Garden City Elementary Schools Ranked Among Best in State

Niche.com has released its 2016 rankings of public elementary schools across the country, with 40 Long Island schools making the list of the top 100 in New York, including Garden City’s Stratford Avenue School and Stewart School.

Niche ranked thousands of districts based on dozens of statistics and 27 million opinions from 300,000 students and parents. View the full methodology here.

A high ranking, according to Niche, indicates that a school “is an exceptional academic institution with a diverse set of high-achieving students and faculty, and the students are very happy with their experiences.”

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Most of the Long Island elementary schools (34 of the 40) that ranked in the top 100 in the state are in Nassau County. The top three schools in the state are all in the Jericho School District.

The top ranked public high school in the country isGlenwood Elementary School in Short Hills, N.J.

Here are the Long Island schools that made the top 100 list in New York and their respective state rankings (and national rankings, if applicable):

• 1. Cantiague Elementary School, Jericho
• 2. George A. Jackson School, Jericho
• 3. Robert Seaman Elementary School, Jericho
• 4. Lakeville Elementary School, Lake Success
• 11. E.M. Baker School, Great Neck
• 16. Village Elementary School, Syosset
• 20. South Grove Elementary School, Syosset
• 22. John F. Kennedy School, Kings Point
• 23. Willits Elementary School, Syosset
• 27. Searingtown School, Searington
• 28. Baylis Elementary School, Syosset
• 29. Denton Avenue School, Herricks
• 30. Shelter Rock Elementary School, North Hills
• 32. Center Street School, Herricks
• 33. Walt Whitman Elementary School, Woodbury
• 36. Berry Hill Elementary School, Syosset
• 37. Robbins Lane Elementary School, Syosset
• 47. Harbor Hill School, East Hills
• 49. East Hills Elementary School, East Hills
• 58. South Salem Elementary School, Port Washington
• 60. Sea Cliff Elementary School, Sea Cliff
• 61. Glenwood Landing Elementary School, Glenwood Landing
• 62. John Philip Sousa Elementary School, Port Washington
• 66. North Side School, East Williston
• 67. Manorhaven Elementary School, Port Washington
• 69. Stratford Avenue School, Garden City
• 70. Meadow Drive School, Albertson
• 72. Guggenheim Elementary School, Sands Point
• 73. Thomas J. Lahey Elementary School, Greenlawn
• 74. Westhampton Beach Elementary School, Westhampton Beach
• 76. Paumanok Elementary School, Dix Hills
• 80. West Side School, Syosset
• 82. Forest Park Elementary School, Dix Hills
• 83. John J. Daly Elementary School, Port Washington
• 84. Lloyd Harbor School, Huntington
• 85. Vanderbilt Elementary School, Dix Hills
• 90. Ogden Elementary School, South Valley Stream
• 92. Hewlett Elementary School, Hewlett
• 93. Stewart School, Garden City
• 98. Glen Head Elementary School, Glen Head

See the full rankings and search for schools that did not make the state’s top 100 here.

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