Nyack Public Schools is a school district

School district

School districts are a form of special-purpose district which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools.-United States:...

 headquartered in the Town of Orangetown

Orangetown, New York

Orangetown is a town in Rockland County, New York, United States located in the southeast part of the county. It is northwest of New York City; north of New Jersey; east of the town of Ramapo; south of the town of Clarkstown; west of the Hudson River. The population was 47,711 at the 2000 census.-...

, New York

New York

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, United States

United States

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. It serves several areas in Orangetown, including the villages of Nyack

Nyack, New York

Nyack is a village in the towns of Orangetown and Clarkstown in Rockland County, New York, United States, located north of South Nyack; east of Central Nyack; south of Upper Nyack and west of the Hudson River, approximately 19 miles north of the Manhattan boundary, it is an inner suburb of New...

, South Nyack

South Nyack, New York

South Nyack is a village in the town of Orangetown in Rockland County, New York, located north of Grand View-on-Hudson; northeast of Orangeburg; east of Blauvelt State Park; south of the village of Nyack and west of the Hudson River...

, and Upper Nyack

Upper Nyack, New York

Upper Nyack is a village in the town of Clarkstown Rockland County, New York, United States located north of the village of Nyack; east of West Nyack; south of Rockland Lake State Park and west of the Hudson River. The population was 1,863 at the 2000 census....

, Upper Grand View, and the hamlet of Valley Cottage

Valley Cottage, New York

Valley Cottage is a hamlet , in the Town of Clarkstown Rockland County, New York, United States located north of West Nyack; east of New City; south of Congers and west of Upper Nyack...

. As of December 2004 the district had 2,881 students in all five schools.

History

A February 1999 report released by a chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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 and the Nyack Partners in Education stated that honors classes had nine times as many caucasions as african americans, while the district that Nyack is a part of had two caucasions for one african americans as a whole. This caused racial tension in the district.

Secondary schools

• Nyack High School
  Nyack High School
  Nyack High School is a secondary school serving parts of the Town of Orangetown and Town of Clarkstown, New York, United States. The old Nyack High School is now part of BOCES and the New Nyack High School is located just down the road at the corner of Christian Herald Road and Highland Avenue...
  
  
• Nyack Middle School (South Nyack
  South Nyack, New York
  South Nyack is a village in the town of Orangetown in Rockland County, New York, located north of Grand View-on-Hudson; northeast of Orangeburg; east of Blauvelt State Park; south of the village of Nyack and west of the Hudson River...
  
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Primary schools

• Liberty Elementary School
• Upper Nyack School (Upper Nyack
  Upper Nyack, New York
  Upper Nyack is a village in the town of Clarkstown Rockland County, New York, United States located north of the village of Nyack; east of West Nyack; south of Rockland Lake State Park and west of the Hudson River. The population was 1,863 at the 2000 census....
  
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• Valley Cottage School