Nyack Public Schools is a school district headquartered in the Town of Orangetown, New York, United States.

It serves several areas in Orangetown and Clarkstown including the villages of Nyack, South Nyack, and Upper Nyack, Upper Grand View, and the hamlet of Valley Cottage.

[2] A February 1999 report released by a chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Nyack Partners in Education stated that honors classes had nine times as many Euro-Americans as African Americans, while the district that Nyack is a part of had two Euro-Americans for one African Americans as a whole.

[4] The 13 part series was produced by Emmy winning producers Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon.

Goodman said at the time she chose Upper Nyack Elementary School because she, "wanted a school that really could feel like it was anywhere.