Local School Districts Among Nation's Best, Report Says

By ALFRED BRANCH (Patch Staff)

The Edgemont Union Free School District is the nation’s best, according to a new report by Niche.com.

The website ranked the Top 100 districts based on various factors such as the quality of its Academics, Extracurriculars & Activities, Student Culture & Diversity, and Teachers.

According to Niche, it “ranks more than 100,000 public and private schools and districts based on dozens of statistics and 27 million opinions from 300,000 students and parents.”

Click here to view Niche’s full ranking methodology.

The Westchester districts listed in the Top 100 were:

• Rye City School District #8
• Chappaqua Central School District #10
• Blind Brook-Rye Union Free School District #17
• Bronxville Union Free School District #20
• Rye Neck Union Free School District #22
• Byram Hills Union Free School District #40
• Mamaroneck Union Free School District #42
• Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District #60
• Ardsley Union Free School District #63
• Irvington Union Free School District #81

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Here are some of the other school rankings the website has come up with recently:

• New York’s Best Private High Schools
• ‘Best 100 Middle Schools in New York’ List Released
• ‘Best 100 Elementary Schools in New York’ List Released