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New Ranking: Yorktown High in Top 100 in NY

US News and World Report released its 2016 high school rankings Tuesday.

Yorktown High School got a Silver Medal from US News and World Report in its new list of the nation's high schools.

SEE: 25 Best Hudson Valley High Schools: U.S. News Rankings 2016

Ranked No. 79 among New York state's high schools, Yorktown High School received a National Ranking of 708. It scored 49.7 out of 100 on the College Readiness Index, as the magazine pointed out that students have the opportunity to take Advanced Placement® coursework and exams. The AP® participation rate at Yorktown High School is 60 percent.

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Here are the local high schools in US News and World Report's ranking of top 200 New York high schools:

10 Rye High School, Rye

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31 Rye Neck Senior High School, Mamaroneck, Rye Brook

32 Blind Brook High School, Rye Brook

33 Hastings High School, Hastings-on-Hudson

35 Irvington High School, Irvington

43 Croton-Harmon High School, Croton-on-Hudson

44 Briarcliff High School, Briarcliff Manor

46 Harrison High School, Harrison

47 John Jay High School, Cross River

48 Mamaroneck High School, Mamaroneck

49 Fox Lane High School, Bedford

86 Pearl River High School, Pearl River

88 Tuckahoe High School, Eastchester

90 Sleepy Hollow High School, Sleepy Hollow

92 Rhinebeck Senior High School, Rhinebeck

96 Spackenkill High School, Poughkeepsie

146 Carmel High School, Carmel

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