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Towns with the best schools in New York

Ranked by our Schools score out of 100, which is based on how many high-school students take AP, IB or college classes, how many students miss a lot of school, the graduation rate and class size, for the public schools in the town. Of the 422 towns in New York with 1,000 or more people, these are the top 25.

Briarcliff Manor ranks first with a score of 96. Cold Spring and Plainview follow, with 94 and 93. Scores compare each town with all 27,850 towns we track across the US.

RankTownScore High-school students in AP or IB classesHigh-school students taking college classes Population
1 Briarcliff Manor 96 48.6%60.0% 7,519
2 Cold Spring 94 44.7%41.0% 1,863
3 Plainview 93 55.8%27.9% 25,982
4 Pittsford 91 48.1%45.1% 1,664
5 Bethpage 91 37.8%42.6% 17,123
6 West Islip 91 28.7%33.9% 26,865
7 Pleasantville 91 47.7%25.5% 7,371
8 East Setauket 90 54.5%26.9% 10,149
9 Hewlett 90 37.2%44.1% 7,570
10 Pelham 89 49.9%31.2% 7,305
11 Baldwin 89 39.4%48.0% 34,994
12 Armonk 88 48.7%14.4% 4,429
13 Cold Spring Harbor 88 61.5%20.4% 3,220
14 Rye 88 57.2%23.8% 16,428
15 Commack 88 65.5%22.1% 36,558
16 Oceanside 88 49.6%45.0% 31,639
17 Merrick 88 49.3%42.3% 21,744
18 New Hartford 88 33.4%38.5% 1,989
19 West Sayville 88 36.7%29.3% 4,800
20 Lancaster 87 30.8%56.0% 10,113
21 Voorheesville 87 37.2%43.9% 2,824
22 Webster 87 33.7%44.8% 5,718
23 Orangeburg 87 33.7%55.0% 4,529
24 Bellmore 87 43.2%41.5% 15,954
25 Pearl River 86 26.6%32.9% 16,155

This is not a test-score ranking, and graduation rates are from 2018 or 2019. Only towns with a high school of their own are listed, and a town does not show up when its students go to school elsewhere. Only towns with 1,000 or more people are ranked. Scores compare each town with all towns we track. See how we score towns and where the figures come from. These are estimates, so check official sources before you decide.

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