New Ranking Of The Hudson Valley’s Top 15 Public High Schools Released By U.S. News

NEW YORK — 15 public high schools in the Hudson Valley earned the highest spots in the state in U.S. News & World Report’s 2026-2027 Best High Schools.

U.S. News evaluated about 27,000 eligible public high schools nationwide and ranked nearly 18,000 of them.

Here are the top 15 high schools in the Hudson Valley, along with their state and national rankings:

1. Harrison High School, Harrison, NY — No. 4 in New York State, No. 211 Nationally
2. Dobbs Ferry High School, Dobbs Ferry, NY — No. 7 in New York State, No. 410 Nationally
3. Yonkers High School, Yonkers, NY — No. 9 in New York State, No. 521 Nationally
4. Putnam Valley High School, Putnam Valley, NY — No. 16 in New York State, No. 1,742 Nationally
5. Somers High School, Lincolndale, NY — No. 17 in New York State, No. 1,994 Nationally
6. Port Chester Senior High School, Port Chester, NY — No. 19 in New York State, No. 2,413 Nationally
7. Woodlands Senior High School, Hartsdale, NY — No. 24 in New York State, No. 2,693 Nationally
8. Edgemont Junior-Senior High School, Scarsdale, NY — No. 33 in New York State, No. 3,291 Nationally
9. Red Hook Senior High School, Red Hook, NY — No. 37 in New York State, No. 3,532 Nationally
10. Scarsdale Senior High School, Scarsdale, NY — No. 40 in New York State, No. 3,866 Nationally
11. Briarcliff High School, Briarcliff, NY — No. 44 in New York State, No. 4,326 Nationally
12. Bronxville High School, Bronxville, NY — No. 50 in New York State, No. 4,735 Nationally
13. Clarkstown South High School, West Nyack, NY — No. 51 in New York State, No. 4,745 Nationally
14. Hastings High School, Hastings On Hudson, NY — No. 53 in New York State, No. 4,891 Nationally
15. Rye High School, Rye, NY — No. 57 in New York State, No. 5,027 Nationally

The rankings are based on six performance measures, including student achievement on state-required assessments, graduation rates and college readiness.

U.S. News also considers how well schools serve underserved students, participation and performance on Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate exams, curriculum breadth and overall student outcomes.

The rankings use data from the 2023-2024 school year and were produced with research firm RTI International.

Massachusetts had the largest share of high schools ranked in the top 25 percent nationally, at 47 percent, followed by New Jersey at 44 percent and Maryland at 43 percent.

Among metropolitan areas with a significant number of ranked schools, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California, had the largest share in the national top quarter, at 60 percent. McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas, followed at 59 percent, and Milwaukee-Waukesha, Wisconsin, at 56 percent.

Central Magnet School in Tennessee topped the national ranking, followed by Signature School in Indiana and Julia R. Masterman Secondary School in Pennsylvania.

Signature School also ranked first among charter schools. High Technology High School in New Jersey ranked first among STEM high schools.

The full rankings are available at U.S. News & World Report.