Saddle Rock Elementary School
Encyclopedia
Saddle Rock Elementary School or simply "Saddle Rock" is an elementary school, comprising grades Kindergarten through 5. It is a public school located in Great Neck, New York
, USA
as part of the Great Neck School District
. The school has been recognized by the Blue Ribbon Schools Program
, the highest award an American school can receive.
As of the 2007-08 school year, the elementary school had 73 Students in Kindergarten, 75 students in 1st grade, 80 students in 2nd grade, 97 students in 3rd grade, 83 students in 4th grade, 95 students in 5th grade and 31 ungraded students. The school had 47.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE
basis), the school had a student-teacher ratio
of 11.4 during the 2006-2007 academic year.
Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education
.
Saddle Rock Elementary School was the subject of a November 17, 1952 Life Magazine photo essay.
Great Neck, New York
The term Great Neck is commonly applied to a peninsula on the North Shore of Long Island, which includes the village of Great Neck, the village of Great Neck Estates, the village of Great Neck Plaza, and others, as well as an area south of the peninsula near Lake Success and the border of Queens...
, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
as part of the Great Neck School District
Great Neck School District
The Great Neck School District is a comprehensive community public school district primarily serving students in Great Neck, New York. It also serves students in some parts of Manhasset and New Hyde Park. It is Union Free School District Number 7 in the Town of North Hempstead, Nassau County, New...
. The school has been recognized by the Blue Ribbon Schools Program
Blue Ribbon Schools Program
The Blue Ribbon Schools Program is a United States government program created in 1981 to honor schools which have achieved high levels of performance or significant improvements with emphasis on schools serving disadvantaged students. The program centers around a self-assessment conducted by the...
, the highest award an American school can receive.
As of the 2007-08 school year, the elementary school had 73 Students in Kindergarten, 75 students in 1st grade, 80 students in 2nd grade, 97 students in 3rd grade, 83 students in 4th grade, 95 students in 5th grade and 31 ungraded students. The school had 47.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE
Full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent , is a unit to measure employed persons or students in a way that makes them comparable although they may work or study a different number of hours per week. FTE is often used to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in an organization...
basis), the school had a student-teacher ratio
Student-teacher ratio
Student-teacher ratio refers to the number of teachers in a school or university with respect to the number of students who attend the institution. For example, a student-teacher ratio of 10:1 indicates that there are 10 students for every one teacher...
of 11.4 during the 2006-2007 academic year.
Awards and recognition
During the 1993-94 school year, Saddle Rock Elementary School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon SchoolBlue Ribbon Schools Program
The Blue Ribbon Schools Program is a United States government program created in 1981 to honor schools which have achieved high levels of performance or significant improvements with emphasis on schools serving disadvantaged students. The program centers around a self-assessment conducted by the...
Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education
United States Department of Education
The United States Department of Education, also referred to as ED or the ED for Education Department, is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government...
.
Saddle Rock Elementary School was the subject of a November 17, 1952 Life Magazine photo essay.
Demographics
The student body in the 2007-2008 school year consisted of:- 0 American Indian or Alaska Native students or 0% of the student body
- 9 Black or African American students or 2% of the student body
- 45 Hispanic or Latino students or 8% of the student body
- 70 Asian or Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander students or 13% of the student body
- 410 White students or 77% of the student body
- 0 Multiracial students or 0% of the student body
Information
- Address: 10 Hawthorne Lane Great Neck, New York 11023
- Year-round schedule: No
- Magnet schoolMagnet schoolIn education in the United States, magnet schools are public schools with specialized courses or curricula. "Magnet" refers to how the schools draw students from across the normal boundaries defined by authorities as school zones that feed into certain schools.There are magnet schools at the...
: No - Charter schoolCharter schoolCharter schools are primary or secondary schools that receive public money but are not subject to some of the rules, regulations, and statutes that apply to other public schools in exchange for some type of accountability for producing certain results, which are set forth in each school's charter...
: No - CoeducationCoeducationMixed-sex education, also known as coeducation or co-education, is the integrated education of male and female persons in the same institution. It is the opposite of single-sex education...
al: Yes - School districtSchool districtSchool districts are a form of special-purpose district which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools.-United States:...
: Great Neck Union Free School District - YearbookYearbookA yearbook, also known as an annual, is a book to record, highlight, and commemorate the past year of a school or a book published annually. Virtually all American, Australian and Canadian high schools, most colleges and many elementary and middle schools publish yearbooks...
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External links
- Educational data for Saddle Rock Elementary School, National Center for Education StatisticsNational Center for Education StatisticsThe National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...