South Side High School (Rockville Centre, New York)

South Side High School
Location
Map
140 Shepherd Street
Rockville Centre, New York 11570

Information
TypePublic
Established1892
School districtRockville Centre School District
PrincipalJohn Murphy
Faculty93.7 FTEs[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,092 (as of 2014–15)[1]
Student to teacher ratio11.6:1[1]
Color(s)Red and blue   
SportsBaseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, football, golf, gymnastics, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track, volleyball, winter track, wrestling
MascotSammy Cyclone
Team nameCyclones
NewspaperThe Sportsman
YearbookThe Colonnade
Websitewww.edline.net/pages/SouthSide_High_School

South Side High School is the only public high school in the village of Rockville Centre, New York. South Side, a part of the Rockville Centre School District, serves grades 9 through 12 and boasts a variety of academic, extra-curricular and athletic programs, including the International Baccalaureate (IB) Curriculum in junior and senior years. School district boundaries can be found in Rockville Centre and South Hempstead. In 2008 South Side was ranked No. 47 in the top 100 high schools in the nation by Newsweek's "The Top of the Class: The complete list of the top 1,300 top U.S. high schools".[2] South Side has maintained this distinction, at No. 65 in 2003, No. 45 in 2005, No. 32 in 2006 and No. 44 in 2007.

The primary address for South Side is 140 Shepherd Street, Rockville Centre, New York 11570. Located further south in Rockville Centre is the "Greenhouse". Established in 1975, the purpose of this off-site school is to provide a different approach to teaching students with academic or personal troubles as well as different scheduling and academic programs. The main building has two floors.

As of the 2014–15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,092 students and 93.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.6:1. There were 109 students (10.0% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 28 (2.6% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d School data for South Side High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  2. ^ "America's Top Public High Schools | Newsweek Best High Schools | Newsweek.com". www.newsweek.com. Archived from the original on 2008-05-20.

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