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Staten Island is the southernmost county in New York State - the third largest county (borough) among New York City's five counties covering 60.9 square miles. It is five miles from Manhattan and a half mile from Brooklyn. New Jersey on its western shore separated by the Arthur Kill waterway. From north to south Staten Island is 13.9 miles and from east to west 7.3 miles. Four major bridges and the Staten Island ferry connect the Island to surrounding areas.

Education in Staten Island is provided by a number of public and private institutions. Public schools in the borough are managed by the New York City Department of Education , the largest public school system in the United States.

The College of Staten Island is one of the six senior colleges of the City University of New York (CUNY). The college offers both associate's and bachelor's degrees. The College of Staten Island also offers post-graduate level study from master's to doctoral level study.

Wagner College is a coeducational private liberal arts college with an enrollment of 1,900 undergraduates and 400 graduate students. The college is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America .

St. John's University has a campus on Staten Island. It is a private, coeducational Roman Catholic university.

Twelve branches of the New York Public Library serve the borough. The Library offers free computer instruction and English classes for speakers of other languages.

Staten Island Academy is the only independent private (non-public, non-religious) grade school on the island and is one of the oldest in the entire country.

Public high schools include Curtis, Port Richmond, New Dorp, Susan Wagner, Staten Island Tech, Tottenville, Petrides, CSI High School and McKee.

Catholic high schools include St. Peter's Boys, St. Peter's Girls, Notre Dame, St. Joseph Hill, St. John Villa, Monsignor Farrell, Moore Catholic, and St. Joseph-by-the-Sea.