Garden City High School (GCHS) is the public high school located within the Incorporated Village of Garden City in the Town of Hempstead, in Nassau County, New York, United States.
In 2016, Garden City High School was ranked the #121 school in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.
Statistics As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,188 students and 94.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.6:1. There were 46 students (3.9% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 4 (0.3% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Garden City High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 24, 2026.
Notable alumni Academia Gilbert Chu, biochemist and oncologist at Stanford University R. Inslee Clark Jr., dean of undergraduate admissions, Yale University
The arts Liza Huber, actress; daughter of actress Susan Lucci Joe Iconis, musical-theater writer; 2019 Tony Award nominee for Be More Chill Susan Lucci (class of 1964), actress, star of All My Children television soap opera John Tesh, pianist, composer
Broadcast journalism Greg Kelly, talk radio host, former Good Day New York host Lara Spencer (class of 1987), television journalist, co-anchor of Good Morning America, John Tesh, radio host and television presenter
Finance John J. Phelan Jr., former chairman and chief executive officer of the New York Stock Exchange
Government Michael Balboni, former deputy secretary for Public Safety for the State of New York, New York state senator and state assemblyman; 11th President of Adelphi University Steven Chu (born 1948; class of 1966), former U.S. secretary of energy and 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics laureate John R. Dunne, former U.S. Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights and New York state senator Kashyap "Kash" Patel, Federal Bureau of Investigation director, attorney, former congressional aide, and federal government official; graduated in 1998. Kathleen Rice, former U.S. representative for New York's 4th congressional district and former Nassau County District Attorney
Literature Sarah Langan (class of 1992), horror writer Sarah Smith, author of mysteries and science fiction
Science Gilbert Chu, biochemist and oncologist at Stanford University Michael Wigler, geneticist at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Sports Carl Braun, professional basketball player for the New York KnicksBasketballReference.com Matt Daley, New York Yankees relief pitcher Dave Jennings, National Football League punter and football analyst Don McCauley, All-American running back at North Carolina Tar Heels football, Baltimore Colts, College Football Hall of Fame
Miscellaneous John Chatterton, commercial scuba diver; subject of the bestselling book Shadow Divers
Notable faculty Irvin Faust, novelist and short-story writer; director of guidance, 1960–1995
References
External links
Garden City High School website