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GARDEN CITY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT

Garden City, New York · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

4,064
Students enrolled
7
Public schools
311
Classroom teachers (FTE)
13.1:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 107
  • Kindergarten 258
  • Grade 1 283
  • Grade 2 298
  • Grade 3 293
  • Grade 4 330
  • Grade 5 341
  • Grade 6 325
  • Grade 7 390
  • Grade 8 318
  • Grade 9 285
  • Grade 10 272
  • Grade 11 255
  • Grade 12 282
  • Ungraded 27

By race/ethnicity

  • White 76%
  • Asian 13%
  • Hispanic/Latino 7%
  • Two or more races 2%
  • Black or African American <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

4% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 156 of 3,932 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 4%
  • Reduced-price lunch <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$29,308 spent per student on day-to-day operations New York median: $27,061 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $19,640
  • Support services $9,510
  • Other (food service, etc.) $158

Where the money comes from

  • Local 88%
  • State 10%
  • Federal 1%

Total revenue $133.9 milliontotal spending $140.6 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year. Some figures for this district are NCES estimates.

District details

Grades served

KG to 12

Locale (NCES)

Suburb: Large

Total staff (FTE)

665

District office

56 CATHEDRAL AVE, Garden City NY 11530

County

Nassau County

Official website

NCES District ID

3611760

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About GARDEN CITY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

Mission Statement: The Garden City School District seeks to create an environment for learning which enables each student the opportunity to grow as an individual as well as a group member while striving to achieve the optimal level of academic, social and personal success.Students will thrive in a learning environment that is developmentally appropriate, individualized and challenging.Our goal and responsibility is to help each student develop an enthusiasm for learning, a respect for self and others, and the skills to become a creative independent thinker and problem solver.Inspiring Minds, Empowering Achievement, Building Community
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