Copiague School District

Despite its name, the Copiague School District is actually comprised of the hamlet of Copiague, the eastern half of the hamlet of North Amityville, and a western part of the hamlet of North Lindenhurst. It can be confusing to understand the layout of our present school districts, particularly in areas where opposite sides of the same street are part of different school districts. 

Most of our school district boundaries were established in the mid-1800s. The landscape of our communities changed – from farms and fields to streets and homes – but school district boundaries largely stayed the same. 

Prior to 1872, the school district was known as Town of Huntington School District No. 22, after the Town of Babylon separated from Huntington in 1872, it became known as Town of Babylon School District No. 5, before the name Copiague Union Free School District was adopted in the early 1900s.

 CO Union School

The Copiague Union School, circa 1911. In 1925, the first of several brick additions was built onto the front of the wooden school. The wooden portion was replaced around 1959, and the school is now Great Neck Road Elementary School.

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School bell donated to the East Amityville School by Susan C. Morris in 1889, displayed at Great Neck Road Elementary School.

Early district schools were one-room structures on Montauk Highway, in the mid-1800s. A school bell donated to the, then named, East Amityville School in 1889, is now displayed in front of the Great Neck Road Elementary School. In 1911, a two-story wooden schoolhouse was built on Great Neck Road, which was later expanded to become the current Great Neck Road Elementary School. 

Two schools were named for local educators. Susan E. Wiley was a beloved teacher from 1925-1952, and Walter G. O’Connell was an elementary school principal and the first principal of the junior and senior high schools. 

scudderThe Copiague School Annex (later known as Scudder Avenue School), circa 1951. 

School District Mascot – Eagles 

School District Colors – Royal Blue and White 

  • Great Neck Road Elementary School – opened 1911
  • Scudder Avenue School – opened 1950, closed 1979 (demolished 1985)
  • Deauville Gardens East Elementary School and Deauville Gardens West Elementary School (originally one school named Deauville Gardens Elementary School) – opened 1958
  • Susan E. Wiley Elementary School – opened 1963
  • Copiague Middle School (originally named Copiague Junior-Senior High School) – opened 1958
  • Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School – opened 1967

Copiague School District Central Offices, 2650 Great Neck Road, Copiague, NY 11726 ·  (631) 842-4015 ·  www.copiague.k12.ny.us