Best High Schools in New York

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 1242)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
361107004552	221	Fillmore Central School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	104 W Main St	Fillmore	14735	Allegany County	Fillmore Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 567-2289	608	68	8.9	50.7%	589 (96.9%)	3 (0.5%)	9 (1.5%)	5 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$14,407			$2,175			$12,232	75.6	79.2	134	87
362100002985	222	Shaker High School	Public	9-12	445 Watervliet-Shaker Rd	Latham	12110	Albany County	North Colonie Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 785-5511	2,075	166	12.4	29.0%	1,123 (54.1%)	196 (9.4%)	153 (7.4%)	470 (22.7%)	11 (0.5%)	1 (0.0%)	116 (5.6%)	$14,957			$394			$14,563	75.6	74.7	232	10
361986001816	223	Morris Central School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	65 Main St	Morris	13808	Otsego County	Morris Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 263-6100	307	39	7.9	40.7%	284 (92.5%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.6%)	4 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.3%)	$20,203			$3,649			$16,554	75.6	74.6	234	11
360010205735	224	Baccalaureate School For Global Education	Public	7-12	34-12 36th Ave	Long Island City	11106	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #30	No	No	No	No	(718) 361-5275	525	35	15.1	48.6%	161 (30.7%)	14 (2.7%)	99 (18.9%)	212 (40.4%)	7 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	31 (5.9%)	$14,421			$487			$13,935	75.5	73.5	258	34
361695001506	225	Le Roy Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	9300 South St Rd	Le Roy	14482	Genesee County	Le Roy Central School District	No	No	No	No	(585) 768-8131	547	52	10.6	38.9%	502 (91.8%)	12 (2.2%)	19 (3.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.2%)	$13,308			$222			$13,086	75.5	73.2	264	39
361017000791	226	Eden Middle & High School	Public	6-12	3150 Schoolview Rd	Eden	14057	Erie County	Eden Central School District	No	No	No	No	(716) 992-3600	677	64	10.5	26.3%	639 (94.4%)	4 (0.6%)	11 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	3 (0.4%)	17 (2.5%)	$15,437			$921			$14,517	75.4	75.9	214	12
362367003301	227	Potsdam Senior High School	Public	9-12	29 Leroy St	Potsdam	13676	St. Lawrence County	Potsdam Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 265-2000	411	34	12.1	37.0%	380 (92.5%)	6 (1.5%)	7 (1.7%)	11 (2.7%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.2%)	$13,311			$621			$12,690	75.4	73.3	260	33
362046001891	228	New Paltz Senior High School	Public	9-12	134 S Putt Corners Rd	New Paltz	12561	Ulster County	New Paltz Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 256-4100	662	57	11.6	24.8%	476 (71.9%)	25 (3.8%)	97 (14.7%)	20 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (6.5%)	$22,530			$373			$22,157	75.3	76.3	207	21
360435000187	229	Belfast School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	1 King St	Belfast	14711	Allegany County	Belfast Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 365-2646	315	41	7.6		302 (95.9%)	2 (0.6%)	5 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.9%)	$19,513			$3,964			$15,548	75.3	69.1	357	128
362811003800	230	Stillwater Middle School High School	Public	6-12	1068 Hudson Ave	Stillwater	12170	Saratoga County	Stillwater Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 373-6100	515	56	9.2	33.8%	490 (95.1%)	5 (1.0%)	13 (2.5%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	$17,970			$405			$17,566	75.3	77.4	176	54

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on Regents Common Core Algebra I, Regents Chemistry, Regents Common Core Algebra II, Regents Common Core English Language Arts, Regents Common Core Geometry, Regents Earth Science, Regents Global History and Geography, Regents Living Environment, Regents Physics, Regents U.S. History and Government, Regents Algebra I test scores released by the NY State Education Department.
These rankings were last updated on November 14, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the NY State Education Department, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the NY State Education Department.
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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the WNYC and the New York State Department of Health and the NY State Education Department.