Editing Island Park, New York (section)

==Education==
Island Park is located entirely within the boundaries of the [[Island Park Union Free School District]],<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|date=January 12, 2021|archive-date=July 21, 2022|url-status=live|title=2020 Census – School District Reference Map: Nassau County, NY|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2024-10-12}} – [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 provides education to all children in the Village of Island Park who attend public schools through grade 8.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Home Page – Island Park Public Schools |url=http://www.ips.k12.ny.us/ |access-date=2022-05-05 |website=www.ips.k12.ny.us}}</ref> Students in grades K-4 attend the Francis X. Hegarty Elementary School, and those in grades 5-8 attend Lincoln Orens Middle School.

Children in grades 9–12 attend [[Long Beach High School (New York)|Long Beach High School]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ips.k12.ny.us/about_district|title=About District|publisher=[[Island Park Union Free School District]]|access-date=2025-03-22|quote=High school aged students [...] attend Long Beach High School.}}</ref> which is a part of the [[Long Beach City School District]].

From circa 1968<!--2018 - 50 , source text: "After almost 50 years" --> to 2008, the Island Park district sent high school students only to [[West Hempstead High School]], operated by the [[West Hempstead Union Free School District]]. From circa 2008 to 2018,<!--Source text: "It's been nearly a decade since[...]"--> Island Park school district residents had the choice of attending either Long Beach HS or West Hempstead HS. In 2018 the Island Park school district stopped paying for Island Park residents to have the West Hempstead choice, and this was effective the 2019-2020 school year.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kolodny|first=Sarah|url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com:443/news/local/island-park-to-conclude-sending-students-to-west-hempstead-high-school/1729603/|title=Island Park to Stop Sending Students to West Hempstead High School |publisher=[[NBC New York]]|date=2018-08-03|access-date=2024-03-22}}</ref>