U.S. News & World Report has released its rankings of the top public high schools across the nation. There were 21,000 public high schools included in this ranking. Twenty-four Westchester high schools were ranked inside the top 850.
The highest-ranking Westchester school was Rye High School, coming in at number 85. “We are proud of our high school’s impressive standing in New York and the country and were delighted to receive this excellent news,” says Rye Superintendent Dr. Frank Alvarez. “Congratulations to High School Principal Patricia Taylor and her faculty, staff and students, as well as all administrators and faculty District-wide. This is an accomplishment reflective of dedication and hard work throughout our school community.”
Here are the Westchester schools that were the highest ranked:
No. 85 Rye High School, Rye
No. 137 Edgemont Junior-Senior High School, Scarsdale
No. 149 Yonkers High School, Yonkers
No. 157 Horace Greeley High School, Chappaqua
No. 171 Pleasantville High School, Pleasantville
No. 173 Byram Hills High School, Armonk
No. 174 Rye Neck Senior High School, Mamaroneck, Rye Brook
No. 177 Blind Brook High School, Rye Brook
No. 179 Hastings High School, Hastings-on-Hudson
No. 198 Irvington High School, Irvington
No. 290 Croton-Harmon High School, Croton-on-Hudson
No. 308 Briarcliff High School, Briarcliff Manor
No. 371 Harrison High School, Harrison
No. 384 John Jay High School, Cross River
No. 394 Mamaroneck High School, Mamaroneck
No. 398 Fox Lane High School, Bedford
No. 407 Ardsley High School, Ardsley
No. 471 Pelham Memorial High School, Pelham
No 518 North Salem Middle School/High School, North Salem
No. 570 Scarsdale High School, Scarsdale
No. 708 Yorktown High School, Yorktown Heights
No. 800 Pearl River High School, Pearl River
No. 809 Tuckahoe High School, Eastchester
No. 819 Sleepy Hollow High School, Sleepy Hollow
