ISLAND PARK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT

Located at 99 Radcliffe Road in Island Park, New York, the Island Park Union Free School District operates as an active, traditional public school system serving a community within the suburban New York-Newark-Jersey City metropolitan area. Managing two operational schools, the district is purposefully focused on early childhood and middle-grades education, providing comprehensive academic programming from prekindergarten through eighth grade, alongside specialized ungraded elementary instruction. This tailored grade scope allows the district to cultivate a dedicated, community-centered learning environment during students' key developmental years before they transition to high school.

The district supports a diverse student body of 739 pupils, maintaining balanced enrollment across grade levels from early learning cohorts through the upper middle school grades. Reflecting the surrounding suburban demographics, the student population comprises 375 White, 275 Hispanic, 32 multi-racial, 30 Black, and 25 Asian students. Academic and institutional operations are supported by a strong personnel structure, featuring a teaching force of 164 full-time equivalent educators alongside approximately 200 support personnel. With a total workforce of over 363 full-time equivalent staff members, the district maintains a low student-to-staff framework tailored to individual student needs and community engagement.