Saddle Rock Elementary School

Saddle Rock Elementary School
Location
Great Neck, New York, USA
Information
Type	Elementary school
Established	1950^[1]
Principal	Mr. Eric Nezowitz
Assistant Principal	Ms. Luci Bradley
Website	www.greatneck.k12.ny.us/GNPS/SR/index.htm

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.^[2]^[3]

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.^[4] 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.^[5]

1 Awards and recognition
2 Demographics
3 Information
4 References
5 External links

Awards and recognition

During the 1993-94 school year, Saddle Rock Elementary School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education.^[6]

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:^[7]

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 school: No
Charter school: No
Coeducational: Yes
School district: Great Neck Union Free School District
Yearbook name:

References

^ History; URL accessed May 15, 2007.
^ CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department, Journal Inquirer, November 16, 2006. "The Blue Ribbon award is given only to schools that reach the top 10 percent of their state's testing scores over several years or show significant gains in student achievement. It is considered the highest honor a school can achieve."
^ Viers Mill School Wins Blue Ribbon; School Scored High on Statewide Test; The Washington Post. September 29, 2005 "For their accomplishments, all three schools this month earned the status of Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor the U.S. Education Department can bestow upon a school."
^ School Comprehensive Information Report (PDF); URL accessed May 1, 2009.
^ Educational data for Saddle Rock Elementary School, National Center for Education Statistics, accessed May 14, 2007.
^ Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), accessed May 11, 2006
^ School Comprehensive Information Report (PDF); URL accessed May 1, 2009.

External links

Educational data for Saddle Rock Elementary School, National Center for Education Statistics