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White Plains School Ranked Among NY's Best Group of Teachers in 2016

The folks at reviews site Niche.com have come out with a ranking of which public high schools in the state have the best teachers.

New York's best group of high school teachers for 2016 is at Jericho Senior High School, according to a new ranking from reviews website Niche.com.

One hundred public high schools in the state are listed, and it is based on several criteria that gave the most weight to the opinions of students and parents. Click here to view the full methodology.

"Ranking based on student and parent reviews of teachers, teacher salaries, teacher absenteeism, teacher tenure, student-teacher ratio, and the Niche Academics Grade for the school," according to Niche.

Great Neck South High School in Lake Success has the second-best crop of teachers, according to Niche, followed by Scarsdale Senior High School, Great Neck North High School in Great Neck, and Byram Hills High School in North Castle.

Nationally, the best crop of teachers is at Louisiana School for Math, Science & The Arts, according to Niche, followed by New Jersey's Bergen County Technical High School - Teterboro, and Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, IL. Rounding out the top five are High Technology High School and Bergen County Academies, both in New Jersey.

Below is the list of the New York high schools with the best teachers (national rank is in parentheses):

  1. Jericho Senior High School, Jericho (#18 nationally)
  2. Great Neck South High School, Lake Success (#19)
  3. Scarsdale Senior High School, Scarsdale (#22)
  4. Great Neck North High School, Great Neck (#35)
  5. Byram Hills High School, North Castle (#47)
  6. Syosset Senior High School, Syosset (#51)
  7. Rye High School, Rye (#56)
  8. Brighton High School, Brighton (#71)
  9. Briarcliff High School, Mount Pleasant (#90)
  10. Herricks High School, Searingtown
  11. Pittsford-Mendon High School, Pittsford
  12. Horace Greeley High School, New Castle
  13. Pittsford Sutherland High School, Pittsford
  14. Half Hollow Hills High School East, Dix Hills
  15. Edgemont Junior/Senior High School, Scarsdale
  16. Roslyn High School, Roslyn Heights
  17. Ardsley High School, Ardsley
  18. Harborfields High School, Greenlawn
  19. Pelham Memorial High School, Pelham
  20. Commack High School, Commack
  21. Wheatley School, Old Westbury
  22. Harrison High School, Harrison
  23. Fayetteville-Manlius Senior High School, Manlius
  24. Skaneateles Senior High School, Skaneateles
  25. White Plains Senior High School, White Plains
  26. Westhampton Beach Senior High School, Westhampton Beach
  27. Bronxville High School, Bronxville
  28. Rye Neck Senior High School, Rye
  29. Williamsville East High School, Amherst
  30. Bay Shore Senior High School, Bay Shore
  31. Dobbs Ferry High School, Dobbs Ferry
  32. Suffern Senior High School, Montebello
  33. Niskayuna High School, Niskayuna
  34. Clarkstown North Senior High School, New City
  35. South Side High School, Rockville Centre
  36. Locust Valley High School, Lattingtown
  37. Oceanside High School, Oceanside
  38. Sleepy Hollow High School, Sleepy Hollow
  39. John Jay High School, Lewisboro
  40. George W. Hewlett High School, Hewlett Bay Park
  41. Clarkstown South Senior High School, Bardonia
  42. Floral Park Memorial High School, Floral Park
  43. Elmont Memorial High School, Elmont
  44. Bethpage Senior High School, Bethpage
  45. Southampton High School, Southampton
  46. Half Hollow Hills High School West, Dix Hills
  47. Hastings High School, Hastings-on-Hudson
  48. Paul D. Schreiber Senior High School, Port Washington
  49. Manhasset Secondary School, Manhasset
  50. Mamaroneck High School, Mamaroneck
  51. North Salem Middle/High School, North Salem
  52. Sanford H. Calhoun High School, Merrick
  53. New Hartford Senior High School, New Hartford
  54. Croton-Harmon High School, Croton-on-Hudson
  55. Smithtown High School East, St. James
  56. Carle Place Middle Senior High School, Carle Place
  57. Walt Whitman High School, West Hills
  58. Cold Spring Harbor High School, Cold Spring Harbor
  59. North Shore Senior High School, Glen Head
  60. Earl L. Vandermeulen High School, Port Jefferson
  61. Ossining High School, Ossining
  62. Smithtown High School - Western Campus, Smithtown
  63. John F. Kennedy High School, Bellmore
  64. Williamsville North High School, Amherst
  65. Garden City High School, Garden City
  66. Pleasantville High School, Pleasantville
  67. Arlington High School, Freedom Plains
  68. Fox Lane High School, Bedford
  69. Yorktown High School, Yorktown
  70. Yonkers High School, Yonkers
  71. New Rochelle High School, New Rochelle
  72. Penfield Senior High School, Penfield
  73. Mount Sinai High School, Mount Sinai
  74. P.S. 195 - City Honors School, Buffalo
  75. Victor Senior High School, Victor
  76. Baldwin Senior High School, Baldwin
  77. Nyack Senior High School, Valley Cottage
  78. Wellington C. Mepham High School, North Bellmore
  79. Lynbrook Senior High School, Lynbrook
  80. Tappan Zee High School, Orangeburg
  81. Spackenkill High School, Spackenkill
  82. East Meadow High School, East Meadow
  83. Williamsville South High School, Amherst
  84. Ward Melville Senior High School, Brookhaven
  85. Ithaca Senior High School, Ithaca
  86. P.S. 304 - Hutchinson Central Technical High School, Buffalo
  87. Ballston Spa Senior High School, Ballston
  88. Rhinebeck Senior High School, Rhinebeck
  89. Charles W. Baker High School, Baldwinsville
  90. Bethlehem Central Senior High School, Bethlehem
  91. New Paltz Senior High School, New Paltz
  92. Long Beach Senior High School, Lido Beach
  93. Haldane High School, Cold Spring
  94. James I. O'Neill High School, Fort Montgomery
  95. Jamesville-Dewitt High School, De Witt
  96. Somers Senior High School, Somers
  97. Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School, Plainview
  98. Pierson Middle/High School, Sag Harbor
  99. Massapequa High School, East Massapequa
  100. Gen. Douglas MacArthur Senior High School, Levittown

Click here to view the full New York list, and click here to view the full national list.

Photo credit: U.S. Department of Education

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