Education in Westchester County, New York

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Westchester County, New York, in the United States, contains 40 public school districts,[1] 118 private schools, 12 colleges/universities and 3 theological seminaries. According to the 2018 rankings provided by the education website Niche, taking into account public comments, 28 of the top 100 school districts in New York State were located in Westchester County.[2]

Public school districts[edit]

Westchester County Public School Districts

Most school district boundaries do not follow municipal boundaries, but the six city school districts in the county have the same boundaries as their cities.

The districts are as follows:[3]

This list excludes Special Act Grade Organization districts, which overlap the districts listed above.

Private schools[edit]

High Schools
Elementary, Junior High and Special Schools
  • Academy of Our Lady of Good Counsel, White Plains
  • Annunciation School, Crestwood
  • Bedford Christian School, Bedford
  • Bereshith Cultural School, Mount Vernon
  • Berjan School, Mamaroneck
  • Blessed Sacrament Elementary School, New Rochelle (closed)
  • Cardinal McCloskey School, Ossining
  • The Caring Place, New Rochelle
  • The Chapel School, Bronxville
  • Christ the King School, Yonkers
  • The Clear View School, Briarcliff Manor
  • Corpus Christi-Holy Rosary School, Port Chester
  • Eyes & Ears World, Inc., Yonkers
  • Ferncliff Manor, Yonkers
  • French-American School of New York, campuses in Mamaroneck, Larchmont, and Scarsdale
  • The Garden Road School, Crompond
  • German School of New York, White Plains
  • Hackley School, Tarrytown
  • Hallen Center, New Rochelle
  • Harvey School, Katonah
  • Hawthorne Country Day School, Hawthorne
  • Holy Name School, New Rochelle
  • Holy Name of Jesus School, Valhalla
  • Hudson Country Montessori School, New Rochelle
  • Immaculate Conception School, Irvington
  • Immaculate Conception School, Tuckahoe
  • Immaculate Heart of Mary School, Scarsdale
  • Immanuel Lutheran School, Mount Vernon
  • Iona Preparatory School (Lower School), New Rochelle
  • Jean Grey School for Higher Learning, North Salem
  • Leake & Watts Children's Home School, Yonkers
  • The Leffell School, Hartsdale
  • Martin Luther King Child Development Ctr., New Rochelle
  • Milestone School, Fleetwood
  • Mohawk Country Home School, White Plains
  • Mount Tom Day School, New Rochelle
  • The Northern Westchester Chinese School, Yorktown
  • Oakview Prep of SDA, Yonkers
  • Orchard School - Andrus Child Home, Yonkers
  • Our Lady of Assumption School, Peekskill
  • Our Lady of Fatima School, Scarsdale
  • Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School, Elmsford
  • Our Lady of Sorrows School, White Plains
  • Our Lady of Victory School, Mount Vernon
  • Our Montessori School Yorktown, Heights
  • Resurrection School, Rye
  • Ridgeway Nursery School & Kindergarten, White Plains
  • Rippowam Cisqua School, Bedford
  • Rye Country Day School, Rye
  • Sacred Heart, Yonkers
  • Sacred Heart School, Hartsdale
  • Sacred Heart / Mt. Carmel School - Arts, Mount Vernon
  • SS John & Paul School, Larchmont
  • SS Peter & Paul School, Mount Vernon
  • St. Ann School, Ossining
  • St. Anthony School, West Harrison
  • St. Anthony School, Yonkers
  • St. Augustine School, Ossining
  • St. Bartholomew School, Yonkers
  • St. Casimir School, Yonkers
  • St. Columbanus School, Cortlandt Manor
  • St. Eugene School, Yonkers
  • St. Gregory the Great School, Harrison
  • St. John the Baptist School, Yonkers
  • St. Joseph School, Bronxville
  • St. Joseph's School, Croton Falls
  • St. Jude Habilitation Institute, Tarrytown
  • St. Mark Lutheran School, Yonkers
  • St. Mary School, Yonkers
  • St. Patrick School, Yorktown Heights
  • St. Peter School, Yonkers
  • St. Ursula's Learning Center, Mount Vernon
  • Transfiguration School, Tarrytown
  • Transitional Learning Center, New Rochelle
  • UCP of Westchester, New Rochelle
  • Westchester Area School, New Rochelle
  • Westchester Day School, Mamaroneck
  • Westchester Exceptional Children School, Purdys
  • Westchester School for Special Children, Yonkers
  • Yeshiva Day School of Lincoln Park, Yonkers
  • Yonkers Christian Academy, Yonkers

Colleges, universities and vocational schools[edit]

Weekend supplementary schools[edit]

The Japanese Weekend School of New York, a Japanese weekend supplementary school, holds classes at Port Chester Middle School in Port Chester.[5]

Organizations[edit]

The Japanese Educational Institute of New York (JEI; ニューヨーク日本人教育審議会 Nyūyōku Nihonjin Kyōiku Shingi Kai), a nonprofit organization that operates two Japanese day schools and two weekend school systems in the New York City area,[6] has its headquarters in Rye.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Schools and Colleges".
  2. ^ Joe Lombardi (September 5, 2017). "New Rankings: 28 Westchester School Districts Among Top 100 In NY". Yonkers Daily Voice. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
  3. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Westchester County, NY" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 21, 2022. - Text list
  4. ^ "Westchester Location | Long Island University". liu.edu. Retrieved February 10, 2024.
  5. ^ "ウエストチェスター校 Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine." Japanese Weekend School of New York. Retrieved on July 8, 2013. "借用校: Port Chester Middle School 住所: 113 Bowman Avenue, Port Chester, NY 10573"
  6. ^ "学校案内" (Archive). Japanese Educational Institute of New York (ニューヨーク日本人教育審議会). Retrieved on April 15, 2015. The names of the weekend schools as stated on the pages should be "The Japanese Weekend School of New York" and "The Japanese Weekend School of New Jersey" - note that the Japanese names between the day and weekend schools are different.
  7. ^ "連絡先" (Archive). Japanese Educational Institute of New York (ニューヨーク日本人教育審議会). Retrieved on April 15, 2015. "150 Purchase Street, Suite 7, Rye, NY 10580 USA"
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