Opened 1957 Faculty 74.5 FTEs Enrollment 911 (as of 2014-15) Number of students 911 (2014–2015) Lowest grade Ninth grade | Principal Albert Cousins Grades 9–12 Phone +1 516-277-7000 Founded 1957 | |
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District North Shore School District Similar Glen Head Elementary School, Chamina High School, Glen Cove High School, Roslyn High School, Locust Valley High School | ||
North Shore High School is located in Glen Head, New York. It opened in September 1957 and graduated its first class in June 1958. The first principal was Dr. John French.
The school is a part of the North Shore School District. As of 2006, approximately 841 students attend North Shore High School. The current principal is Albert Cousins. In 2008, Newsweek ranked North Shore as the 263rd best public school in the country. North Shore's athletic teams are known as the Vikings, and have a long-time rivalry with neighboring Glen Cove High School.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 911 students and 74.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.2:1. There were 45 students (4.9% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 17 (1.9% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
For many years North Shore has had an "open campus" policy, where students were allowed to leave campus during lunch and other free periods so they could work on independent projects. Some community members wanted North Shore to become a "closed campus," where leaving campus was not permitted during free periods. They were concerned due to automobile and pedestrian safety and possibilities of students conducting recreational drug usage off campus.