The 100 Best School Districts in New York

Have you ever wondered how your school district ranks in comparison to others in New York?

Niche.com recently released its 2015 list of the best school districts throughout the nation and in the state of New York, and many schools you’ll recognize received high ranks.

In addition to naming the overall best high schools, Niche.com also ranked schools with the best extracurriculars, facilities, food, outcomes, sports and more.

Niche ranked thousands of districts based on dozens of statistics and 27 million opinions from 300,000 students and parents. Read how this ranking was calculated here.

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Nine Long Island school districts made the national list of the top-100 districts in the country, including Jericho in the No. 2 spot.

Here are all of the Long Island school districts that appeared on the national list (note that Niche listed the location of school districts based on the larger township they are a part of):

• Jericho School District, Oyster Bay (2)
• Great Neck School District, North Hempstead (6)
• Manhasset School District, North Hempstead (13)
• Roslyn School District, North Hempstead (24)
• Syosset Central School District, Oyster Bay (27)
• Port Washington School District, North Hempstead (32)
• Harborfields Central School District, Huntington (43)
• Cold Spring Harbor Central School District, Oyster Bay (55)
• Garden City School District, Hempstead (76)

The top-100 school districts in New York as ranked by Niche.com:

1. Edgemont School District, Greenburgh

2. Jericho School District, Oyster Bay

3. Scarsdale School District, Scarsdale

4. Great Neck School District, North Hempstead

5. Pittsford Central School District, Pittsford

6. Rye City School District, Rye

7. Chappaqua Central School District, New Castle

8. Manhasset School District, North Hempstead

9. Blind Brook-Rye School District, Rye

10. Bronxville School District, Bronxville

11. Rye Neck School District, Rye

12. Roslyn School District, North Hempstead

13. Syosset Central School District, Oyster Bay

14. Port Washington School District, North Hempstead

15. Byram Hills Central School District, North Castle

16. Brighton Central School District, Brighton

17. Mamaroneck School District, Mamaroneck

18. Harborfields Central School District, Huntington

19. Briarcliff Manor School District, Briarcliff Manor

21. Ardsley School District, Greenburgh

22. Garden City School District, Hempstead

23. Irvington School District, Greenburgh

24. Katonah-Lewisboro School District, Lewisboro

25. Harrison Central School District, Harrison

26. Pelham School District, Pelham

27. Fayetteville-Manlius Central School District, Manlius

28. Bedford Central School District, Bedford

29. Half Hollow Hills Central School District, Huntington

30. Westhampton Beach School District, Southampton

31. Penfield Central School District, Penfield

32. Ramapo Central School District, Ramapo

33. Herricks School District, North Hempstead

34. Jamesville-Dewitt Central School District, De Witt

35. Dobbs Ferry School District, Greenburgh

36. Keene Central School District, Keene

37. Mineola School District, North Hempstead

38. Pleasantville School District, Mount Pleasant

39. Williamsville Central School District, Amherst

40. East Williston School District, North Hempstead

41. Oyster Bay-East Norwich Central School District, Oyster Bay

42. Hewlett-Woodmere School District, Hempstead

43. South Orangetown Central School District, Orangetown

44. Commack School District, Commack

45. North Salem Central School District, North Salem

46. Hastings-on-Hudson School District, Greenburgh

47. Carle Place School District, North Hempstead

48. Lynbrook School District, Hempstead

49. North Shore Central School District, Oyster Bay

50. Red Hook Central School District, Red Hook

51. Haldane Central School District, Philipstown

52. Spackenkill School District, Poughkeepsie

53. Bayport-Blue Point School District, Brookhaven

54. Pearl River School District, Orangetown

55. Sag Harbor School District, Southampton

56. Bethpage School District, Oyster Bay

57. Clarkstown Central School District, Clarkstown

58. Skaneateles Central School District, Skaneateles

59. Bethlehem Central School District, Bethlehem

60. Orchard Park Central School District, Orchard Park

61. New Hartford Central School District, New Hartford

62. Oceanside School District, Hempstead

63. Smithtown Central School District, Smithtown

64. Hamilton Central School District, Hamilton

65. Bay Shore School District, Islip

66. East Hampton School District, East Hampton

67. Locust Valley Central School District, Oyster Bay

68. South Huntington School District, Huntington

69. Southampton School District, Southampton

70. Voorheesville Central School District, New Scotland

71. Clarence Central School District, Clarence

72. Niskayuna Central School District, Niskayuna

73. Tuxedo School District, Tuxedo

74. Lansing Central School District, Lansing

75. Massapequa School District, Oyster Bay

76. Fairport Central School District, Perinton

77. Rockville Centre School District, Hempstead

78. Tuckahoe School District, Eastchester

79. Croton-Harmon School District, Cortlandt

80. Naples Central School District, Naples

81. Rhinebeck Central School District, Rhinebeck

82. Yorktown Central School District, Yorktown

83. Mount Sinai School District, Brookhaven

84. Wantagh School District, Hempstead

85. Clinton Central School District, Kirkland

86. Victor Central School District, Victor

87. Babylon School District, Babylon

88. Warwick Valley Central School District, Warwick

89. Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, Hempstead

90. Canandaigua City School District, Canandaigua

91. West Irondequoit Central School District, Irondequoit

92. Brookhaven-Comsewogue School District, Brookhaven

93. White Plains City School District, White Plains

94. Mattituck-Cutchogue School District, Southold

95. School District of the Tarrytowns, Mount Pleasant

96. Three Village Central School District, Brookhaven

97. Cazenovia Central School District, Cazenovia

98. Hauppauge School District, Hauppauge

99. Southold School District, Southold

100. East Meadow School District, Hempstead

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