Nanuet Among Best School Districts For 2018

NANUET, NY — As the 2017-18 school year kicks off, parents and students heading to their first day of school can see how their district stacks up against others in the state and across the country. Niche.com has released its annual rankings of best schools and school districts. Nanuet is among New York's Top 100.

Nanuet was ranked No. 89. It got an overall grade of A.

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Here are the Hudson Valley districts in New York's Top 100 (the lowest overall grade is an A):

• Edgemont No. 5
• Scarsdale No. 6
• Rye Neck No. 10
• Rye City No. 11
• Briarcliff Manor No. 12
• Bronxville No. 13
• Byram Hills No. 14
• Hastings-on-Hudson No. 16
• Ardsley No. 20
• Pelham No. 22
• Chappaqua No. 24
• Ramapo Central No. 26
• Katonah-Lewisboro No. 28
• Mamaroneck No. 31
• Bedford No. 38
• Irvington No. 40
• Harrison No. 42
• Pleasantville No. 43
• Blind Brook No. 44
• White Plains No. 49
• Eastchester No. 52
• Yorktown No. 54
• Dobbs Ferry No. 56
• Croton-Harmon No. 57
• North Salem No. 62
• Nyack No. 68
• South Orangetown No. 71
• Haldane No. 73
• Tarrytowns No. 76
• Cornwall No. 77
• Clarkstown No. 78
• Spackenkill No. 79
• Arlington No. 85
• Somers No. 86
• Nanuet No. 89
• Tuckahoe No. 92
• New Rochelle No. 94
• New Paltz No. 95

According to Niche, the best school district in the country is the Solon City School District in Solon, Ohio. With an overall Niche grade of A+, the district received a grade of A+ in academics, teachers, clubs and activities, college prep and health and safety. In the category of diversity, Niche awarded the school district an A-.

Edgemont and its next-door-neighbor Scarsdale were on the list of Top 50 school districts in America, barely: Edgemont ranked No. 48 and Scarsdale No. 49. (Get Patch’s daily newsletter, news alerts and updates.)

To arrive at its rankings, Niche looked at data from the U.S. Department of Education as well as test scores, college data and ratings collected from Niche users. The methodology for each category of ranking varied. (Click here for more information on how Niche calculates its rankings.)

Niche assigns a standardized score for each factor, which is then weighted before an overall score is calculated for each school district. The overall scores are again standardized, and some districts are disqualified from receiving a final letter grade if there isn’t enough data. School districts are then ranked numerically and assigned grades.

Niche’s data for its K-12 school district rankings comes from various sources including the U.S. Department of Education, the National Center for Education Statistics and the Civil Rights Data Collection. The rankings also rely on data that is self-reported by Niche users and schools. (Click here to learn more about where Niche’s data comes from.)

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