Pelham's Among Best Public Elementary Schools in NY For 2017: Report

PELHAM, NY — A new list that ranks the quality of public elementary schools in New York includes Siwanoy, Colonial, Prospect Hill and Hutchinson elementary schools in Pelham. See where they ranked, below.

Niche.com has compiled its top 100 public elementary schools for 2017 using data from the U.S. Department of Education along with student and parent feedback.

Look up all the schools here.

Some of the data includes state test scores, student-teacher ratio, diversity, teacher quality, and the overall quality of the school district, according to Niche.com.

In Niche's nationwide rankings of the top 100 public schools in America, no Hudson Valley schools cracked the list.

In looking at the top 100 public schools in New York, a couple of trends are very obvious. If you can swing it financially, you'll find the most high-ranked schools are in lower Hudson Valley communities like Katonah-Lewisboro, Mamaroneck, Pelham, Rye, Scarsdale and Suffern.

Here is where Hudson Valley elementary schools fall on Niche's list of top schools in New York:

9. Seely Place School, Scarsdale
10. Walt Whitman Elementary School, Woodbury
11 Greenville School, Scarsdale
12 Todd Elementary School, Briarcliff Manor
17 Douglas G. Grafflin School, Chappaqua
21 Bronxville Elementary School, Bronxville
26 Edgewood School, Scarsdale
27 Wampus School, Armonk
29 Hillside Elementary School, Hastings On Hudson
32 Westorchard School, Chappaqua
33 Roaring Brook School Chappaqua
34 Katonah Elementary School, Katonah
35 Quaker Ridge School, Scarsdale
37 Greenacres Elementary School, Scarsdale
42 Midland School, Rye
43 Heathcote School, Scarsdale
45 Fox Meadow School, Scarsdale

46 Siwanoy School, Pelham
47 Meadow Pond Elementary School, South Salem
50 Colonial School, Pelham
51 Lewisboro Elementary School, South Salem
52 Increase Miller Elementary School, Goldens Bridge
53 Milton School, Rye
57 Osborn School, Rye
58 Cherry Lane Elementary School, Suffern
61 Prospect Hill School, Pelham
62 Hutchinson Elementary School, Pelham
66 Main Street School, Irvington
69 Richard P. Connor Elementary School, Suffern
75 Chatsworth Avenue School, Larchmont
78 Central School, Larchmont
80 Bedford Road School, Pleasantville
83 West Patent Elementary School, Bedford Hills
85 Dows Lane Elementary School, Irvington
94 Viola Elementary School, Suffern
96 Murray Avenue School, Larchmont
97 Concord Road Elementary School, Ardsley
100 Laurel Plains Elementary School, New City

For the full methodology, See how this ranking was calculated.
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