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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)
361968001803	311	Valley Central High School	Public	9-12	1175 State Rt 17k	Montgomery	12549	Orange County	Valley Central School District (Montgomery)	No	No	No	No	(845) 457-2400	1,346	113	11.8	38.6%	749 (55.6%)	120 (8.9%)	394 (29.3%)	21 (1.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (4.5%)	$18,743			$1,331			$17,412	71.9	71.6	304	7
361191000960	312	General Brown Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	17643 Cemetery Rd	Dexter	13634	Jefferson County	General Brown Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 779-2300	661	40	16.5	40.5%	611 (92.4%)	12 (1.8%)	13 (2.0%)	5 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	18 (2.7%)	$9,655			$1,859			$7,797	71.9	68.9	358	46
361521001279	313	Ichabod Crane Senior High School	Public	9-12	2910 Rt 9	Valatie	12184	Columbia County	Kinderhook Central School District	No	No	No	No	(518) 758-7575	555	53	10.4	37.1%	477 (85.9%)	9 (1.6%)	46 (8.3%)	8 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.5%)	$15,650			$326			$15,325	71.9	72.6	280	33
360009901953	314	Francis Lewis High School	Public	9-12	58-20 Utopia Pky	Fresh Meadows	11365	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #26	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 281-8200	4,265	245	17.4	69.8%	525 (12.3%)	165 (3.9%)	849 (19.9%)	2,554 (59.9%)	20 (0.5%)	12 (0.3%)	140 (3.3%)	$13,268			$916			$12,352	71.9	70	331	17
362157003059	315	School 7-Oceanside Senior High School	Public	9-12	3160 Skillman Ave	Oceanside	11572	Nassau County	Oceanside Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(516) 678-7526	1,692	148	11.4	20.0%	1,072 (63.4%)	47 (2.8%)	435 (25.7%)	71 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (0.4%)	60 (3.5%)	$25,036			$342			$24,694	71.6	74.6	236	79
361995001822	316	Fox Lane High School	Public	9-12	S Bedford Rd	Bedford	10506	Westchester County	Bedford Central School District	No	No	No	No	(914) 241-6085	1,241	122	10.1	35.5%	609 (49.1%)	36 (2.9%)	502 (40.5%)	42 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	49 (3.9%)	$29,290			$704			$28,585	71.5	72.1	290	26
360007700584	317	Manhattan Village Academy	Public	9-12	43 W 22nd St	New York	10010	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 242-8752	426	36	11.6	69.0%	47 (11.0%)	62 (14.6%)	232 (54.5%)	65 (15.3%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	17 (4.0%)	$14,772			$1,185			$13,587	71.5	72.2	286	31
361551001320	318	Island Trees High School	Public	9-12	59 Straight Ln	Levittown	11756	Nassau County	Island Trees Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(516) 520-2135	727	68	10.7	30.1%	425 (58.5%)	12 (1.7%)	168 (23.1%)	116 (16.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.7%)	$21,705			$571			$21,134	71.4	69.9	333	15
361383001129	319	Hartford Middle/High School	Public	6-12	4704 State Rt 149	Hartford	12838	Washington County	Hartford Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 632-5923	237	29	8.1	48.1%	224 (94.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.0%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.3%)	$15,229			$2,096			$13,134	71.4	73.2	262	57
360366000119	320	Avon High School	Public	9-12	245 Clinton St	Avon	14414	Livingston County	Avon Central School District	No	No	No	No	(585) 226-2455	336	32	10.4	33.9%	310 (92.3%)	6 (1.8%)	14 (4.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	2 (0.6%)	$15,982			$1,224			$14,758	71.4	61.1	488	168

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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.
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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.