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
61	City Honors School	Public	5-12	186 E North St	Buffalo	14204	Erie County	Buffalo City School District	No	No	No	No	(716) 816-4230	1,088	78	13.9	50.5%	452 (41.5%)	177 (16.3%)	133 (12.2%)	247 (22.7%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	70 (6.4%)	$28,699			$2,492			$26,207	84.1	81.8	89	28		360585000308
62	Chautauqua Lake Secondary School	Public	7-12	100 N Erie St	Mayville	14757	Chautauqua County	Chautauqua Lake Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 753-5882	372	45	8.3	43.0%	353 (94.9%)	5 (1.3%)	8 (2.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.1%)	$32,463			$1,101			$31,362	84	77.4	184	122		360001801936
63	Sayville High School	Public	9-12	20 Brook St	West Sayville	11796	Suffolk County	Sayville Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 244-6600	814	73	11.1	13.6%	692 (85.0%)	5 (0.6%)	69 (8.5%)	25 (3.1%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	21 (2.6%)	$39,507			$573			$38,934	84	83	69	6		362592003557
64	Commack High School	Public	9-12	1 Scholar Ln	Commack	11725	Suffolk County	Commack Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 912-2100	1,728	144	12	18.9%	1,229 (71.1%)	35 (2.0%)	197 (11.4%)	228 (13.2%)	2 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	36 (2.1%)	$37,734			$593			$37,141	84	82.5	74	10		360813000580
65	Tappan Zee High School	Public	9-12	15 Dutch Hill Rd	Orangeburg	10962	Rockland County	South Orangetown Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 680-1606	911	89	10.2	23.1%	542 (59.5%)	15 (1.6%)	221 (24.3%)	92 (10.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	40 (4.4%)	$39,097			$195			$38,902	84	80.7	111	46		362745003741
66	Portville Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	500 Elm St	Portville	14770	Cattaraugus County	Portville Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 933-6704	445	34	12.9	42.9%	408 (91.7%)	4 (0.9%)	7 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.8%)	$22,842			$465			$22,376	83.9	83.1	67	1		362364003298
67	Pelham Memorial High School	Public	9-12	575 Colonial Ave	Pelham	10803	Westchester County	Pelham Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 738-8110	852	74	11.5	15.5%	525 (61.6%)	48 (5.6%)	171 (20.1%)	48 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	58 (6.8%)	$31,764			$344			$31,421	83.9	82.3	82	15		362268003188
68	Horace Greeley High School	Public	9-12	70 Roaring Brook Rd	Chappaqua	10514	Westchester County	Chappaqua Central School District	No	No	No	No	(914) 238-7201	1,122	106	10.5	7.0%	774 (69.0%)	10 (0.9%)	85 (7.6%)	192 (17.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	57 (5.1%)	$39,665			$23			$39,642	83.8	85.9	31	37		360699000488
69	North Salem Middle School/High School	Public	6-12	230 June Rd	North Salem	10560	Westchester County	North Salem Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 669-5414	492	70	6.9	22.8%	326 (66.3%)	11 (2.2%)	125 (25.4%)	12 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.7%)	$54,445			$544			$53,901	83.8	83.8	53	16		362118002991
70	Spackenkill High School	Public	9-12	112 Spackenkill Rd	Poughkeepsie	12603	Dutchess County	Spackenkill Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(845) 463-7810	537	53	10.1	28.3%	253 (47.1%)	80 (14.9%)	105 (19.6%)	72 (13.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	25 (4.7%)	$33,961			$537			$33,424	83.8	83.9	51	19		360650000434

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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.