White Plains Ranked Among Best Middle Schools in New York

Niche.com has released its 2016 rankings of public middle schools across the country, and White Plains made the New York list. 

It clocked in at No. 70 on the list of the top 100.

Last year, 33 lower- and mid-Hudson Valley schools made the list in Niche's 2015 rankings.

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A high ranking, according to Niche, indicates that a school “is an exceptional academic institution with a diverse set of high-achieving students and faculty, and the students are very happy with their experiences.”

Here are the Hudson Valley schools that made the 2016 top 100 list in New York and their respective rankings (click the links for more details on each school’s ranking):

3. Rye Middle School
4. Scarsdale Middle School

5. H.C. Crittenden Middle School
6. Robert E. Bell School
7. Seven Bridges Middle School
10. Briarcliff Middle School
13. Ardsley Middle School
18. Bronxville Middle School
20. Blind Brook-Rye Middle School
22. Rye Neck Middle School
23. John Jay Middle School
24. Pelham Middle School
26. Hommocks Middle School
31. Farragut Middle School
34. Irvington Middle School
39. Louis M. Klein Middle School
41. Dobbs Ferry Middle School
43. Suffern Middle School
45. Pleasantville Middle School
48. Pierre Van Cortlandt School
50. Fox Lane Middle School
54. Mildred E. Strang Middle School
57. Felix Festa Determination Middle School
58. Felix Festa Character Middle School
70. White Plains Middle School
71. A. MacArthur Barr Middle School
75. Somers Middle School
79. Felix Festa Achievement Middle School
84. Orville A. Todd Middle School
85. Bulkeley Middle School
88. Sleepy Hollow Middle School
91. Albert Leonard Middle School
94. South Orangetown Middle School
95. Eastchester Middle School

See the full state list and read about the methodology here.You can also search for schools outside the top 100. 

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