North Babylon High School

1 Phelps Lane

School District

North Babylon Union Free
Grade

9-12
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:14
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on August 31, 2023

The bullying and peer pressure in this school is out of control. My child was bullied relentlessly by kids who were older. They threatened my child on several occasions and even threatened my older child who doesn’t even attend the school. My child ended up being jumped by 3 kids after they mistakenly thought my child took something from them. The school only punished one child and told me the other two didn’t do anything. Baloney. Then the school questioned my child as if it was a made up story that these kids actually jumped my child. And can’t forget the selling of vape pens going on in the school. And yet the administrators have done nothing to stop these things! The bullying and peer pressure is still an issue and something should be done about it before these problems escalate.
Submitted by parent on January 15, 2019

The high school and its teachers are top notch. Our child loves the schools and teachers. As a parent, we are so happy we made North Babylon our home and raise our children here.
Submitted by parent on October 19, 2018

Everything was an issue. Had a hard time with my 4 kids attending and my kids weren’t problem kids. Felt the school should approach things differently. The new superintendent is great now!! Also the guidance counselors need to be more accessible to the kids. 9 times out of 10 they don’t return phone calls. That doesn’t make for a good school. My kids also complained that that counselors don’t switch classes fast enough for a child to make a change if necessary.
Submitted by student on March 30, 2015

It is a large and diverse school but for people who've just transferred from special education, like myself and not being in district for 8 years, It doesn't help much that the guidance counselors do nothing to REALLY help you and when my transition to district was being set up, There were opportunities that being from special ed knew nothing about since no one told us anything. But to end on a positive note, the group of kids is fairly diverse and I found my clique right away.
Submitted by student on July 22, 2013

I am a recent graduate of North Babylon High School and overall I have a positive image of the school. Not only is there a lot of diversity among the student body, there is also a lot of opportunity for students to excel and grow from the AP and Honors classes to the extracurricular activities, music programs, sports programs, and school spirit activities which really bring everyone together. When I attended, the teachers were phenomenal and were really passionate about their job and very involved in their students success and many still keep in touch with me today. The cons of the school are some of the conflicts among students which the school will discipline and some issues with some of the staff which the school also addressed. I did feel that the guidance counselors did not provide me enough information and instruction on all of the opportunities available to me at the time nor did they take the time to investigate my individual interests to provide proper guidance and thus I relied heavily on my parent and teachers. I hope this helped, send your children but stay involved, your support is just as important and influential as the institution they're attending. Best Wishes.
Submitted by parent on May 19, 2013

the teachers are the greatest teachers for miles the parent involvement is great but the kids are not the greatest although it has a diverse mix of kids
Submitted by parent on January 10, 2013

I am a parent of a student that use to attend this school he graduated in 2010 This school is very diverse and his teachers and the staff were really great to him yet the students are not nice I'm lucky nothing violent ever happened to him during his years I'm afraid of the later students and the bullying will get worst resulting to violence in the future. Send your children to a safer school I fear for this school
Submitted by parent on March 24, 2012

The teachers try very hard to make this school a phenomenal learning environemnt. Everyone working here is very dedicated and passionate about what they are doing.