Editing East Rockaway, New York (section)

==Education==
[[Image:eastrockaway newyork dock.JPG|thumb|right|The docks in East Rockaway, renovated in 2005.]]
As of June 2022, there are two school districts serving East Rockaway: the [[East Rockaway School District]] and the [[Lynbrook Union Free School District]]:<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Long Island Index: Interactive Map |url=http://www.longislandindexmaps.org/ |access-date=June 3, 2022 |website=www.longislandindexmaps.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eastrockawayschools.org/|title=East Rockaway School District|first=East Rockaway School|last=District|website=www.eastrockawayschools.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lynbrookschools.org|title=Lynbrook Public Schools|website=www.lynbrookschools.org}}</ref>

There are three schools within the East Rockaway School District:
* [[Rhame Avenue Elementary School]]
* [[Centre Avenue (Elementary) School]]
* [[East Rockaway High School]] - Serves grades 7-12
Each grade of the high school consists of roughly 100 students.<ref>[http://www.longislandschools.com/districts/east-rockaway-school-district.html East Rockaway School District] at LongIslandSchools.com</ref> The nickname of the athletic teams is "The Rocks."  All high school varsity, jr. varsity and freshman team colors are a distinctive Orange and Black. [[East Rockaway High School]] fields competitive teams in football, cross country, volleyball, basketball, softball, baseball, and track. Along with these teams East Rockaway also combines with schools in the [[Malverne]] school district to form teams. These include soccer, lacrosse and tennis. School musicals and the inter-class competition known as "Rock Rivalry" are widely popular throughout the community.

Located in East Rockaway on Atlantic Avenue is St. Raymonds Catholic school, consisting of Pre-k through 8th grade. See [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre]]

The Waverly Park and Northwestern neighborhoods of East Rockaway (the border approximately running down Rocklyn, Carman, and Grant Avenues) are part of Lynbrook School District 20 in the [[Lynbrook Union Free School District]],<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/programs/maped/acsmaps/ School District Maps] Department of Education</ref> and are serviced by four main schools:
* [[Waverly Park Elementary School]] (in East Rockaway)
* [[Marion Street Elementary School]] (in East Rockaway)
* [[South Middle School (New York)|South Middle School]] (in Hewlett)
* [[Lynbrook Senior High School]] (in Lynbrook)