Niche Ranks Best Huntington Schools

HUNTINGTON, NY — Several schools within the Town of Huntington have been named among the top schools in the state, according to new rankings released Monday by Niche.

That includes schools in the Northport-East Northport Union Free School District, Huntington Union Free School District, Harborfields Central School District, South Huntington Union Free School District, Elwood Union Free School District, Half Hollow Hills Central School District, Commack Union Free School District, Deer Park Union Free School District, Kings Park Central School District Hauppage Union Free School District, Syosset Central School District, Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District and Cold Spring Harbor Central School District.

Here are the best schools in the area and their rankings:

• Half Hollow Hills High School West — 31st ranked public high school in the state.
• Half Hollow Hills High School East — 37th ranked public high school in the state.
• Harborfields High School — 40th ranked public high school in the state.
• Candlewood Middle School — 15th ranked public middle school in the state.
• Walt Whitman High School — 57th ranked public high school in the state.
• Otsego Elementary School — 45th ranked public elementary school in the state.
• Cold Spring Harbor High School — 73rd ranked public high school in the state.
• Saint Anthony's High School — 80th ranked private high school in the state.
• Paumanok Elementary School — 70th ranked public elementary school in the state.
• Signal Hill Elementary School — 71st ranked public elementary school in the state
• West Hollow Middle School — 33rd ranked public middle school in the state.
• Vanderbilt Elementary School — 73rd ranked public elementary school in the state.
• Huntington High School — 95th ranked public high school in the state.
• Commack High School — 98th ranked public high school in the state.
• Thomas J. Lahey Elementary School — 129th ranked public elementary school in the state.
• Oldfield Middle School — 64th ranked public middle school in the state.
• Lloyd Harbor School — 152nd ranked public elementary school in the state.
• Commack Middle School — 79th ranked public middle school in the state.
• John H. Glenn High School — 116th ranked public high school in the state.
• Sunquam Elementary School — 187th ranked public elementary school in the state.
• Northport Senior High School — 121st ranked public high school in the state.
• Henry L. Stimson Middle School — 131st ranked public middle school in the state.
• Norwood Avenue School — 275th ranked public elementary school in the state.
• James H. Boyd Intermediate School — 280th ranked elementary school in the state.
• Elwood Middle School — 135th ranked middle school in the state.
• Fort Salonga Elementary School — 330th ranked elementary school in the state.
• Silas Wood Sixth Grade Center — 162nd ranked middle school in the state.
• Northport Middle School — 165th ranked middle school in the state.
• East Northport Middle School — 171st ranked public middle school in the state.
• Bellerose Elementary School — 372nd ranked public elementary school in the state.
• Fifth Avenue Elementary School — 433rd ranked public elementary school in the state.
• Sawmill Intermediate School — 437th ranked public elementary school in the state.
• Ocean Avenue School — 439th ranked public elementary school in the state.
• Burr Intermediate School — 443rd ranked public elementary school in the state.
• J. Taylor Finley Middle School — 226th ranked middle school in the state.
• Jack Abrams STEM Magnet School — 595th ranked public elementary school in the state.
• Dickinson Avenue Elementary School — 620th ranked public elementary school in the state.
• Pulaski Road School — 812th ranked public elementary school in the state.
• Maplewood Intermediate School — 814th ranked public elementary school in the state.
• Flower Hill School — 824th ranked public elementary school in the state.
• Jefferson Primary School — 900th ranked public elementary school in the state.
• Birchwood Intermediate School — 946th ranked public elementary school in the state.
• Southdown School — 959th ranked public elementary school in the state.
• Woodhull Intermediate School — 427th ranked public middle school in the state.
• Upper Room Christian School — 230th ranked private high school in the state.
• Sunquam Elementary School — 187th ranked public elementary school in the state.

Niche looked at more than 94,000 public schools, 4,100 private schools and nearly 11,000 school districts across the country. The rankings are meant to help parents and students find schools that best fit their needs.

“Unlike traditional school rankings, which rely almost exclusively on test scores and academic performance, Niche’s rankings provide a real-life view of what it’s like to attend a given school,” the company said in a news release.

Comments from current students, alumni, and parents are included in the analysis, as well as observations about things like campus life, extracurricular activities, sports options, diversity, and programs for gifted and special needs students.

“Parents and students need more than test-score data,” Luke Skurman, CEO at Niche, said in the news release. “They need to understand what it’s really like to attend a school before they start the application or registration process.”

For the first time, Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire, and Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology in Alexandria, Virginia, were ranked the top private and public high schools, respectively, in the nation.

2020 top public high schools:

1. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology
2. Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
3. Walter Payton College Prep
4. Stuyvesant High School
5. Bergen County Academies

2020 top private high schools

1. Phillips Exeter Academy
2. St. Mark’s School of Texas
3. Phillips Academy
4. The College Preparatory School
5. Trinity School