U.S. News & World Report released their annual Best High School rankings list with public schools ranked at both the state and national level. 15 Hudson Valley high schools ranked within the top 500 nationwide, receiving gold medals for their academic achievement. 38 Hudson Valley schools ranked within the top 200 schools in New York State.
New York averaged the 3rd most gold medal schools nationwide (55 medals), following California (85) and Texas (65), though it was ranked 12th best for public high school education in the country.
To be qualified, a school must past a difficult 4-step process that determines whether or not it meets the needs of all students, and properly prepares them for future endeavors. In order to achieve a numeric rank, schools must pass steps 1-3 and receive a College Readiness Index of at least 20.91.
The first step in the qualification process is to see if the students of a particular school academically outperform other students in the state. Step two considers whether disadvantaged students performed at or better than state averages. Step three is an analysis of the school’s graduation rate, which must be 75 percent or higher. Lastly, the school must have a calculated college readiness index, which is the number of 12th graders who passed one AP exam, divided by the number of seniors as the school.
The Hudson Valley schools listed below ranked within the top 200 in New York State. Gold medal national rankings are listed for schools that apply.
- #15 state/#90 national – Rye High School, Rye*
- #16 state/#107 national – Bronxville High School, Bronxville*
- #17 state/#119 national – Blind Brook High School, Rye Brook*
- #27 state/#183 national – Hastings High School, Hastings-On-Hudson*
- #28 state/#188 national – Briarcliff High School, Briarcliff Manor*
- #29 state/#192 national – Croton-Harmon High School, Croton-On-Hudson*
- #34 state/#215 national – Byram Hills High School, Armonk*
- #35 state/#221 national – Pleasantville High School, Pleasantville*
- #38 state/#242 national – Mamaroneck High School, Mamaroneck*
- #43 state/#359 national – Rye Neck Senior High School, Mamaroneck*
- #45 state/#377 national – Irvington High School, Irvington*
- #47 state/#388 national – Pelham Memorial High School, Pelham*
- #49 state/#402 national – Fox Lane High School, Mt. Kisco*
- #53 state/#471 national – Eastchester Senior High School, Eastchester*
- #54 state/#494 national – Ardsley High School, Ardsley*
- #57 – Sleepy Hollow High School, Sleepy Hollow
- #64 – Harrison High School, Harrison
- #66 – Tappan Zee High School, Orangeburg
- #68 – Yorktown High School, Yorktown
- #73 – Spackenkill High School, Poughkeepsie
- #76 – Pearl River High School, Pearl River
- #96 – Tuckahoe High School, Tuckahoe
- #97 – Red Hook High School, Red Hook
- #103 – Walter Panas High School, Cortlandt Manor
- #108 – Rhinebeck Senior High School, Rhinebeck
- #110 – Somers Senior High School, Somers
- #111 – Suffern Senior High School, Suffern
- #115 – Scarsdale Senior High School, Scarsdale
- #116 – Clarkstown South Senior High School, West Nyack
- #117 – Clarkstown North Senior High School, New City
- #134 – Arlington High School, Lagrangeville
- #136 – Dobbs Ferry High School, Dobbs Ferry
- #161 – Port Chester Senior High School, Port Chester
- #165 – John Jay Senior High School, Hopewell Junction
- #168 – Valhalla High School, Valhalla
- #171 – Pine Bush Senior High School, Pine Bush
- #172 – Onteora High School, Boiceville
- #186 – Lincoln High School, Yonkers
* Indicates a gold medal national ranking
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