Islip Public Schools

Islip Union Free School District
Location
Islip , Suffolk County, New York United States
District information
Motto	Students First, Pure Intentions, Best Effort
Grades	K-12
President	Philip Dineen
Superintendent	Dennis O’Hara, Ed.D.
Schools	5
Students and staff
District mascot	Buccaneers
Colors	Purple and yellow
Other information
District Offices	215 Main Street Islip, NY 11751
Website	islipufsd.org

See also: Central Islip Public Schools and West Islip Public Schools

Islip Union Free School District, also known as Islip Public Schools, is a school district in the Town of Islip on the South Shore of Long Island, New York in Suffolk County. It serves the entirety of the hamlet of Islip and a small part of the hamlet of Bay Shore.^[1]

In 1986 voters rejected a proposal to spend $247,321 ($709000 in today's terms) to fund after school activities and sports programs on a 704 to 586 basis.^[2]

Graduates of Woodhull School (PK-6) of the Fire Island School District can attend Islip secondary schools.^[3]

Schools

• Islip High School
• Islip Middle School

Elementary schools:

• Commack Road Elementary School
• Maud S. Sherwood Elementary School
• Wing Elementary School

References

1. Geography Division (January 12, 2021). 2020 census - school district reference map: Suffolk County, NY (PDF) (Map). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 4 (PDF p. 5/6). Retrieved September 5, 2025. - Text list
2. "Islip School Vote: No." Newsday. August 13, 1986. News p. 18. Retrieved on April 6, 2013. "Islip school district residents yesterday turned down, 704 to 586, a proposal to spend $247321 to fund sports programs and after-school activities in the district, school officials said last night."
3. "History". Fire Island School District. Retrieved May 3, 2021.

Further reading

• Gray, Katti. "Islip School Budget Going Before Voters." Newsday. September 26, 1989. News p. 31.

External links

• New York (state) portal
• Schools portal

• Islip Public Schools