Plainview-Old Bethpage Among 100 Best School Districts in NY

By Ryan Bonner

Have you ever wondered how the Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District ranks in comparison to others in New York?

Niche.com recently released its 2016 list of the best school districts throughout the nation and in the state of New York, and many districts you’ll recognize received high ranks.

Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District was named No. 61 in the state.

Nearby Bethpage School District was ranked above POB at No. 50.

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.

Four Long Island school districts made the national list of the top 100 districts in the country, including Jericho in the No. 3 spot. Great Neck, Syosset and Port Washington come in at No. 28, No. 82 and No. 100, respectively on the 2016 national Niche list. In Niche’s 2015 school district rankings, nine Long Island schools made the national list.

Here are the top 100 school districts in New York as compiled by Niche.com and you can click on the hyperlink to read in-depth on why that particular district was ranked where it was:

1. Jericho School District
2. Rye City School District
3. Chappaqua Central School District
4. Great Neck School District
5. Scarsdale School District
6. Edgemont School District
7. Byram Hills Central School District
8. Pittsford Central School District
9. Syosset Central School District
10. Bronxville School District
11. Port Washington School District
12. Ardsley School District
13. Brighton Central School District
14. Roslyn School District
15. Harborfields Central School District
16. Briarcliff Manor School District
17. Manhasset School District
18. Blind Brook-Rye School District
19. Rye Neck School District
20. Fayetteville-Manlius Central School District
21. Katonah-Lewisboro School District
22. Herricks School District
23. Cold Spring Harbor Central School District
24. Mamaroneck School District
25. Hewlett-Woodmere School District
26. Harrison Central School District
27. Garden City School District
28. Hastings-on-Hudson School District
29. East Williston School District
30. Bedford Central School District
31. Pelham School District
32. Westhampton Beach School District
33. Half Hollow Hills Central School District
34. North Shore Central School District
35. North Salem Central School District
36. Ramapo Central School District
37. Williamsville Central School District
38. Dobbs Ferry School District
39. Skaneateles Central School District
40. Penfield Central School District
41. Lynbrook School District
42. Irvington Union Free School District
43. White Plains City School District
44. Niskayuna Central School District
45. Bay Shore School District
46. South Orangetown Central School District
47. Southampton School District
48. Jamesville-Dewitt Central School District
49. New Hartford Central School District
50. Bethpage School District
51. Croton-Harmon School District
52. Oyster Bay-East Norwich Central School District
53. Bethlehem Central School District
54. Yorktown Central School District
55. Clarkstown Central School District
56. Haldane Central School District
57. Commack School District
58. Tarrytown School District
59. Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District
60. South Huntington School District
61. Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District
62. East Hampton School District
63. Rockville Centre School District
64. New Rochelle City School District
65. Oceanside School District
66. Carle Place School District
67. Mattituck-Cutchogue School District
68. Somers Central School District
69. Ithaca City School District
70. Honeoye Falls-Lima Central School District
71. Nanuet School District
72. Orchard Park Central School District
73. Hamilton Central School District
74. Locust Valley Central School District
75. Victor Central School District
76. Clarence Central School District
77. Sag Harbor School District
78. Pleasantville School District
79. Spackenkill School District
80. Red Hook Central School District
81. Smithtown Central School District
82. Mount Sinai School District
83. Nyack School District
84. Keene Central School District
85. Northport-East Northport School District
86. Three Village Central School District
87. Sewanhaka Central High School District
88. Lansing Central School District
89. Fairport Central School District
90. Babylon School District
91. Warwick Valley Central School District
92. Huntington School District
93. Port Jefferson School District
94. Hendrick Hudson Central School District
95. Guilderland Central School District
96. Lakeland Central School District
97. Valley Stream Central High School District
98. West Irondequoit Central School District
99. East Meadow Union Free School District

100. Highland Falls Central School District