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White Plains-Area Districts Among 100 Best Places to Teach in New York
Two White Plains-area districts are among many Hudson Valley districts ranked on this new list.
WHITE PLAINS, NY — Where are the best New York school districts to teach? Well, two White Plains-area school districts are ranked among the Top 100.
New rankings by Niche.com, a company which researches data on public and private K-12 schools, have answered that question, using information about teacher salary, experience and attendance. The rankings also take into consideration the districts' academic, safety and resources.
The Hudson Valley showed up very well in the rankings, with 7 of the Top 10 and 42 in the Top 100.
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White Plains was ranked at No. 62 with Valhalla closely behind at No. 65. Click on the school district below to get more information about how they achieved the ranking.
"A high ranking indicates that the district contains great schools with exceptional teachers who are offered excellent support and compensation," according to Niche.com.
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The website says the ranking provides a "comprehensive assessment of the quality, support, and compensation a district provides to its teachers."
The list was created using data form various government and public sources, as well as opinion-based survey responses from current students, recent alumni and parents.
Here are the 100 best places to teach in New York according to Niche.com:
- 1. Jericho School District
- 2. Edgemont School District
- 3. Chappaqua Central School District
- 4. Scarsdale School District
- 5. Manhasset School District
- 6. Rye City School District
- 7. Bronxville School District
- 8. Rye Neck School District
- 9. Blind Brook-Rye School District
- 10. Roslyn School District
- 11. Briarcliff Manor School District
- 12. Cold Spring Harbor Central School District
- 13. Pleasantville School District
- 14. Great Neck School District
- 15. North Shore Central School District
- 16. Irvington Union Free School District
- 17. Syosset Central School District
- 18. Katonah-Lewisboro School District
- 19. Harrison Central School District
- 20. Garden City School District
- 21. Mineola School District
- 22. Byram Hills Central School District
- 23. Lynbrook School District
- 24. Port Washington School District
- 25. Sag Harbor School District
- 26. Carle Place School District
- 27. Westhampton Beach School District
- 28. East Hampton School District
- 29. Mamaroneck School District
- 30. Harborfields Central School District
- 31. Ardsley Union Free School District
- 32. Haldane Central School District
- 33. East Williston School District
- 34. Dobbs Ferry School District
- 35. Bedford Central School District
- 36. Pelham School District
- 37. Herricks School District
- 38. Keene Central School District
- 39. North Salem Central School District
- 40. Southold School District
- 41. Ramapo Central School District
- 42. Bethpage School District
- 43.Pearl River School District
- 44. Oyster Bay-East Norwich Central School District
- 45. Bayport-Blue Point School District
- 46. Shelter Island School District
- 47. Pittsford Central School District
- 48. Half Hollow Hills Central School District
- 49. Rhinebeck Central School District
- 50. Babylon School District
- 51. Bay Shore School District
- 52. Commack School District
- 53. South Orangetown Central School District
- 54. School District of the Tarrytowns
- 55. Bridgehampton School District
- 56. Locust Valley Central School District
- 57. Bolton Central School District
- 58. Island Trees School District
- 59. Wantagh School District
- 60. Spackenkill School District
- 61. Tuxedo School District
- 62. White Plains City School District
- 63. Southampton School District
- 64. Massapequa School District
- 65. Valhalla School District
- 66. Mattituck-Cutchogue School District
- 67. Hewlett-Woodmere School District
- 68. Hastings-on-Hudson School District
- 69. Brookhaven-Comsewogue School District
- 70. East Meadow School District
- 71. Tuckahoe School District
- 72. Red Hook Central School District
- 73. Mount Sinai School District
- 74. Connetquot Central School District
- 75. Seaford School District
- 76. Farmingdale School District
- 77. Smithtown Central School District
- 78. Oceanside School District
- 79. Nanuet School District
- 80. Elwood School District
- 81. Malverne School District
- 82. Greenburgh Central School District
- 83. South Huntington School District
- 84. Yorktown Central School District
- 85. Elmsford School District
- 86. Greenburgh-Graham School District
- 87. Clarkstown Central School District
- 88. Three Village Central School District
- 89. Mount Pleasant Central School District
- 90. Orchard Park Central School District
- 91. Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District
- 92. Eastchester School District
- 93. Northport-East Northport School District
- 94. Skaneateles Central School District
- 95. Town of Webb School District
- 96. Hendrick Hudson Central School District
- 97. Highland Falls Central School District
- 98. Brighton Central School District
- 99. Sachem Central School District
- 100. Jamesville-Dewitt Central School District
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Tom Davis and Ryan Bonner contributed to this report.
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