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Baldwin Senior High School (New York)

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Type
  
Public

Faculty
  
125.5 FTEs

Enrollment
  
1,635 (as of 2014-15)

Phone
  
+1 516-377-9205

Lowest grade
  
Ninth grade

Principal
  
Caterina Lafergola

Grades
  
9 to 12

Student to teacher ratio
  
13.0:1

Color
  
Blue and gold

Address
  
841 Ethel T Kloberg Dr, Baldwin, NY 11510, USA

District
  
Baldwin Union Free School District

Baldwin High School is a public secondary school located in Baldwin, Nassau County, New York. The school serves students in grades 9 to 12 in the Baldwin Union Free School District. It is the eighth largest in Nassau County.

As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,635 students and 125.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.0:1. There were 262 students (16.0% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 15 (0.9% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.

Baldwin Senior High School is a Nationally Recognized School of Excellence. It was ranked by Newsweek in its annual list of America's Best High Schools. In 2010, it was ranked #837 in the entire United States, #804 in 2008, #971 in 2007, and #602 in 2006.

The high school offers a multitude of extracurricular clubs, varsity sports, and a robotics team. Baldwin Senior High School offers Advanced Placement courses that may enable students to earn college credit, and the school produced two National Merit Commended Students, who achieved scores in the top 5% of the more than 1.5 million students who took the PSAT in 2009.

Notable alumni

  • Taylor Dayne - singer who has seven Billboard Top Ten hits; also known as Leslie Wunderman
  • Melanie Martinez - singer/songwriter who placed sixth on season 3 of The Voice
  • Scott Rudin - film producer and theatrical producer; in 2012, became one of the few people who have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award, and the first producer to do so
  • Dee Snider - singer-songwriter, screenwriter, radio personality, and actor; most famous for his role as the frontman of the heavy metal band Twisted Sister
  • Chris Weidman - NY State Wrestling Champion; two-time D-1 All-American wrestler at Hofstra; professional mixed martial artist Former UFC Middleweight Champion
  • References

    Baldwin Senior High School (New York) Wikipedia