its just fools like you who dont understand them[/quote] TYPICALL OUTSIDER WHO HAS NO IDEA WHAT GOES INTO THESE NUMBERS.....DO YOU KNOW THAT THEY COUNT SCORES OF KIDS THAT CANT SPEAK ENGLISH IN THESE NUMBERS?????CERTAIN KIDS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS ARE ALSO INCLUDED....BUT YOU DIDNT KNOW THAT BECAUSE YOUR A MORON!!!!!!!

[Robin]

Dear Guest -
I do get it - you don't - The assumption made by the uninformed is that the numbers reflect all of the students in the district of high school age, for the high school scores. They don't if special education students are shipped out.

To have the inclusive numbers have any meaning one must know the demographic of the people taking the tests. If a district has no students of limited English proficiency taking the English Regents one would expect that district to have high scores or higher scores than a district that has a higher LEP population.

The scores wouylkd be reported accurately if the newspapers broke out the scores according to district and the population of the districts taking the test.

Poverty level is also a significant statistic. There is a high correlation between high scores and a high income. So, if a didtrict has a high poverty index and the kids score high on exams that's a really good district.

You really don't deserve such a courteous and informed answer after your insulting response but being a Jeffersonian at heart I have faith that education ie. my dispensing this information will moderate your views. Trust me this is an INFORMED RESPONSE!

[Robin]

Dear Guest -
I do get it - you don't - The assumption made by the uninformed is that the numbers reflect all of the students in the district of high school age, for the high school scores. They don't if special education students are shipped out.

To have the inclusive numbers have any meaning one must know the demographic of the people taking the tests. If a district has no students of limited English proficiency taking the English Regents one would expect that district to have high scores or higher scores than a district that has a higher LEP population.

The scores wouylkd be reported accurately if the newspapers broke out the scores according to district and the population of the districts taking the test.

Poverty level is also a significant statistic. There is a high correlation between high scores and a high income. So, if a didtrict has a high poverty index and the kids score high on exams that's a really good district.

You really don't deserve such a courteous and informed answer after your insulting response but being a Jeffersonian at heart I have faith that education ie. my dispensing this information will moderate your views. Trust me this is an INFORMED RESPONSE!

Dear Guest -
I do get it - you don't - The assumption made by the uninformed is that the numbers reflect all of the students in the district of high school age, for the high school scores. They don't if special education students are shipped out.

To have the inclusive numbers have any meaning one must know the demographic of the people taking the tests. If a district has no students of limited English proficiency taking the English Regents one would expect that district to have high scores or higher scores than a district that has a higher LEP population.

The scores wouylkd be reported accurately if the newspapers broke out the scores according to district and the population of the districts taking the test.

Poverty level is also a significant statistic. There is a high correlation between high scores and a high income. So, if a didtrict has a high poverty index and the kids score high on exams that's a really good district.

You really don't deserve such a courteous and informed answer after your insulting response but being a Jeffersonian at heart I have faith that education ie. my dispensing this information will moderate your views. Trust me this is an INFORMED RESPONSE!

Actually its a pretty racist response as if you would look all school districts report the percentage in poverty, receiving free lunches, percentage of eac minority group etc.

All the information is there it is just people like you who dont want to take the extra minute to look it up and bame the stats for the failings of your districts.

Whats the next excuse

[Robin]

Excuse me, those statistics are the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act. I'm not excusing anything; I'm saying that a district that has a mixed population and/or a higher poverty rate than other districts and performs disprportionately well is a better district than a totally homogeneous district that posts higher scores. Why do you have a problem with that. I didn't mention race at all. LEP is based on students whose first language is not English.

[Robin]

Excuse me, those statistics are the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act. I'm not excusing anything; I'm saying that a district that has a mixed population and/or a higher poverty rate than other districts and performs disprportionately well is a better district than a totally homogeneous district that posts higher scores. Why do you have a problem with that. I didn't mention race at all. LEP is based on students whose first language is not English.

Stop the bickering now children....back to the voting.

Garden City 8)

GArDeN cItY :lol: :lol: 8) :D :) :lol: :wink: :P

Middle Country hands down!

Garden City

Patchogue Medford :roll:

[bbrown]

Garden City moves down a notch and Farmingdale goes up one now that Dr. Gerold is staying. :D

william floyd :D :lol:

william floyd :D :lol:

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! That's a funny joke, just like the district and its administrators.

[longylander]

THE SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS !!!!!

Which all of us tax payers belong to especially when we have a corrupt school board and uncertified teachers who happen to be daughters of school board presidents.
All are welcome to the Peggy and Tina show hosted by the Pat-Med School District. Just come to any school board meeting and see the power hungry antics of lunatic minds.

:evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

i know that is why i said william floyd :D :lol:

COPAIGUE is a great school

amityville!!!!!!!!

Brentwood!? What a hoot. My vote goes to Jericho but my kids to go to Huntington.

GLEN COVE IS THE BEST SCHOOL ON THE ISLAND

GC

[New Resident]

What about Hauppauge?

what about Hauppauge? LOL

[New Resident]

How's Hauppauge rank on your list?

[randy r]

hauppauge is up there...very good and small district.

[The Battle of Jericho]

I don't think hauppauge is anything to write home about. I think Jericho is the best school district.

[mad]

comsewogue.......that's where all the SEX is.....

comsewogue.......that's where all the SEX is.....

I really hope you're not who I think you are, because someone in your position shouldn't make such rediculus comments on a page like this. You are spreading filth on a "rate the school" page? That belongs here? Couldnt keep it at home?

[LI Taxpayer]

Hauppauge is better than Jericho because the taxes here are MUCH lower, the plots of land on a typical single-family home are significantly larger, and in my opinion, the schools are just as good.

[LI Taxpayer]

In ten years from now, when everyone's Long Island property taxes are well over 10k per year, people are going to see the value in Hauppauge. It'll be obvious, because the towns with the sky-high property taxes will (years from now) see their property values decline, while the towns (like Hauppauge) with good schools and LOW, LOW taxes will continue to rise in value. I know that if I had to live somewhere for 30 years, I'd want to live where the schools were good, the taxes were low, and the property values continued to rise. Hauppauge's taxes are thousands less than neighboring towns, and if you plan on 30 years of making mortgage payments, that could add up substantially.

Think about it; it just makes sense.

[Silas Anger]

South Huntington of course!

Where wasting cents replaces common sense.

[guestman]

I think Hauppauge is one of the best school districts especially
since they voted in the attorney Steve Burton to the board of ed. He cares about the children and is very frugal when it comes to
frivolous budget expenditures.

[Pat-Med, of course]

Personally, I think Patchogue-Medford has you all beat...We have SEX, LIES and Videotape. Or should I say CASETTE TAPE!!!

JERICHO

[tell all]

tell

[gust 1]

:oops:

[LI Taxpayer]

Jericho is at the top of the school list - I can't argue with you on this. But Jericho is a very, very expensive place to live. To say that the average person could afford to live there and pay Jericho taxes is ridiculous. Hauppauge, on the other hand, also has high test scores, but it has smaller schools with very low property taxes.

WHAT ABOUT HALF HOLLOW HILLS!

[bobbyBrit]

Jericho is great, but so are Half Hollow Hills and Hauppauge. What's your point?

[melissaR]

seriously, as a suffolk resident, what are the best "affordable" areas to live with good schools? Some on this board say that jericho and hauppauge have good schools? Is this true? How is hauppauge?

[Patchogue is Best]

JERICHO

Suffolk affordable - I will tell you right now that I think Hauppauge and Smithtown are the best.

definitely not Brentwood. We didn't say underachieving we said the best school district.

My vote goes to: COMMACK, WEST ISLIP

[looking to buy]

how are east islip and hauppauge? I've heard good things about both.

SUFFOLK: HAPPAUGUE

NASSAU: COLD SPRING HARBOR

TOP 5 FOR EDUCATION

1. COLD SPRING HARBOR
2. JERICHO
3. HAUPPAUGE
4. HALF HOLLOW HILLS SYSTEM
5. SMITHTOWN

WORST 5 FOR EDUCATION

1. ROOSEVELT
2. HEMPSTEAD
3. WYANDANCH
4. SOUTH COUNTRY
5. MIDDLE COUNTRY

clearly the best is plainedge!

[Value Seeker]

Is Carle Place SD.

[Hauppauge]

It is always difficult to objectively measure school by school comparisons, but the facts are:

If you kid goes to Hauppauge in 8th grade, he stands only a 15% chance of scoring in the top level 4 category on the English Language Assessments, according to the recent 2005 ELA exams.

This exam is the best predictor of who will do well in High School and go on to Ivy League schools because if you can't read, write and comprehend, the games is over.

Like it or not the results show Jericho, Roslyn in Nassau and Half Hollow Hills in Suffolk as having the highest percentage of top performers.

Worst District's are no suprise, Roosevelt with not a single student scoring in the top category, and Central Islip and Hempstead where only 1% of the students were able to score a 4.

% of students scoring at top level 4-2005 ELA


Jericho 38%
Roslyn 38%
Half Hollow Hills 36%
East Williston 34%
Garden City 34%
Huntington 33%
Herricks 32%
Great Neck 31%
East Hampton 30%
Rockville Centre 30%
Syosset 30%
Elwood 28%
Locust Valley 28%
Manhasset 27%
Bellmore-Merrick 26%
Plainedge 26%
Sayville 26%
Malverne 25%
Westhampton 24%
Hewlett 23%
Bayport/Blue Point 21%
Plainview 21%
Port Washington 21%
Seaford 21%
Sewanhaka 21%
Baldwin 20%
Commack 20%
Hicksville 20%
North Shore 20%
South Huntington 20%
Southhold 20%
Carle Place 19%
Island Park 19%
Miller Place 19%
Smithtown 19%
Bethpage 18%
Cold Spring Harbor 18%
Southampton 18%
West Hempstead 18%
Farmingdale 17%
Island Trees 17%
Lawrence 17%
Northport-E. Npt 17%
Oceanside 17%
East Rockaway 16%
Lindenhurst 16%
Massapequa 16%
Mineola 16%
Oyster Bay 16%
Port Jefferson 16%
Bay Shore 15%
Glen Cove 15%
Hauppauge 15%
Levittown 15%
Mattituck 15%
Middle County 15%
Rocky Point 15%
Three Village 15%
East Meadow 13%
Long Beach 13%
Valley Stream 13%
Wantagh 13%
Deer Park 12%
East Islip 12%
South Country 12%
Babylon 11%
Harborfields 11%
Shoreham Wading R'vr 11%
Comsewogue 10%
Islip 10%
Kings Park 10%
Westbury 10%
William Floyd 10%
Center Moriches 9%
Connequot 9%
Mount Sinai 9%
Uniondale 9%
West Islip 9%
East Moriches 8%
Freeport 8%
Longwood 8%
Sachem 8%
Copaigue 7%
Riverhead 7%
West Babylon 7%
Amityville 6%
Brentwood 6%
Montauk 6%
Eastport 5%
North Bablylon 5%
Patchogue-Medford 5%
Springs 5%
Hampton Bays 3%
Wyandanch 2%
Central Islip 1%
Hempstead 1%
Bridgehampton 0%
Roosevelt 0%

[li schools]

Stats can only tell you so much. Look at the towns and you'll see that Hauppauge has a lot going for it. For one, it is one of the smallest districts in the county, which means that, to the teachers, your kid will be a name, not a number. It also has some of the lowest property taxes on the island, along with larger homes on 1/4 to 1/2 acre plots of land. Ask any realtor and they'll tell you that it has become one of the most sought-after towns in Suffolk. Homes don't sit on the market very long in Hauppauge because of these reasons. In time, I'm willing to bet that the schools there will be among the best, because they're not that far off right now.

[Old #7]

Lynbrook

Thanks Penssy fans for making us Not allowed

JERICHO IS THE BEST

Nope. its Cold spring harbor that's the best.

[LI Guest]

Hauppauge.

comsewogue.

East Islip

East Islip

EAST ISLIP? WITH THE RELENTLESS IN-FIGHTING AND NASTINESS BETWEEN TEACHERS AND TAX PAC? I DON'T THINK SO.

YOU MUST MEAN WEST ISLIP.

ROSLYN!!!!!

ROSLYN IT IS. DITTO

William Floyd

[lischools]

hauppauge, smithtown, east islip, commack, cold spring harbor...all among the best.

Stony Brook Prep... case closed.

stony brook prep - you mean the cult school? where children grow up to be zombies?

[Patch-Medford]

PATCHOGUE-MEDFORD !!!!!!!!!

stony brook prep - you mean the cult school? where children grow up to be zombies?

No the ones that the children grow up and become CEO's or get into medical school after getting into some of the best colleges in America.

St. Mary's

[SB PREP]

SB PREP is not a school its a cult program. Perhaps we should separate this topic to include public schools where parents don't have to spend 18,000 dollars for students who attend during the day and 30,000 dollars a year for students who board there.

If you can afford to pay that kind of money, if your kid doesn't become a doctor you should beat the crap out of them. My kid went to public school and went to Brown and I didn't have to spend 18,000 dollars for four years for that to happen.

[Duh....]

Duh, it is Brentwood.

[Brentwood?]

Uh...Brentwood? Not exactly.

[Beau Guest]

Stony Brook?
Pat-Med?
Brentwood?

Please folks, the best school is the one without crooks.

Well I guess no LI schools qualify. :D :D :D :D

#1 Cold Spring Harbor
#2 Commack

SB PREP is not a school its a cult program. Perhaps we should separate this topic to include public schools where parents don't have to spend 18,000 dollars for students who attend during the day and 30,000 dollars a year for students who board there.

If you can afford to pay that kind of money, if your kid doesn't become a doctor you should beat the crap out of them. My kid went to public school and went to Brown and I didn't have to spend 18,000 dollars for four years for that to happen.

The perception of cost and value is directly relative to the socio-economic position one has attained in life. That said, tuition is not inexpensive to anyone but perhaps a few. The school offers a world of experiences simply not available in public education. Likewise public education offers a world of experiences and exposures simply not available to the SBP students (thank goodness). Congratulations on Brown. It is a good school. I am sure your son or daughter will fit in well, as will you. 8)

In ten years from now, when everyone's Long Island property taxes are well over 10k per year, people are going to see the value in Hauppauge. It'll be obvious, because the towns with the sky-high property taxes will (years from now) see their property values decline, while the towns (like Hauppauge) with good schools and LOW, LOW taxes will continue to rise in value. I know that if I had to live somewhere for 30 years, I'd want to live where the schools were good, the taxes were low, and the property values continued to rise. Hauppauge's taxes are thousands less than neighboring towns, and if you plan on 30 years of making mortgage payments, that could add up substantially.

Think about it; it just makes sense.

If you want to live in an industrial complex, then Hauppauge is fine.

[Fred Gorman]

The following link to Standard & Poor’s may help all of you understand your own school’s statistics and compare them to other districts
Just click http://www.schoolmatters.com/ enter your district’s name and enjoy.

Fred Gorman

Interesting Site

[CSH ROCK]

clearly Cold Spring Harbor (not like its a suprise) is the premier school district on the island

[COME ON.....]

Come on, how is Brentwood not? Then if Brentwood isn't then Central Islip has to be it.

Come on, how is Brentwood not? Then if Brentwood isn't then Central Islip has to be it.

Roosevelt! Can ya see my bling-bling ?

My vote's for NORTH SHORE...quality of education/test scores on par with the rest of the top districts, but your kid won't be peer pressured into an SAT course at the age of 5...small district size and great community.

north shore smorth shore.

clearly South Country is the crem de la crem.

central islip is the best

[Mr Holmes]

Bayport-Blue-Point!!!

center moriches

[Lu]

TOP 5 FOR EDUCATION

1. COLD SPRING HARBOR
2. JERICHO
3. HAUPPAUGE
4. HALF HOLLOW HILLS SYSTEM
5. SMITHTOWN

WORST 5 FOR EDUCATION

1. ROOSEVELT
2. HEMPSTEAD
3. WYANDANCH
4. SOUTH COUNTRY
5. MIDDLE COUNTRY

Middle Country's not in the top 5 worst. It's unfair and very, very inaccurate. Look at the test scores. They're on an upward trend. Music dept. winning nation-wide awards. Have some pride...

Comsewogue, of course!

[EI PRIDE RIDE]

with the warm weather fast approaching, we all can look foward to seeing the hot moms strutt their stuff. No wonder why the sdultry rate in this district is sky high.



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