Sayville School District (also referred to as Sayville Public Schools or Sayville Union Free School District) is a public school district generally encompassing the hamlets of Sayville

Sayville, New York

Sayville is a hamlet and CDP in Suffolk County, New York, . Located on the south shore of Long Island in the Town of Islip, the population of the CDP was 16,735 at the time of the 2000 census.-History:...

 and West Sayville

West Sayville, New York

West Sayville is a hamlet in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 5,003 at the 2000 census.West Sayville is located in the southwest part of the Town of Islip.-Geography:...

, in the Town of Islip

Islip (town), New York

The Town of Islip is one of ten towns in Suffolk County, New York . Located on the south shore of Long Island, the town population was 322,612 at the 2000 census. The smaller, unincorporated hamlet of Islip lies within the town.-Demographics:...

, Suffolk County

Suffolk County, New York

Suffolk County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York on the eastern portion of Long Island. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,493,350. It was named for the county of Suffolk in England, from which its earliest settlers came...

, New York

New York

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, United States

United States

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The superintendent is Walter F. Schartner.

Enrollment

The total enrollment for the 2007-2008 school year was 3,434 students.
A high percentage of graduates goes on to higher education each year, to prestigious universities such as Princeton

Princeton University

Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....

, Cornell

Cornell University

Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...

, Brown

Brown University

Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...

, Columbia

Columbia University

Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...

, Yale

Yale University

Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...

, Duke

Duke University

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, and R.P.I.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Stephen Van Rensselaer established the Rensselaer School on November 5, 1824 with a letter to the Rev. Dr. Samuel Blatchford, in which van Rensselaer asked Blatchford to serve as the first president. Within the letter he set down several orders of business. He appointed Amos Eaton as the school's...

History

In 1888, a notable wooden public school building was constructed on Greene Street, which was used by the school system until about 1958. Adelphi University

Adelphi University

Adelphi University is a private, nonsectarian university located in Garden City, in Nassau County, New York, United States. It is the oldest institution of higher education on Long Island. For the sixth year, Adelphi University has been named a “Best Buy” in higher education by the Fiske Guide to...

 also used the building for a period of time in the early 1960s. In 1964, the building was renovated for school administration use. "Old 88" burned down in a fire in December 1969, and a marker was placed in its memory in 2000.

In 1998, the district was the first on Long Island

Long Island

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 to approve breathalyzer

Breathalyzer

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 testing of students.

Schools

• Sayville High School
  Sayville High School
  Sayville High School is located in West Sayville, NY. Sayville High School has 1142 total students, 568 male, 574 female. Of these students from Sayville High School, 286 are ninth grade students, 291 are tenth grade students, 271 are eleventh grade students, and 294 are twelfth grade students....
  
  , Principal- Ronald Hoffer

• Sayville Middle School Principal- Thomas Murray

• Cherry Avenue Elementary School Principal- John Stimmel

• Lincoln Avenue Elementary School Principal- Michele Gunther

• Sunrise Drive Elementary School Principal- Rose Castello.