Hendrick Hudson Named a Top High School by Newsweek

The Hendrick Hudson School District, located in Montrose, N.Y., is proud to announce that Hendrick Hudson High School has been named one of America’s top high schools in Newsweek’s 2014 High School Rankings.

The school placed 248 on the list of 500 schools, which were selected from more than 14,000 public high schools nationwide.

Newsweek’s High School Rankings are designed to be a guide for parents and students to identify schools that do the best job of preparing students for college and careers.

“This is a great accomplishment and speaks volumes about the caliber of staff and students we have at Hendrick Hudson High School,” said high school Principal James Mackin. “Hendrick Hudson is a great high school and we should be extremely proud as a community for this recognition.”

Superintendent Joseph E. Hochreiter added, “These accolades are the result of focused students, committed staff and leadership. This recognition is well-deserved.”

In a new development, the 2014 recognitions include two sets of rankings: an absolute list and a relative list called “America’s Top High Schools for Low-Income Students.” Hendrick Hudson is part of the absolute list.

For the absolute rankings, Newsweek ranked schools by their college readiness index scores. A college readiness score is based on six indicators: Enrollment Rate—25 percent; Graduation Rate—20 percent; Weighted Advance Placement/International Baccalaureate composite—17.5 percent; Weighted SAT/ACT test composite—17.5 percent; Holding Power (change in student enrollment between 9th-12th grades; this measure is intended to control for student attrition)—10 percent; and Counselor-to-Student Ratio —10 percent.

For more information, visit: Newsweek High School Rankings, 2014.