Armonk's Byram Hills High School Ranks Among Best In Nation

ARMONK, N.Y. -- Byram Hills High School in Armonk was named among the top high schools in New York and was one of only 500 schools nationwide to receive a gold medal rating in the annual U.S. News & World Report study.

Byram Hills High School in Armonk is a gold medal winner in U.S. News & World Report's annual ranking of public high schools.
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by Eric Gendron

04/23/2014 3:30 p.m.

Byram Hills was the sixth-highest-ranked school in Westchester County and 29th in New York. Nationally, Byram Hills was ranked 145th.

U.S. News analyzed more than 31,200 public high schools in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and has published data on more than 19,400, including student demographics and results on state exams and Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate tests.

The 500 gold medal schools make up less than two-percent of the total schools studied.

In addition, 1,519 schools took home silver medals and 2,688 were awarded bronze.

The top ten schools in Westchester County -- all of which received gold medal ratings -- were ranked in this order by U.S. News:

1. Edgemont High School, Scarsdale

2. Rye High School

3. Horace Greeley High School, Chappaqua

4. Yonkers High School

5. Hastings High School

6. Byram Hills High School, Armonk

7. Briarcliff High School

8. North Salem High School

9. Rye Neck High School, Mamaroneck

10. Scarsdale High School

Click here to see the full New York rankings from U.S. News & World Report.

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