Best High Schools in New York

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 1242)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
362997004034	121	Warwick Valley High School	Public	9-12	89 Sanfordville Rd	Warwick	10990	Orange County	Warwick Valley Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 987-3000	1,345	101	13.3		949 (70.6%)	60 (4.5%)	243 (18.1%)	34 (2.5%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	56 (4.2%)	$15,329			$1,679			$13,650	80.2	78.2	149	28
362478003431	122	South Side High School	Public	9-12	140 Shepherd St	Rockville Centre	11570	Nassau County	Rockville Centre Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(516) 255-8944	985	97	10.1	19.5%	673 (68.3%)	85 (8.6%)	174 (17.7%)	19 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (3.5%)	$25,502			$418			$25,084	80.2	81	97	25
362256003178	123	Pearl River High School	Public	8-12	275 E Central Ave	Pearl River	10965	Rockland County	Pearl River Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 620-3800	926	84	11	19.2%	683 (73.8%)	9 (1.0%)	185 (20.0%)	31 (3.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (1.8%)	$22,769			$00			$22,769	80.2	81.4	92	31
362994004030	124	Warsaw Senior High School	Public	9-12	81 W Court St	Warsaw	14569	Wyoming County	Warsaw Central School District	No	No	No	No	(585) 786-8000	225	24	9.4	44.9%	204 (90.7%)	3 (1.3%)	7 (3.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.4%)	$19,453			$163			$19,290	80	76.7	198	74
361338001102	125	Hamilton Junior-Senior High School	Public	6-12	47 W Kendrick Ave	Hamilton	13346	Madison County	Hamilton Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 824-6320	298	28	10.7	29.9%	269 (90.3%)	9 (3.0%)	5 (1.7%)	11 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)	$11,687			$213			$11,475	80	78.1	151	26
362349003280	126	Earl L Vandermeulen High School	Public	9-12	350 Old Post Rd	Port Jefferson	11777	Suffolk County	Port Jefferson Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(631) 791-4421	328	38	8.7	10.4%	250 (76.2%)	10 (3.0%)	32 (9.8%)	24 (7.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	11 (3.4%)	$29,874			$31			$29,842	79.9	81	98	28
362196003116	127	Oriskany Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	1312 Utica St	Oriskany	13424	Oneida County	Oriskany Central School District	No	No	No	No	(315) 768-2063	238	27	8.7	33.6%	215 (90.3%)	2 (0.8%)	12 (5.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.4%)	$21,677			$1,244			$20,433	79.9	82.4	79	48
361824001648	128	Mamaroneck High School	Public	9-12	1000 W Boston Post Rd	Mamaroneck	10543	Westchester County	Mamaroneck Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(914) 220-3100	1,696	126	13.4	23.3%	1,073 (63.3%)	54 (3.2%)	432 (25.5%)	57 (3.4%)	2 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	74 (4.4%)	$16,891			$00			$16,891	79.9	78.1	153	25
363147004218	129	Williamsville North High School	Public	9-12	1595 Hopkins Rd	Williamsville	14221	Erie County	Williamsville Central School District	No	No	No	No	(716) 626-8500	1,306	113	11.5	25.7%	931 (71.3%)	61 (4.7%)	63 (4.8%)	186 (14.2%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	62 (4.7%)	$16,131			$990			$15,141	79.9	81.2	94	35
361668001488	130	Lancaster High School	Public	9-12	1 Forton Dr	Lancaster	14086	Erie County	Lancaster Central School District	No	No	No	No	(716) 686-3250	1,646	136	12	26.2%	1,466 (89.1%)	13 (0.8%)	76 (4.6%)	36 (2.2%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (3.1%)	$15,641			$1,196			$14,445	79.9	82.5	78	52

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on Regents Common Core Algebra I, Regents Chemistry, Regents Common Core Algebra II, Regents Common Core English Language Arts, Regents Common Core Geometry, Regents Earth Science, Regents Global History and Geography, Regents Living Environment, Regents Physics, Regents U.S. History and Government, Regents Algebra I test scores released by the NY State Education Department.
These rankings were last updated on November 14, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the NY State Education Department, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the NY State Education Department.
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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the WNYC and the New York State Department of Health and the NY State Education Department.