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