Best High Schools in New York

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 1234)	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 (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
391	Lowville High School	Public	9-12	7668 N State St	Lowville	13367	Lewis County	Lowville Academy & Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 376-9015	385	32	11.9	37.1%	352 (91.4%)	5 (1.3%)	7 (1.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.2%)	$21,579			$941			$20,637	66.1	74.8	245	146		361782001603
392	Depew High School	Public	9-12	5201 S Transit Rd	Depew	14043	Erie County	Depew Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(716) 686-5095	581	49	11.9	42.7%	464 (79.9%)	38 (6.5%)	40 (6.9%)	19 (3.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (2.9%)	$26,305			$1,236			$25,069	66	68	379	13		360903000689
393	Chatham High School	Public	9-12	50 Woodbridge Ave	Chatham	12037	Columbia County	Chatham Central School District	No	No	No	No	(518) 392-1570	316	41	7.7	37.3%	266 (84.2%)	3 (0.9%)	27 (8.5%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.7%)	$37,075			$3,121			$33,954	66	68.3	370	23		360711000500
394	Suffern Senior High School	Public	9-12	49 Viola Rd	Suffern	10901	Rockland County	Suffern Central School District	No	No	No	No	(845) 357-3800	1,450	117	12.3	37.0%	491 (33.9%)	134 (9.2%)	671 (46.3%)	90 (6.2%)	14 (1.0%)	5 (0.3%)	43 (3.0%)	$38,409			$777			$37,632	66	67.4	398	4		362832003818
395	Jordan-Elbridge High School	Public	9-12	5721 Hamilton Rd	Jordan	13080	Onondaga County	Jordan-Elbridge Central School District	No	No	No	No	(315) 689-8510	336	30	11	38.7%	317 (94.3%)	3 (0.9%)	8 (2.4%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	$30,448			$896			$29,551	65.9	67.5	396	1		361599001386
396	Averill Park High School	Public	9-12	146 Gettle Rd	Averill Park	12018	Rensselaer County	Averill Park Central School District	No	No	No	No	(518) 674-7000	870	58	14.9	27.6%	794 (91.3%)	11 (1.3%)	17 (2.0%)	6 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (4.1%)	$26,045			$867			$25,178	65.9	63.3	464	68		360001600111
397	Marathon High School	Public	7-12	1 Park St	Marathon	13803	Cortland County	Marathon Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 849-3251	295	33	8.8	47.1%	286 (96.9%)	4 (1.4%)	3 (1.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$31,507			$93			$31,414	65.8	68.1	376	21		361845001661
398	Unadilla Valley Secondary School	Public	5-12	4238 State Hwy 8	New Berlin	13411	Chenango County	Unadilla Valley Central School District	No	No	No	No	(607) 847-7500	341	34	10.1	59.8%	326 (95.6%)	2 (0.6%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.8%)	$30,770			$1,968			$28,802	65.8	66.4	420	22		360001901976
399	Marlboro Central High School	Public	9-12	50 Cross Rd	Marlboro	12542	Ulster County	Marlboro Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 236-5810	629	55	11.4	32.8%	346 (55.0%)	68 (10.8%)	184 (29.3%)	6 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	23 (3.7%)	$29,986			$650			$29,336	65.7	68	380	19		361857001670
400	Stissing Mountain Junior/Senior High School	Public	6-12	2829 Church St	Pine Plains	12567	Dutchess County	Pine Plains Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 398-7181	426	54	7.9	40.6%	319 (74.9%)	1 (0.2%)	58 (13.6%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (10.8%)	$47,500			$1,079			$46,422	65.6	69.4	351	49		362304003231

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on 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, Regents Life Science Biology, Regents Geometry, Regents Earth and Space Sciences test scores released by the NY State Education Department.
These rankings were last updated on December 4, 2025, 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.