U.S. News Ranks Horace Greeley High School as One of the Best in Westchester

The verdict is out on the top high schools in New York State after U.S. News & World Report released its rankings Tuesday.

Horace Greeley High School is among them.

The latest rankings, released Tuesday, put the school at No. 25 in New York State and No. 169 in the country.

Rankings are based on student to teacher ratios, college readiness with regard to Advanced Placement exam scores, and proficiency in mathematics and English.

Of the 81 percent of HGHS students who take AP exams, 69 percent of them pass, according to the report. About 96 percent of students are proficient in math and 98 percent are proficient in English.

HGHS has a 12:1 student to teacher ratio.

There were 439 New York high schools that made the rankings.

See the full rankings for best High Schools in New York from U.S. New & World Report.

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