Hudson Valley's Best Public & Private Schools: New Rankings Are Out

HUDSON VALLEY, NY — A number of schools in the Hudson Valley are among America’s best, according to rankings released Tuesday by the education platform Niche.

The new 2023 Best Schools and Districts rankings provide insight for parents on 92,743 public schools, 30,112 private schools and 11,820 school districts nationwide.

Of the top 25 public school districts in New York, eight were in the Hudson Valley. Of the top 25 public high schools in New York, five were in the Hudson Valley. Of the top 25 private high schools in New York, three were in the Hudson Valley.

See where your local schools ranked.

Here are the top 25 public school districts in New York, according to Niche:

1. Great Neck Public Schools
2. Jericho Union Free School District
3. Syosset Central School District
4. Roslyn Union Free School District
5. Scarsdale Union Free School District (Scarsdale)
6. Hewlett-Woodmere Union Free School District
7. Herricks Union Free School District
8. Half Hollow Hills Central School District
9. Manhasset Union Free School District
10. East Williston Union Free School District
11. Chappaqua Central School District (Chappaqua)
12. Bronxville Union Free School District (Bronxville)
13. Byram Hills Central School District (Armonk)
14. Brighton Central School District
15. Bellmore Merrick Central School District
16. Edgemont Union Free School District (Scarsdale)
17. Pelham Union Free School District (Pelham)
18. Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District (Briarcliff Manor)
19. Pittsford Central School District
20. Bethpage Union Free School District
21. Rye City School District (Rye)
22. North Shore Central School District
23. Port Washington Union Free School District
24. Plainview-Old Beth Page Central School District
25. Harborfields Central School District

Here are the top 25 public high schools in New York, according to Niche:

1. Bronx High School of Science
2. Stuyvesant High School
3. Staten Island Technical High School
4. Townsend Harris High School
5. Jericho Senior High School
6. Great Neck South high School
7. High School of American Studies at Lehman College
8. High School of Math, Science and Engineering at the City College of New York
9. Syosset Senior High School
10. Roslyn High School
11. Manhasset Secondary School
12. Brooklyn Technical High School
13. Scarsdale Senior High School (Scarsdale)
14. Herricks High School
15. Bard High School Early College Queens
16. Half Hollow Hills High School West
17. Horace Greeley High School (Chappaqua)
18. Great Neck North High School
19. Half Hollow Hills High School East
20. Eleanor Roosevelt High School
21. Pelham Memorial High School (Pelham)
22. Bard High School Early College
23. Rye High School (Rye)
24. Byram Hills High School (Armonk)
25. Baccalaureate School for Global Education

Here are the top 25 private high schools in New York, according to Niche:

1. Trinity School
2. Riverdale Country School
3. The Brearley School
4. Regis High School
5. Horace Mann School
6. Collegiate School
7. Convent of the Sacred Heart
8. The Spence School
9. Rye Country Day School (Rye)
10. The Nightingale-Bamford School
11. Dalton School
12. Lycée Français de New York
13. Avenues the World School
14. The Chapin School
15. Dwight Global Online School
16. Marymount School of New York
17. Friends Academy
18. The Browning School
19. Hackley School (Tarrytown)
20. Saint Ann's School
21. BASIS Independent Brooklyn
22. Poly Prep Country Day School
23. ECFS - Fieldston Middle/Upper School
24. Packer Collegiate Institute
25. French-American School of New York (Mamaroneck)

You can view the full rankings here.

Niche said its rankings differ from others that rely almost exclusively on test scores and academic performance in that it also includes input from students, alumni and parents, as well as quantitative data from sources such as the U.S. Department of Education to evaluate teachers, resources and facilities.

Niche named the Adlai E. Stevenson High School District in Lincolnshire, Illinois, the top school district in the country and the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, North Carolina, the top public school. Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, was named the best private school in the nation.

The study's authors said the rankings were created to provide families with valuable information — both quantitative and qualitative — on schools in their area or in a neighborhood they’re not familiar with yet.

As in previous years, the Best Schools rankings include categories for boarding, charter and magnet schools, as well as schools for STEM and the arts, among many others.