Hudson Valley Home To 16 Of Top 100 Schools In New York For 2020

HUDSON VALLEY, NY — Niche, the rating site that periodically releases various school rankings, has come out with a new list that's a bit different than those it has come to be known for. In this one, Niche ranked what it called the top 100 schools in New York — and the Hudson Valley is home to 16 of them.

The new list differs slightly from others in that it includes both private and public schools. Furthermore elementary, middle and high schools all appear on the same list.

In New York, it's clear that Niche has a type. The 10 best schools in the state are private schools, all but one of which are in New York City — Rye Country Day School at No. 9. In the Hudson Valley, the top schools were found in Rye, Tarrytown, Mamaroneck, Dobbs Ferry, Scarsdale, Chappaqua, Bronxville, Armonk and Pelham.

Every school on the top 100 list received an A+ for an overall grade from Niche.

Niche's methodology is based on an analysis of academic and student-life data from the U.S. Department of Education along with test scores, and feedback from Niche.com users.

Here are the top 100 schools in New York for 2019-20, according to Niche. (To read reviews and why a specific school received the ranking that it did, click on the blue hyperlink).

1. Trinity School (private)

2. Regis High School (private)

3. Horace Mann School (private)

4. Collegiate School (private)

5. Brearly School (private)

6. Stuyvesant High School (public)

7. Dalton School (private)

9. Rye Country Day School (private) — Rye

10. The Chapin School (private)

11. Riverdale Country School (private)

12. The Spence School (private)

13. Staten Island Technical High School (public)

14. Hackley School (private) — Tarrytown

15. Townsend Harris High School (public)

16. Packer Collegiate Institute (private)

17. Bronx High School of Science (public)

18. French-American School of New York (private) — Mamaroneck

19. United Nations International School - Manhattan Campus (private)

20. Jericho Senior High School (public)

21. Saint Ann's School (private)

22. Emma Willard School (private)

23. Avenues: The World School (private)

24. Nightingale-Banford School (private)

25. Marymount School of New York (private)

26. Friends Seminary (private)

27. Poly Prep Country Day School (private)

28. Convent of the Sacred Heart (private)

29. Great Neck South High School (public)

30. ECF - Fieldston Middle/Upper School (private)

31. Columbia Grammar & Prepartory School (private)

32. High School Math Science & Engineering at The City College of New York (CCNY) (public)

33. Lycee Francais de New York (private)

34. Portledge School (private)

35. Friends Academy (private)

36. Berkeley Carroll School (private)

37. The Masters School (private) — Dobbs Ferry

38. The Stony Brook School (private)

39. Scarsdale Senior High School (public) — Scarsdale

40. Syosset Senior High School (public)

41. Ramaz School (private)

42. The Browning School (private)

43. Manhasset Secondary School (public)

44. Herricks High School (public)

45. Baccalaureate School for Global Education (public)

46. Great Neck North High School (public)

47. Trevor Day School (private)

48. Sar High School (private)

49. Brighton High School (public)

50. High School of American Studies at Lehman College (public)

51. Bard High School Early College Queens (public)

52. Roslyn High School (public)

53. Brooklyn Technical High School (public)

54. Horace Greeley High School (public) — Chappaqua

55. Loyola School (private)

56. Heschel High School (private)

57. Pittsford-Mendon High School (public)

58. Paul D. Schreiber Senior High School (public)

59. Bronxville High School (public) — Bronxville

60. Eleanor Roosevelt High School (public)

61. Fordham Preparatory School (private)

62. The Hewitt School (private)

63. North Shore Hebrew Academy High School (private)

64. Rye High School (public) — Rye

65. Lakeville Elementary School (public)

66. Manlius Pebble Hill School (private)

67. South Grove Elementary School (public)

68. Mamaroneck High School (public) — Mamaroneck

69. Pittsford Sutherland High School (public)

70. Bard High School Early College (public)

71. The Harley School (private)

72. Leman Manhattan Preparatory School (private)

73. Byram Hills High School (public) — Armonk

74. Dwight School (private)

75. Great Neck South Middle School (public)

76. Dominican Academy (private)

77. E.M. Baker School (public)

78. School of the Holy Child (private)

79. Pelham Memorial High School (public) — Pelham

80. Brooklyn Friends School (private)

81. H.B. Thompson Middle School (public)

82. Village Elementary School (public)

83. Wheatley School (public)

84. Grace Church School (private)

85. Nichols School (private)

86. Fox Meadow School — Scarsdale

87. Half Hollow Hills High School West (public)

88. New Explorations into Science, Technology & Math School (public)

89. Willits Elementary School (public)

90. Edgemont Junior/Senior High School (public) — Scarsdale

91. The Calhoun School (private)

92. Edgewood School (public) — Scarsdale

93. Robert Seaman Elementary School (public)

94. Quaker Ridge School (public) — Scarsdale

95. Professional Children's School (private)

96. South Woods Middle School (public)

97. Herricks Middle School (public)

98. Scarsdale Middle School (public) — Scarsdale

99. Williamsville East High School (public)

100. Jericho Middle School (public)

****>>>To see rankings after No. 100 by Niche.com, click here.