William A. Shine Great Neck South High School

William A. Shine Great Neck South High School (commonly Great Neck South, South High School, or GNSHS) is a four-year public high school located in the Lake Success village of Great Neck, New York. The school serves students in grades 9 through 12 and is in the Great Neck school district.

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William A. Shine Great Neck South High School
Address
341 Lakeville Road Great Neck , New York 11020 United States
Information
Type	Comprehensive school
Founded	1958[1]
School district	Great Neck Union Free School District[2]
Principal	Christopher Gitz[3]
Faculty	114.75 FTEs[4]
Enrollment	1,222 (2021–22)[4]
Student to teacher ratio	10.65[4]
Color(s)	Orange and blue
Team name	Rebels
Newspaper	The Southerner
Yearbook	Vista
Website	School website

Great Neck South is one of three high schools in the Great Neck school district, the others being Great Neck North High School and Great Neck Village High School. Great Neck South offers its 1,222 students academic acceleration, along with special education classes for students with disabilities. The school opened in 1958 and was named Great Neck South High School until 2006.[5][6]

As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,222 students and 114.75 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.65:1. There were 217 students (17.8% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 27 (2.2% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[4]