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I know that you love Ossining since you promote it in all of your posts but it’s no where in the same ballpark as many of the other school districts laid out in this thread. Take Great Schools rankings with a grain of salt but it has a 5/10 high school and 3/10 middle school.
I know that you love Ossining since you promote it in all of your posts but it’s no where in the same ballpark as many of the other school districts laid out in this thread. Take Great Schools rankings with a grain of salt but it has a 5/10 high school and 3/10 middle school.
Its likely great for spanish, as the curriculum I saw was only done in English for the one Amercian speaker in the room...ME!
I do hear they have immersion in the high school was was supposed to be good. I have my doubts, and my sons sight is on Regis for high school.
In terms of overall wealth and based on median sale prices*
1. Scarsdale's Murray Hill Estates (in Heathcote) = Rye's estate section in Milton
2. Scarsdale (as a whole) = Rye (as a whole) = Bronxville (as a whole) = Purchase (as a whole)
3. Armonk = Harrison
4. Larchmont = Chappaqua
*this takes into account both single family and multi-family homes, condos and co-ops. A place like Scarsdale has virtually no multi-family homes whereas Rye has many. We cannot just focus on single-family homes.
There was a poll from about 1,500 Westchester County residents about various topics. One of relevant polls was "In Which Towns Do You Think Only Rich People Can Afford to Live?"
Survey Results for [Perceived] Richest Towns in Westchester:
Not surprised that Scarsdale was the overwhelming #1. I would have expected a stronger showing from Rye, however. I am also surprised that Chappaqua is not lower on this list. I am also surprised that Purchase is not on this list.
While Purchase is a hamlet within Harrison, Purchase does have its own distinct zip code, which provides for a wide range of statistical insights.
The trouble is that "hamlet" status is not very comforting position as against a population majority from relatively down-at-the-heels Harrison. That is why Rye Brook incorporated; to shield itself from a Port Chester majority. While it is true that Rye Brook was never part of Port Chester it was part of the larger Town of Rye, which we had to make a break from.
The trouble is that "hamlet" status is not very comforting position as against a population majority from relatively down-at-the-heels Harrison. That is why Rye Brook incorporated; to shield itself from a Port Chester majority. While it is true that Rye Brook was never part of Port Chester it was part of the larger Town of Rye, which we had to make a break from.
Me thinks that one of the main reasons Rye Brook broke away from Port Chester is so they could get a Rye Brook mailing address.
The trouble is that "hamlet" status is not very comforting position as against a population majority from relatively down-at-the-heels Harrison. That is why Rye Brook incorporated; to shield itself from a Port Chester majority. While it is true that Rye Brook was never part of Port Chester it was part of the larger Town of Rye, which we had to make a break from.
My husband grew up in Rye Brook when it was an unincorporated area. His older siblings attended Port Chester High School. At some point, Port Chester refused to take Rye Brook students. As a result, Valhalla High School accepted Rye Brook students for a couple of years until Rye Brook High School built its own high school.
Whether it was Rye Brook or Port Chester who insisted on the separation is unclear. It might have been mutual.
Port Chester in the early sixties was not the Port Chester of today. It was a mix of African-Americans, Italian Americans and other Americans. It was pretty and well maintained - a solid lower-middle class neighborhood. My husband's family member who attended Port Chester high school said it was a nice and everyone seem to get along.
Of course, in the late 1970's, Port Chester changed, but the move to incorporate Rye Brook came before then.
BTW - Rye Brook is still a village in the Town of Rye.
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