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
221	Westhampton Beach Senior High School	Public	9-12	49 Lilac Rd	Westhampton Beach	11978	Suffolk County	Westhampton Beach Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(631) 288-3800	970	80	12	17.1%	610 (62.9%)	12 (1.2%)	288 (29.7%)	16 (1.6%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	41 (4.2%)	$30,939			$761			$30,178	76	75.3	234	13		363102004166
222	Tully Junior-Senior High School	Public	6-12	20 State St	Tully	13159	Onondaga County	Tully Central School District	No	No	No	No	(315) 696-6235	367	39	9.4	33.2%	346 (94.3%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (2.7%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.9%)	$29,858			$394			$29,465	76	76.9	197	25		362913003927
223	Horseheads Senior High School	Public	9-12	401 Fletcher St	Horseheads	14845	Chemung County	Horseheads Central School District	No	No	No	No	(607) 739-5601	1,119	84	13.2	31.5%	943 (84.3%)	14 (1.3%)	54 (4.8%)	35 (3.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	72 (6.4%)	$24,908			$638			$24,270	75.9	75.6	219	4		361485001241
224	Beaver River Senior High School	Public	9-12	9508 Artz Rd	Beaver Falls	13305	Lewis County	Beaver River Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 346-1211	254	22	11.8	42.1%	248 (97.6%)	3 (1.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$26,630			$1,379			$25,251	75.8	81	105	119		360420004504
225	Penfield Senior High School	Public	9-12	25 High School Dr	Penfield	14526	Monroe County	Penfield Central School District	No	No	No	No	(585) 249-6701	1,442	118	12.2	23.7%	1,116 (77.4%)	82 (5.7%)	102 (7.1%)	54 (3.7%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	86 (6.0%)	$23,364			$1,139			$22,225	75.8	78.2	168	57		362271003196
226	Fox Lane High School	Public	9-12	S Bedford Rd	Bedford	10506	Westchester County	Bedford Central School District	No	No	No	No	(914) 241-6085	1,155	117	9.8	36.5%	547 (47.4%)	34 (2.9%)	491 (42.5%)	40 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	42 (3.6%)	$32,578			$859			$31,719	75.7	71.5	316	90		361995001822
227	Whitesboro High School	Public	9-12	6000 Ny-291	Marcy	13403	Oneida County	Whitesboro Central School District	No	No	No	No	(315) 266-3216	914	70	13	27.1%	800 (87.5%)	19 (2.1%)	46 (5.0%)	14 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	33 (3.6%)	$19,346			$550			$18,797	75.6	73.6	273	46		363132004197
228	H Frank Carey High School	Public	7-12	230 Poppy Ave	Franklin Square	11010	Nassau County	Sewanhaka Central High School District	No	No	No	No	(516) 539-9400	1,644	113	14.5	20.5%	832 (50.6%)	57 (3.5%)	441 (26.8%)	281 (17.1%)	7 (0.4%)	2 (0.1%)	24 (1.5%)	$26,976			$742			$26,234	75.6	72.5	298	70		362652003628
229	Thomas High School	Public	9-12	800 Five Mile Line Rd	Webster	14580	Monroe County	Webster Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 671-7520	1,256	109	11.4	27.9%	1,005 (80.0%)	54 (4.3%)	107 (8.5%)	29 (2.3%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	55 (4.4%)	$26,762			$311			$26,451	75.6	76.6	203	26		363036004865
230	Eastport-South Manor Junior Senior High School	Public	7-12	543 Moriches-Middle Isl Rd	Manorville	11949	Suffolk County	Eastport-South Manor Central School District	No	No	No	No	(631) 801-3257	1,469	127	11.5	26.8%	1,135 (77.3%)	31 (2.1%)	254 (17.3%)	26 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (1.5%)	$33,608			$601			$33,006	75.5	76.2	209	21		360012504241

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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.