Fire Island School District

Fire Island School District
Location
Fire Island
, New York, 11770
United States
District information
TypePublic
GradesPK–6[1]
NCES District ID3621540[1]
Students and staff
Students47[1]
Teachers7.1[1]
Staff21.0[1]
Student–teacher ratio6.62[1]
Other information
Websitewww.fi.k12.ny.us

Fire Island Union Free School District No. 14 is a school district headquartered in the Town of Islip and on Fire Island, in New York. The school is adjacent to but not in Ocean Beach.[2]

The district includes, portions of Fire Island west of Ocean Beach Estates. This means, in addition to Ocean Beach: Saltaire,[3] Fire Island Beach, Great South Beach, Kismet Park, and Point-O'-Woods.[4] The district includes areas in the towns of Babylon, Brookhaven, and Islip.[3]

It includes Woodhull School, grades Kindergarten to Six.[5] It is named after Richard Woodhull, a principal and teacher in the period 1935 to 1962.[4] Within the community it is known as the "Fire Island School".[6]

Students who graduate from Woodhull can choose to go to either the Bay Shore School District or the Islip School District for secondary levels.[4] The respective high schools are Bay Shore High School and Islip High School.

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for FIRE ISLAND UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  2. ^ "FIRE ISLAND UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2021-07-12. Physical Address: Surf Rd-corneille Estates Fire Island, NY 11770 - The district states the physical address is: "0 Surf Road, Corneille Estates, Fire Island National Seashore" - Compare with map of Ocean Beach
  3. ^ a b "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Suffolk County, NY" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 5. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
  4. ^ a b c "History". Fire Island School District. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
  5. ^ "Woodhull School". Fire Island School District. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
  6. ^ Ketcham, Diane (1992-02-16). "ABOUT LONG ISLAND; Going to School on Fire Island in Dead of Winter". The New York Times. Retrieved 2021-05-03.