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==Education== Education features strongly in Nassau County's culture. Nassau County has 58 public [[school district]]s,<ref name=Districtmapandlist>{{cite map|author=Geography Division|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st36_ny/schooldistrict_maps/c36059_nassau/DC20SD_C36059.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721193819/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st36_ny/schooldistrict_maps/c36059_nassau/DC20SD_C36059.pdf|archive-date=July 21, 2022|url-status=live|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Nassau County, NY|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|date=January 12, 2021|access-date=July 21, 2022}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st36_ny/schooldistrict_maps/c36059_nassau/DC20SD_C36059_SD2MS.txt Text list] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721193916/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st36_ny/schooldistrict_maps/c36059_nassau/DC20SD_C36059_SD2MS.txt |date=July 21, 2022 }}</ref> which like post office districts use the same names as a city, hamlet, or village within them, but each sets the boundaries independently.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.newyorkschools.com/counties/nassau.html | title=Public School Districts in Nassau County, NY | access-date=November 11, 2012 | archive-date=October 29, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029114424/http://www.newyorkschools.com/counties/nassau.html | url-status=live }}</ref> School district and community are not the same, and residences often have postal addresses that differ from the hamlet and/or school district in which they are located. Several of Nassau County's school districts are among the highest ranked public school systems in the country,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Best School Districts |url= https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-school-districts/ }}</ref> including the [[Jericho Union Free School District]], [[Great Neck Public Schools]], and the [[Syosset Central School District]]. School districts include:<ref name=Districtmapandlist/> K-12: {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[Amityville Union Free School District]] * [[Baldwin Union Free School District]] * [[Bethpage Union Free School District]] * [[Carle Place Union Free School District]] * [[Cold Spring Harbor Central School District]] * [[East Meadow Union Free School District]] * [[East Rockaway Union Free School District]] * [[East Williston Union Free School District]] * [[Farmingdale Union Free School District]] * [[Freeport Union Free School District]] * [[Garden City Union Free School District]] * [[Glen Cove City School District]] * [[Great Neck Union Free School District]] * [[Hempstead Union Free School District]] * [[Herricks Union Free School District]] * [[Hewlett-Woodmere Union Free School District]] * [[Hicksville Union Free School District]] * [[Island Park Union Free School District]] * [[Island Trees Union Free School District]] * [[Jericho Union Free School District]] * [[Lawrence Union Free School District]] * [[Levittown Union Free School District]] * [[Locust Valley Central School District]] * [[Long Beach City School District]] * [[Lynbrook Union Free School District]] * [[Malverne Union Free School District]] * [[Manhasset Union Free School District]] * [[Massapequa Union Free School District]] * [[Mineola Union Free School District]] * [[North Shore Central School District]] * [[Oceanside Union Free School District]] * [[Oyster Bay-East Norwich Central School District]] * [[Plainedge Union Free School District]] * [[Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District]] * [[Port Washington Union Free School District]] * [[Rockville Centre Union Free School District]] * [[Roosevelt Union Free School District]] * [[Roslyn Union Free School District]] * [[Seaford Union Free School District]] * [[Syosset Central School District]] * [[Uniondale Union Free School District]] * [[Wantagh Union Free School District]] * [[West Hempstead Union Free School District]] * [[Westbury Union Free School District]] {{div col end}} Secondary: * [[Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District]] * [[Sewanhaka Central High School District]] * [[Valley Stream Central High School District]] Elementary: {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[Bellmore Union Free School District]] * [[Elmont Union Free School District]] * [[Floral Park-Bellerose Union Free School District]] * [[Franklin Square Union Free School District]] * [[Merrick Union Free School District]] * [[New Hyde Park-Garden City Park Union Free School District]] * [[North Bellmore Union Free School District]] * [[North Merrick Union Free School District]] * [[Valley Stream Union Free School District 13]] * [[Valley Stream Union Free School District 24]] * [[Valley Stream Union Free School District 30]] {{div col end}} ===Colleges and universities=== [[File:US Merchant Marine Academy aerial.jpg|thumb|United States Merchant Marine Academy]] *'''[[United States service academies|United States Service Academy]]''' **[[United States Merchant Marine Academy]] β [[Kings Point, New York|Kings Point]] * '''[[State University of New York]]''' **[[Nassau Community College]] β [[Garden City, New York|Garden City]] **[[State University of New York at Old Westbury|SUNY Old Westbury]] β [[Old Westbury, New York|Old Westbury]] * '''[[Private university|Private]]''' [[File:NYIT Old Westbury Academic Quad.JPG|thumb|Academic Quad at the [[New York Institute of Technology]]'s Old Westbury campus]] **[[Adelphi University]] β [[Garden City, New York|Garden City]] **[[Five Towns College]] β [[Dix Hills, New York|Dix Hills]] **[[Hofstra University]] β [[Hempstead, New York|Hempstead]] ***[[Zucker School of Medicine]] ***[[Maurice A. Deane School of Law]] **[[LIU Post]] β [[Brookville, New York|Brookville]] **[[Molloy College|Molloy University]] β [[Rockville Center, New York|Rockville Centre]] **[[New York Institute of Technology]] β [[Old Westbury, New York|Old Westbury]] ***[[New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine]] **[[Webb Institute]] β [[Glen Cove, New York|Glen Cove]]
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