Syosset Central School District


The Syosset Central School District serves the inhabitants of Syosset, a suburb in Nassau County, New York, on Long Island. It also serves the neighboring suburb of Woodbury, as well as parts of Plainview, Jericho, Muttontown, Oyster Bay Cove, and Hicksville. In the 2026 rankings, the Syosset Central School District was ranked the #2 best school district in the United States. The district operates ten schools.
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Schools

High schools

Syosset High School
70 South Woods Road
Syosset, NY 11791

Middle schools

Harry B. Thompson Middle School
98 Ann Drive
Syosset, NY 11791South Woods Middle School
99 Pell Lane
Syosset, NY 11791

Elementary schools

AP Willits Elementary School
99 Nana Place
Syosset, NY 11791Berry Hill Elementary School
181 Cold Spring Road
Syosset, NY 11791J. Irving Baylis Elementary School
580 Woodbury Road
Plainview, NY 11803Robbins Lane Elementary School
157 Robbins Lane
Syosset, NY 11791South Grove Elementary School
60 Colony Lane
Syosset, NY 11791Village Elementary School
90 Convent Road
Syosset, NY 11791Walt Whitman Elementary School
482 Woodbury Road
Woodbury, NY 11797

Academic Performance

The Syosset Central School District is nationally renowned and is consistently ranked among the top performing school districts in the United States. As of the 2025-26 school year, Syosset CSD was ranked the 1st best school district in New York and the 2nd best school district in the United States by Niche. The school district’s prestige causes homes located within its boundaries to be significantly more expensive than those located just outside it. In this school district, 78% of students are considered proficient in Reading and Writing, and 87% are considered proficient in Mathematics. Additionally, the district has a 99% graduation rate, an average SAT score of 1400 and an average ACT score of 31.

Board of education

For the 2025-2026 school year, the Board of Education includes:
  • Carol C. Cheng, President
  • Lisa A. Coscia, Vice President
  • Lynn Abramson, Trustee
  • Susan Falkove, Trustee
  • David Ginsburg, Trustee
  • Brian J. Grieco, Trustee
  • Anna Levitan, Trustee
  • Shany Park, Trustee
  • Thomas A. Rotolo, Trustee
  • Nikhil Shah, Student Member

Early Regents Exams

In most schools throughout NY state, the NYS Regents Exam for Algebra 1 and Earth Science is administered in 9th grade. However, these tests are administered in 8th grade for students in Syosset and some other districts in NY State. This practice primarily gives pupils the opportunity to take more higher level science and math courses in high school, while also giving more time to study for the SATs and prepare for college.

Awards and recognition

General Information

6386 students were enrolled in Syosset schools for the 2014-2015 school year. The student body was 48% female and 52% male; as of 2024, it was 46.9% White, 45% Asian and 4.9% Hispanic. The district specializes in the arts with well recognized programs in art, voice, cooking, dance, theatre, band, orchestra, and photography. Syosset schools participate in county and state programs for voice and art.
The Syosset Central School District has an intensive mandatory foreign language program with kindergarten Russian, 1st grade Chinese, grade 2-4 Italian, Spanish, or French, and grade 5 Latin. In middle school students choose from Spanish, Italian, French, Chinese or Korean. Syosset has gradually added languages to reflect the cultural backgrounds of students; for example, the large student populations of Italian, Chinese, Korean and Russian Jewish backgrounds can study the languages corresponding with their heritage. In high school students stick with their first language and can take an additional language, including Japanese, Russian, Latin, or American Sign Language.
First Lady Hillary Clinton visited Village Elementary School in 1999.