Editing Massapequa, New York (section)

==Education==
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[[File:MassapequaHighSchool.JPG|thumb|[[Massapequa High School]]]]
The majority of Massapequa is in the [[Massapequa Union Free School District]]<!--UNI 18630-->. A small portion is in the [[Plainedge Union Free School District]]<!--UNI 23190-->.<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=2025-03-22}} - [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>

Massapequa residents originally attended schools in neighboring towns. Even after the creation of the Massapequa Union Free School District (also known as MSD) appropriately aged students were often sent to schools such as Amityville Memorial High School because a high school in Massapequa did not exist. At first students were only went to Amityville, but after 1953 they were given the option of attending schools in towns like Freeport and Baldwin and at Willington Mepham High School in Bellmore.

MSD constructed their first modern multi-room building in the mid 1920s. It was built on Massapequa Avenue, which is why it received the name "Massapequa Avenue School". After the construction of Massapequa High School in 1955 this original school was renamed to "Fairfield School" to avoid confusion with the similar names.

Currently MSD owns and operates 6 elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school; however, this number has changed throughout its history.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}

Active MSD Schools: 
*Massapequa High School: established in 1955, graduated their first class in 1956, and teaches students in grades 10-12.
*Massapequa High School - Ames Campus: renamed in 1977, teaches students grade 9.
*Berner Middle School: renamed in 1977, teaches students grades 6-8.
*Birch Lane Elementary School: established in 1956, teaches students grades K-5.
*East Lake Elementary School: established in 1955, teaches students grades K-5.
*Fairfield Elementary School: established in 1925, teaches students grades K-5.
*Lockhart Elementary School: established in 1957, teach students grades K-5.
*McKenna Elementary School: renamed in 1977, teaches students grades K-5.
*Unqua Elementary School: established in 1952, teaches students grades K-5.

Former Names of Active MSD Schools:
*Massapequa Jr./Sr. High School: established 1955
*Berner High School: established in 1962
*J. Lewis Ames Junior High School (post-expansion version of Parkside Elementary School): renamed in 1957
*McKenna Junior High School: established 1958
*Parkside Elementary School (was expanded and renamed into J. Lewis James Junior High School in 1957): established December 1950
*East Lake High School (January 1953 to June 1955)

Former Schools Not Used by MSD:
*Hawthorn Elementary School: established in 1954, taught grades K-6, building leased to the Nassau County Police Department Seventh Precinct for cadet training 2006-2022, parking lot leased to Massapequa Fire District during station remodeling.
*Carman Road School: established in 1956, shut down in 1978, leased to Nassau BOCES for special education, voted on and sold to Nassau BOCES in late 2010s