High Schools- Link to List of all 700 provided.

I dont know if this has been listed or not, but I thought it night be of soome use to those of you who are house shopping. The list is from 02 but keep in mind that many of the schools listed on here have been high in the rankinbg for many years. The number listed to the left indicates there placemnt nationally.


Public schools are ranked according to a ratio called the Challenge Index devised by Jay Mathews: the number of Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate tests taken by all students at a school in 2002 divided by the number of graduating seniors. Schools that chose more than half of their students by grades or test scores were not considered because the index is designed to identify schools that challenge average students and does not work well with schools that have few or no average students. The schools ranked below have the strongest AP or IB programs in the country. Each of them is in the top four percent of all American high schools measured this way.

Rank / School Name / City / State / Score

5 . Jericho Jericho , N.Y. 4.519
11 . Manhasset Manhasset , N.Y. 3.840
15 . Edgemont Scarsdale , N.Y 3.673
17 . Great Neck South Great Neck , N.Y. 3.640
19 . Cold Spring Harbor Cold Spring Harbor , N.Y 3.573
25 . Brighton Rochester , N.Y. 3.357
26 . Great Neck North Great Neck , N.Y. 3.298
27 . Greeley Chappaqua , N.Y. 3.240
29 . Wheatley Old Westbury , N.Y. 3.146
33 . Pittsford Mendon Pittsford , N.Y. 3.053
34 . Vandermeulen Port Jefferson , N.Y 3.040
40 . Pittsford Sutherland Pittsford , N.Y. 2.881
43 . Rye Rye , N.Y. 2.878
51 . Hewlett Hewlett , N.Y. 2.780
56 . Wilson Magnet* Rochester , N.Y. 2.735
59 . Miller Place Miller Place , N.Y. 2.700
60 . Syosset Syosset , N.Y. 2.699
62 . South Side* Rockville Centre , N.Y. 2.690
64 . Kennedy Bellmore , N.Y. 2.668
70 . East Hampton East Hampton , N.Y. 2.598
71 . North Shore Glen Head , N.Y. 2.591
73 . Scarsdale Scarsdale , N.Y. 2.565
77 . Roslyn Roslyn Heights , N.Y. 2.505
79 . Mamaroneck Mamaroneck , N.Y. 2.500
84 . Ardsley Ardsley , N.Y. 2.448
90 . Irondequoit Rochester , N.Y. 2.432
91 . Bronxville Bronxville , N.Y. 2.429
92 . Calhoun Merrick , N.Y. 2.419
96 . Lewiston-Porter Youngstown , N.Y. 2.367
98 . Garden City Garden City , N.Y. 2.346
100 . Croton-Harmon Croton-on-Hudson , N.Y. 2.338
108 . Eastchester Eastchester , N.Y. 2.290
118 . Briarcliff Briarcliff Manor , N.Y. 2.212
123 . Mepham Bellmore , N.Y. 2.188
125 . Floral Park Floral Park , N.Y. 2.180
129 . Half Hollow Hills East Dix Hills , N.Y. 2.172
130 . New Hartford New Hartford , N.Y. 2.171
131 . Ithaca Ithaca , N.Y. 2.162
138 . Tappan Zee Orangeburg , N.Y. 2.131
148 . Schreiber Port Washington , N.Y. 2.087
150 . Harborfields Greenlawn , N.Y. 2.083


* gives International Baccalaureate tests

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I dunno...somethin's telling me that Mepham ain't even gonna have a rating next year!

123 . Mepham Bellmore , N.Y. 2.188

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Well I cant say for sure, considering thses rankings are based on AP placement and tests. Not uninvolved parents, blind bearucrats, and really really stupid, malicious children.

If the ranking is soley based on performance than it's likley they will be on the list next year.

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Where does Plainview-Old Bethpage fall? Uh-oh, hope it made the top 1000!

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Kennedy is 64! With alumni like Amy Fisher.....who can say!

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Claud - that is sad. I hope that a few bad people don't bring down the whole school. I graduated from there in 1985 and I loved it. I hope they can bring it back to what it was

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Thanks for posting the survey again - I had posted this link a long time ago but for some reason the link no longer worked.

Liz- I agree it is sooo sad that a incident by a couple can scar the whole student body. It can happen anywhere and probably does but this whole school has become a joke of many. (I have seen some shows on hs hazing and it is gross - I have seen and been a part of college hazing but never like that!)

I didn't know Amy Fisher went to Kennedy - too funny - DH will get a kick out of it...I live a few blocks from Kennedy!

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this is very important to me which is why I bought a smaller house than I would have liked. So I could be in a town with a great High School. Syosset # 60 in the nation.

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Harborfields will have to do until we move to Lloyd Harbor/Neck when our children will attend CSH.

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Posted by Misha

Where does Plainview-Old Bethpage fall? Uh-oh, hope it made the top 1000!

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It's #208 Nationally

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how come a lot of the schools are not listed?

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tammy - the list was long - looks like she only put the top 150 schools in this area (NY, NJ, PA, etc.) and cut out the ones in other states.

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thanks denise
where is the complete list
im curious of my area schools even though my kids will go to school in west palm beach

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I did edit it for geographic purposes. All you ladies need to do is ask!!
The list is of 700 schools, so here is the link.

Top 2002 High Schools

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Uh oh... looks like I have to move!

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Jenn, I disagree! I think it's great that our district even made the cut! There's plenty of districts on LI that didn't even make the list....East Meadow, Connetquot, Sachem...just to name a few!

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Claud I was SO kidding!

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I am so very surprised our school district made it, not so much for any other reason than it is a very small one. But it's in the 200's, so I'm happy, although we are thinking of sending our kids to Catholic school.

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We are thinking of staying in Lynbrook and it is #385 on that list. I am happy it is at least on there!

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The houses we're looking at aren't on that list, but I can't say I'm too surprised....LI is insanely expensive as it is!

There are many good schools on LI....but the one I went to has dropped signifcantly since I graduated!