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Far Rockaway High School

Far Rockaway High School was a public high school in New York City, at 821 Bay 25th Street in Far Rockaway in the borough of Queens. It operated from 1897 to 2011. Its alumni include three Nobel Prize laureates and convicted fraudster Bernard Madoff.
The school was closed as part of a plan to stop students' average grades from declining. It stopped accepting students in 2008 and closed for good on June 27, 2011.
Its longest-serving principal was Sanford J. Ellsworth, who served for more than 40 years; its last one was Denise J. Hallett.
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- Country: United States
- City: Far Rockaway
- Postal Code: 11691
- http://schools.nyc.gov/SchoolPortals/27/Q465/default.htm
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- Global Ranking Score (Higher is Better): 16739
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Some Famous Alumni of Far Rockaway High School
Amirah Vann
Richard Feynman
writer, politician, physicist, inventor, university teacher, percussionist, science communicator, quantum physicist, theoretical physicistJoyce Brothers
Bernard Madoff
Ruth Madoff
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