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White Plains on 2016 Best School Districts in New York List
Niche's list ranks districts based on teaching statistics and ratings from students and parents.

Have you ever wondered how your school district ranks in comparison to others in New York?
Niche.com recently released its 2016 list of the best school districts throughout the nation and in the state of New York, and White Plains received high marks.
In addition to naming the overall best high schools, Niche.com also ranked schools with the best extracurriculars, facilities, food, outcomes, sports and more.
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White Plains received all As, with an A+ in teachers and in student culture and diversity.
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Niche ranked thousands of districts based on dozens of statistics and 27 million opinions from 300,000 students and parents. Read how this ranking was calculated here.
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Six Hudson Valley school districts made the national list of the top 100 districts in the country, including Rye in the No. 8 spot.
Here are the local school districts that appeared on the national list (note that Niche listed the location of school districts based on the larger township they are a part of):
8. Rye City School District, Rye
26. Chappaqua Central School District, New Castle
29. Scarsdale Union Free School District, Scarsdale
40. Edgemont Union Free School District, Greenburgh
46. Byram Hills Central School District, North Castle
91. Bronxville Union Free School District, Eastchester
The top 100 school districts in New York as ranked by Niche.com (Hudson Valley districts in bold):
- Jericho School District, Oyster Bay
- Rye City School District, Rye
- Chappaqua Central School District, New Castle
- Great Neck School District, North Hempstead
- Scarsdale School District, Scarsdale
- Edgemont School District, Greenburgh
- Byram Hills Central School District, North Castle
- Pittsford Central School District, Pittsford
- Syosset Central School District, Oyster Bay
- Bronxville School District, Bronxville
- Port Washington School District, North Hempstead
- Ardsley School District, Greenburgh
- Brighton Central School District, Brighton
- Roslyn School District, North Hempstead
- Harborfields Central School District, Huntington
- Briarcliff Manor School District, Briarcliff Manor
- Manhasset School District, North Hempstead
- Blind Brook-Rye School District, Rye
- Rye Neck School District, Rye/Mamaroneck
- Fayetteville-Manlius Central School District, Manlius
- Katonah-Lewisboro School District, Lewisboro
- Herricks School District, North Hempstead
- Cold Spring Harbor Central School District, Oyster Bay
- Mamaroneck School District, Mamaroneck
- Hewlett-Woodmere School District, Hempstead
- Harrison Central School District, Harrison
- Garden City School District, Garden City
- Hastings-on-Hudson School District, Greenburgh
- East Williston School District, North Hempstead
- Bedford Central School District, Bedford
- Pelham School District, Pelham
- Westhampton Beach School District, Southampton
- Half Hollow Hills Central School District, Huntington
- North Shore Central School District, Oyster Bay
- North Salem Central School District, North Salem
- Ramapo Central School District, Ramapo
- Williamsville Central School District, Amherst
- Dobbs Ferry School District, Greenburgh
- Skaneateles Central School District, Skaneateles
- Penfield Central School District, Penfield
- Lynbrook School District, Hempstead
- Irvington School District, Greenburgh
- White Plains City School District, White Plains
- Niskayuna Central School District, Niskayuna
- Bay Shore School District, Islip
- South Orangetown Central School District, Orangetown
- Southampton School District, Southampton
- Jamesville-Dewitt Central School District, De Witt
- New Hartford Central School District, New Hartford
- Bethpage School District, Oyster Bay
- Croton-Harmon School District, Cortlandt
- Oyster Bay-East Norwich Central School District, Oyster Bay
- Bethlehem Central School District, Bethlehem
- Yorktown Central School District, Yorktown
- Clarkstown Central School District, Clarkstown
- Haldane Central School District, Philipstown
- Commack School District, Commack
- Union Free School District of the Tarrytowns, Mount Pleasant
- Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, Hempstead
- South Huntington School District, Huntington
- Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District, Oyster Bay
- East Hampton School District, East Hampton
- Rockville Centre School District, Hempstead
- New Rochelle City School District, New Rochelle
- Oceanside School District, Hempstead
- Carle Place School District, North Hempstead
- Mattituck-Cutchogue School District, Southold
- Somers Central School District, Somers
- Ithaca City School District, Danby
- Honeoye Falls-Lima Central School District, Mendon
- Nanuet School District, Clarkstown
- Orchard Park Central School District, Orchard Park
- Hamilton Central School District, Hamilton
- Locust Valley Central School District, Oyster Bay
- Victor Central School District, Victor
- Clarence Central School District, Clarence
- Sag Harbor School District, Southampton
- Pleasantville School District, Mount Pleasant
- Spackenkill School District, Poughkeepsie
- Red Hook Central School District, Red Hook
- Smithtown Central School District, Smithtown
- Mount Sinai School District, Brookhaven
- Nyack School District, Clarkstown
- Keene Central School District, Keene
- Northport-East Northport School District, Huntington
- Three Village Central School District, Brookhaven
- Sewanhaka Central High School District, Hempstead
- Lansing Central School District, Lansing
- Fairport Central School District, Perinton
- Babylon School District, Babylon
- Warwick Valley Central School District, Warwick
- Huntington School District, Huntington
- Port Jefferson School District, Brookhaven
- Hendrick Hudson Central School District, Cortlandt
- Guilderland Central School District, Guilderland
- Lakeland Central School District, Cortlandt
- Valley Stream Central High School District, Hempstead
- West Irondequoit Central School District, Irondequoit
- East Meadow School District, Hempstead
- Highland Falls Central School District, Highlands
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