Farmingdale High School is a public high school located in Farmingdale, Nassau County, New York, and is the only high school operated by the Farmingdale Union Free School District. The school also serves East Farmingdale and a portion of North Amityville, Massapequa Park, and North Massapequa Both the 2013-2014 Football and Basketball teams won Nassau County Public High School Athletic Association championships and the track 4x100 relay team was ranked 4th in the United States.As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,939 students and 122.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.9:1. There were 378 students (19.5% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 90 (4.6% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.Notable alumniWilliam Gaddis, Author of The Recognitions and several other influential works of postmodern fiction, Class of 1941Mark Mathew Braunstein, author of Radical Vegetarianism and other books and nonfiction articles, Class of 1969Sally Ann Salsano, creator of Jersey Shore and owner of 495 Productions, Class of 1992.Tim Kubart, co-host of the Sunny Side Up on Sprout, Class of 2002. 2016 Grammy Award Winner for Best Children's Album.Matt Danowski - Professional lacrosse player with the Chesapeake Bayhawks of Major League Lacrosse, Class of 2003.
