title: Garden City High School (New York)
text: # Garden City High School (New York)
  
  Garden City High School is the public high school in the Incorporated Village of Garden City in the Town of Hempstead, New York, United States. In 2016 Garden City High School was ranked the #121 school in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.
  
  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.
  
  ## Notable alumni
  
  Academia
  
  * Gilbert Chu, biochemist and oncologist at Stanford University
  * R. Inslee Clark Jr., Dean of undergraduate admissions, Yale University
  
  Arts
  
  * Liza Huber, actress and daughter of Susan Lucci
  * Joe Iconis, musical theater writer; 2019 Tony Award nominee for Be More Chill
  * Susan Lucci, actress, star of All My Children, class of 1964
  * Elliott Murphy, singer/songwriter, class of 1967
  * John Tesh, pianist, composer
  
  Broadcast journalism
  
  * Lara Spencer, television journalist, co-anchor of Good Morning America, class of 1987
  * 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 Assemblyman
  * Steven Chu (born 1948), former U.S. Secretary of Energy and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1997, class of 1966
  * John R. Dunne, former U.S. Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights and New York State Senator
  * Kashyap "Kash" Patel, attorney, Congressional aide, and federal government official
  * Kathleen Rice, U.S. Representative for New York's 4th congressional district and former district attorney of Nassau County, New York
  
  Literature
  
  * Sarah Langan, horror writer, class of 1992
  * Sarah Smith, author of mysteries and science fiction
  
  Science
  
  * Gilbert Chu, biochemist and oncologist at Stanford University
  * Michael Wigler, geneticist at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  
  Sports
  
  * Carl Braun, professional basketball player for the New York Knicks
  * Matt Daley, New York Yankees relief pitcher
  * Dave Jennings, NFL punter and football analyst
  * Don McCauley, All-American running back at North Carolina, Baltimore Colts, College Football Hall of Fame
  
  Miscellaneous
  
  * John Chatterton, commercial scuba diver, subject of the bestselling book Shadow Divers
  
  ## Notable faculty
  
  * Irvin Faust, noted novelist and short-story writer; director of guidance, 1960–1995
  