Floral Park Memorial High School - Floral Park, New York/NY

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Floral Park Memorial High School

210 Locust Street, Floral Park, NY, 11001-3399 -

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Definition of Terms

Floral Park Memorial High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 7 - 12

County

Nassau County, NY

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1447 students

% Male / % Female

52% / 48%

Total Classroom Teachers

89 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 7 - 226 students

Grade 8 - 235 students

Grade 9 - 248 students

Grade 10 - 258 students

Grade 11 - 237 students

Grade 12 - 230 students

Grade Not Listed - 13 students

This School

(NY) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:16

1:14

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(NY) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	1%
% Asian	9%	4%
% Hispanic	12%	17%
% Black	12%	19%
% White	66%	58%
% Unknown	1 %	3%

Additional Student Information

This School

(NY) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

28%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(NY) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Sewanhaka Central High School District

This School's Agency

(NY) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	5	4
Number of Students Managed	8,557 students	2,265 students
District Total Revenue	$123,010,000	$31,819,000
District Expenditure	$119,359,000	$31,869,000
District Revenue / Student	$14,375	$14,048
District Expenditure / Student	$13,949	$14,070
District Graduation Rates	95%	97%

Locals in action: Lifeguards help stem the tide (New York Teacher)
posted on November 6, 2009 at 08:29:31 pm
Members of NYSUT's Jones Beach Lifeguard Corps/New York State Lifeguard Corps, along with volunteers, spent a recent Saturday installing winter fences and planting grass on the beaches of Robert Moses State Park on Long Island.
Floral Park Employees Reach Milestones In Their Careers (Floral Park Dispatch)
posted on October 30, 2009 at 05:06:02 am
At the Oct. 20 Floral Park village board meeting, Mayor Kevin Greene and the board of trustees congratulated the following employees for 25 years or more of service to the village: John Daunt (25 years) began working for the village as summer help in the Department of Public Works. In July 1984, he was hired full time as a laborer and in 1986 he moved into his current position as parking meter ...
Poised to Combat Possible Swine Flu Resurgence (Floral Park Dispatch)
posted on September 18, 2009 at 05:06:44 am
As the school year kicks off in Floral Park, school officials are taking the necessary precautions but not overreacting to reports of a possible second round of swine flu.
Sewanhaka Central High School District To Celebrate 81 Years (Floral Park Dispatch)
posted on August 28, 2009 at 05:08:18 am
On September 9, the Sewanhaka Central High School District will open its doors to approximately 8,400 students. This marks the 81st opening of school in the district, which has received national recognition for the quality of its educational programs.
Floral Park Commandeers State Title From Pirates of Waterloo High School (Floral Park Dispatch)
posted on July 10, 2009 at 05:11:47 am
Coach Sachman could not have asked for a more fitting retirement gift.

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Floral Park Memorial High School (FPMHS) is a coeducational, public high school in Floral Park, New York, United States. It is one of five schools in the Sewanhaka Central High School District. The high school enrolls students in grades 7 through 12.
As of the 2005–06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,447 students and 89.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 16.3. Thes school is celebrating 50 years of operation in the 2007–2008 school year.
Awards and recognition
During the 1994–96 school years, Floral Park Memorial High School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive. The school also received a U.S. News silver medal for being one of the best public high schools in the United States.
Athletics
The school currently has junior varsity and varsity boys' and girls' basketball, boys' baseball, boys' and girls' track, girls' softball, boys' and girls' volleyball, boys' and girls' soccer, boys' and girls' lacrosse, boys' football, and boys' riflery.
The Varsity Girls' Basketball Team are the 2006–2007 and 2007–2008 Nassau County Class "A" Champions. They are the Long Island Champions in 2007–2008 and in 2008–2009.
World record
In 2007, students at Floral Park Memorial High School broke the Guinness Book of World Records previous record for most hugs in one hour by a single person. The previous record was 640�hugs in one hour and the new record is now 844 people, with the record being broken in a mere 22�minutes. The event was a fundraiser for a scholarship in the honor of two students who lost their lives at the end of the 2005–2006 school year.
External links
Girls Varsity Field Hockey 9-28-06
Girls Varsity Volleyball Playoffs 10-11-06

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