Freeport High School
Address
Map
50 South Brookside Avenue

Freeport
,
Nassau County
,
New York
11520

United States
Coordinates40°39′15″N 73°36′09″W / 40.6542563°N 73.6024711°W / 40.6542563; -73.6024711
Information
School typePublic, High school
School districtFreeport Public Schools
CEEB code332000[2]
NCES School ID3611550[1]
PrincipalGisselle Campbell-Ham[2]
Faculty156.0 FTEs[1]
Grades9–12[2]
GenderCo-ed
Enrollment2,177 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio14.0:1[1]
Color(s)  Red and
  White
Team nameRed Devils
Websitewww.freeportschools.org/schools/freeport_hs

Freeport High School is a public high school located in Freeport, in Nassau County, New York, United States. Serving students in ninth through twelfth grade, it is the only high school operated by the Freeport Public Schools.

As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,177 students and 156.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.0:1. There were 1,130 students (51.9% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 79 (3.6% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Administration

The school's principal is Gisselle Campbell-Ham. Her administration team includes four assistant principals.[2]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ a b c d e School data for Freeport High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 1, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d 2020-2021 Profile, Freeport High School. Accessed January 26, 2021.
  3. ^ Freeport High School (1970). Voyageur '70. p. 116. Yearbook.
  4. ^ Kemp, Larry. Current Jazz Trumpet Legends, p. 82. Dorrance Publishing, 2018. ISBN 9781480977273. Accessed January 26, 2021. "Raymond Harry Brown was born in Oceanside, New York. He is a graduate of Freeport High School in Freeport, New York, which is on the South Shore of Long Island."
  5. ^ Martin, Kimberley A. "From Freeport to Jets, D’Brickashaw Ferguson always set the example", Newsday, April 10, 2016. Accessed January 26, 2021. "D’Brickashaw Ferguson once was a 6-3, 210-pound high school sophomore desperate to put on the pounds. And Cellan, Freeport High School’s longtime football coach, was always there to remind him to be patient."
  6. ^ Gamboa, Glenn (April 16, 2008). "Flavor Flav's breakout role". Newsday. Retrieved May 12, 2008.
  7. ^ "Faculty bio for Professor George Gollin, Department of Physics". illinois.edu. University of Illinois. Retrieved March 8, 2008.
  8. ^ "Hometown boy gives back to Freeport", Long Island Herald, July 16, 2015. Accessed January 26, 2021. "Freeport High School alumnus and former National Football League star Morlon Greenwood hosted his foundation’s first annual football camp for Freeport students of all ages. Greenwood, a member of the class of 1996, who played linebacker for the Miami Dolphins, Houston Texans and Oakland Raiders, hosted a free-of-charge evening of football, food and fun on the field on Friday, July 10. The camp featured more than 200 participants from Freeport Public Schools and was led by members of the Morlon Greenwood Foundation."
  9. ^ LaMonica, Mark. "LI's Jay Hieron continues on his journey", Newsday, April16, 2011. Accessed January 26, 2021. "But it is sport's unique connotation of 'journeyman' that Hieron, a two-time state finalist in wrestling at Freeport High School in the mid-1990s, prefers not be applied here."
  10. ^ "Mitch Kapor". KurzweilAI.net. Archived from the original on June 23, 2009. Retrieved November 13, 2008.
  11. ^ "Erik Larson, 2003 National Book Award Finalist: Nonfiction". The National Book Foundation. 2003. Retrieved November 13, 2008.
  12. ^ "Peter Lerangis (contributor bio)". Scholastic.com. Archived from the original on August 19, 2010. Retrieved November 13, 2008.
  13. ^ "Mattessich Named Deputy Director Of Athletics", Hofstra University, press release dated August 7, 2013. Accessed January 26, 2021. "'Dino is extremely familiar with Long Island and its sports community having been an outstanding student-athlete at Freeport High School.'"
  14. ^ "Lou Reed". American Masters. PBS. Retrieved November 13, 2008.
  15. ^ "Biomedicine in the New Century; The Yale School of Medicine Bicentennial Symposium", Yale School of Medicine. Accessed January 26, 2021. "A native of Freeport, Long Island, Varmus is the son of Dr. Frank Varmus, a general practitioner, and Beatrice Varmus, a psychiatric social worker. After graduating from Freeport High School, he majored in English literature at Amherst College and earned a master’s degree in English at Harvard University."
  16. ^ "High School Censorship (Students fight for free press: Editors to retain control over newspaper despite school officials' efforts)". Student Press Law Center Report. XXI (1): 18. Winter 1999–2000. Archived from the original on June 21, 2009. Retrieved November 13, 2008.

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