In contrast, all of Brooklyn and Queens are served by the
New York City Department of Education, the largest school district in the United States. Three of the nine
specialized high schools in New York City are in the two Long Island boroughs, those being
Brooklyn Latin School,
Brooklyn Technical High School (one of the original three specialized schools), and
Queens High School for the Sciences. Like Nassau and Suffolk counties, they are home to private schools such as
Poly Prep Country Day School,
Packer Collegiate Institute, and
Saint Ann's School, and
Berkeley Carroll School, and parochial schools operated by the Catholic
Diocese of Brooklyn.