Best public schools in Westchester County? (Yonkers, New Rochelle: top school, university, live)

[Futcha]

Originally Posted by ghguy

Below are scores I was able to find for 2007 SAT scores. The new SAT adds a 3rd component, writing, but I excluded this data so one could easily compare apples to apples from the previous post of 2006 scores:

1 Scarsdale Senior High School 1,256
2 Horace Greeley High School 1,253
3 Edgemont Junior-Senior High School 1,234
4 Ardsley High School 1,200
5 Blind Brook High School 1,192
6 Bronxville High School 1,192
7 Rye High School 1,192
8 Byram Hills High School 1,172
9 Mamaroneck High School 1,170
10 John Jay High School (Katonah) 1,159
11 Briarcliff High School 1,150
12 Croton-Harmon Senior High School 1,146
13 Hastings High School 1,138
14 North Salem Middle School High School 1,126
15 Dobbs Ferry High School 1,117
16 Somers Senior High School 1,115
17 Irvington High School 1,108
18 Pelham Memorial High School 1,101
19 Rye Neck Senior High School 1,101
20 Fox Lane High School 1,098
21 Pleasantville High School 1,097
22 Yorktown High School 1,097
23 Hendrick Hudson High School 1,070
24 Ossining High School 1,053
25 New Rochelle High School 1,048
26 Eastchester Senior High School 1,047
27 Harrison High School 1,046
28 Westlake High School (Hawthorne) 1,045
29 Valhalla High School 1,021
30 Walter Panas High School (Yorktown) 1,012
31 New Rochelle High School 1,009
32 White Plains Senior High School 1,006
33 Sleepy Hollow High School 1,003
34 Lakeland High School (Yorktown) 998
35 Yonkers High School 985
36 New Rochelle High School 985
37 Tuckahoe High School 979
38 Alexander Hamilton High School (Elmsford) 920
39 Woodlands Senior High School (Greenburgh) 920
40 Peekskill High School 910
41 Saunders Trades & Technical High School (Yonkers)890
42 Port Chester Senior High School 875
43 Mount Vernon High School 827
44 Lincoln High School (Yonkers) 801
45 Charles E. Gorton High School (Yonkers) 799
46 Roosevelt High School (Yonkers) 761

Not surprising. Scarsdale rules!

[ghguy]

FutureCop,

Your parents spent all that money for you to go to Scarsdale and you're gonna be a cop???

[finkle6688]

Can you tell me where you got the SAT scores of Westchester county because I am looking for SAT scores for Orange County

[Ekulu]

GreatSchools.net and SchoolMatters - Home are great resources for researching schools in not the just Westchester but the whole country.

According to GreatSchools.net which bases its ratings on test results from elementary, middle and high schools, the following school districts are rated 10 out of 10 so I guess they are the best school districts from a test results perspective, but so many other factors (some unique to each family) are important I think when determining which schools are the best school districts.

Rye Neck
Irvington
Ardsley
Edgemont
Scarsdale
Chappaqua
Rye
Bronxville
Blind Brook (Rye Brook)
Briarcliff Manor
Pleasantville
Pelham
Poncantico Hills

If you are interested in high school rankings only Newsweek and US News rank all the high schools in the US on an annual basis. Visit their websites for 2008 (if they are available) or 2007 rankings.

[babieejae1101]

I think that Scarsdale, Bronxville and Chappaqua have the best schools in the county because they have more funding coming in compared to Yonkers schools.

[Futcha]

Originally Posted by ghguy

FutureCop,

Your parents spent all that money for you to go to Scarsdale and you're gonna be a cop???

Actually, I'm looking more into becoming a federal agent but I am attracted to becoming a trooper if it doesn't work out.

Quick question, though... Does what I want to be affect you in any way? It's my life, bud. Let's keep it that way.

[AnNYYankee]

I grew up in Ardsley. It was and still is a great school system and a great little town.

[Tslind33]

Hi all, please help. I am looking for a school for my daughter who is in the 1st grade. She is very intelligent, high energy, well spoken and loves math and science. She is not being challenged enough in school and while I thought I had 1 more year before I would have to change her, I have quickly realized that she is not being challenged enough and so I must make the change now. I am trying to make a decision between public and private. I live in Mount Vernon, but will consider moving if that is the best choice.

[mondia68]

We will relocate to Westchester, NY and we are about to rent a house in Briarcliff Manor. My daughter enter 9th grade next year and she want to go to medical school. Is Briarcliff Manor High good for my kid?

[nonny]

Absolutely. It's one of the best.