The district approximately 5.5 square miles (14 km2) includes parts of the following hamlets; Levittown, North Wantagh, and Seaford.

McDonald is a life long Levittown resident who taught and rose through the ranks of the district she now leads.

The school district actually services areas of Levittown, Wantagh, Seaford, Plainedge and a small part of Hicksville.

[2] The district recently closed Laurel Lane, which until June 2009 was the site of the alternative Education High School.

The school district owns the historic little red schoolhouse on North Jerusalem road.

It was closed due to low enrollment in 1976 and the building remained vacant until 1983 when the property was sold to developers.