Carle Place High School
Carle Place Middle/High School is a six-year comprehensive public high school located in the hamlet of Carle Place in the Town of North Hempstead, Nassau County, New York.
As of the 2016–17 school year, the school had an enrollment of 652 students and 71.05 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 9.18:1. There were 107 students eligible for free lunch and 16 eligible for reduced-cost lunch.Information
Carle Place High School is one of America's Best Public High Schools. The school is very enthusiastic about sports and school spirit. This enthusiasm is shown through three pep rallies during the school year. The school is #218 out of 500 based on the class of 2010. The school has also been used for filming the CBS show Hostages and the independent film Fan Girl.Sister schools
Carle Place High School had a sister school in Filabusi, Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe, named Singwango Secondary School, and still donates sports equipment.
Carle Place High School's current sister school is Guwe Secondary School, Zimbabwe. The school still donates what is mentioned above.Notable people
- Matt Snell, former pro football player for the New York Jets
- Joe Satriani, guitar virtuoso and instrumentalist. Lead guitarist for Chickenfoot. Played with Deep Purple and Mick Jagger.
- Steve Vai, another guitar virtuoso who was one of Joe Satriani's students, with many solo albums to his credit, and other collaborations/appearances - including Frank Zappa, Public Image Limited, David Lee Roth, and Whitesnake
- Charles J. Fuschillo Jr., former Republican member of the New York State Senate and President and CEO of the Alzheimer's Foundation of America
- Dawn Johnsen, lawyer and professor of constitutional law
