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Yorktown, Somers, Croton High Schools in Top 100 Statewide

A new report ranks all of the public high schools in New York and we let you know how yours fared.

Niche.com, a rankings and review site, has compiled its list of “2016 Best Public High Schools in New York.”

These rankings are based on state test scores, college readiness, graduation rates, SAT/ACT scores, teacher quality, student and parent reviews, and more.

Niche.com compiled a nationwide list of all high schools with 11 New York schools in the top 50, including No. 19 Rye High School, No. 40 Chappaqua’s Horace Greeley High School, No. 46 Scarsdale High School and No. 50 Blind Brook High School in Rye Brook.

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According to Niche.com, the top 5 public high schools are: No. 1. Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan, N.Y., No. 2 High Technology High School in Lincroft, N.J., No. 3. Staten Island Technical High School in Staten Island, N.Y., No. 4. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Virginia, and No. 5 Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Illinois.

Somers Senior High School in Lincolndale was 86th in the state and 621st in the United States, while Yorktown High School in Yorktown Heights came in at No. 87 statewide and No. 623 in the nation. Croton-Harmon High School was ranked 94th in the state and 709th in the nation. Click on each high school’s name to see the complete ranking.

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For the complete listing of all high schools, go here.

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