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; recipient of 2006 Jonathan Larson award, 2007 Ed Kleban award, and a Backstage Bistro Award 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 References External links Garden City High School website Photographs from Garden