Westchester Schools Among Best In Latest U.S. News Rankings

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Several Westchester County high schools have been ranked among the best in New York State by U.S. News & World Report in rankings released Tuesday morning.

Blind Brook High School was the ninth-best high school in New York State and the top in the county.
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Joe Jenkins

05/12/2015 5:30 p.m.

Blind Brook High School took top honors in the county and was ranked ninth overall in the state. The school exceeded the state average in all of the surveys major metrics, which included: College readiness, mathematics proficiency and English proficiency.

Other high schools in Westchester County were ranked in the top 50 in the state, including:

Rye (No. 11)
Yonkers Middle/High School (No. 18)
Hastings (No. 24)
Horace Greeley (No. 25)
Byram Hills (No. 27)
Edgemont (No. 29)
Briarcliff (No. 31)
Irvington (No. 32)
John Jay (No. 35)
Pleasantville (No. 36)
Ardsley (No. 43)
Fox Lane (No. 46)
North Salem (No. 49)

The top ranked high school in New York was The High School of American Studies in the Bronx.

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