You can pull a school report on any district in Westchester, Putnam or Dutchess County on http://www.houlihanlawrence.com. In addition you can get great information on the following websites.
http://www.epodunk.com, http://www.schoolmatters.com and http://www.nysed.gov

If you have any other questions about Westchester real estate I'd be happy to help. You can e-mail me at bsolomon@houlihanlawrence.com.

A great source to compare real estate by school system in Westchester County is http://www.coldwellbankerwestchester.com. Page turning technology make this report easy to read.

The following list ranks Westchester's public high schools by SAT scores. This list is based on 2007 stats.

Rank, School, SAT Score

1 Irvington 1282
2 Horace Greeley (Chappaqua) 1259
3 Scarsdale 1256
4 Edgemont (Scarsdale) 1245
5 Blind Brook (Rye) 1230
6 Bronxville 1214
7 Byram Hills (Armonk) 1198
8 Mamaroneck 1194
9 Hastings-on-Hudson 1191
10 Katonah-Lewisboro 1180
11 Rye City (Rye)1179
12 Briarcliff Manor 1175
13 Croton-Harmon 1171
14 Pleasantville 1170
15 Ardsley 1165
16 Rye Neck(Mamaroneck) 1155
17 Somers 1143
18 New Rochelle1128
19 Dobbs Ferry 1126
20 Pelham 1126
21 Yorktown 1115
22 Alexander Hamilton (Elmsford) 1100
23 Fox Lane (Bedford) 1096
24 Hendrick Hudson (Montrose) 1087
25 Eastchester 1074
26 North Salem Central 1072
27 Harrison Central 1071
28 Lakeland Central Walter Panas (Cortlandt Manor) 1060
29 Shrub Oak Lakeland 1052
30 Ossining 1051
31 Mount Pleasant Westlake (Thornwood)1050
32 Valhalla1031
33 Tuckahoe 1027
34 White Plains City 1023
35 Sleepy Hollow 1011
36 Yonkers HS 985
37 Port Chester-Rye 929
38 Greenburgh Central Woodlands (Hartsdale) 920
39 Peekskill 918
40 Yonkers-Saunders 890
41 Mount Vernon 838
42 Yonkers-Gorton 815
43 Yonkers-Lincoln 807
44 Yonkers-Roosevelt 794

Hello GCC

Greatschools.net has always been a great source of information for my clients.

Westchester magazine does a good job on the rankings although the order of them is basically by median income of the area which seems dumb to me. They give you per cent of seniors going to 4/2 yr colleges, avg SATs, avg expenditures, etc etc. Unfortunately there isn't really a magic bullet so you have to look at the data and decide what categories are important to you.

I'm not sure asking the schools would be helpful. I live in the Greenburgh district and the literature they put out sounds rosy enough, then you look at the stats and like 30% of seniors go onto college and they spend more per student than almost all nearby districts. They don't come out and say "our school sucks" even if its true. Generally the top schools are were the most expensive houses are, Scarsdale is usually top of any list, Bronxville is also etc. The bad districts are where you'd think they are, all of Yonkers basically, New Rochelle, Mount Vernon etc.

Hi Gcc,
You can go to the following websites for general information. Generally every year Westchester Magazine does a piece on the schools and does report SAT scores if that is what you are looking for . I don't know how reliable it is but it seems okay. Perhaps they can help you . My website can link you to various community information too . Why not go to the school districts you like and ask the schools directly ?
http://www.publicschoolsreport.com/
http://www.westchestertowns.com
http;/westchestermagazine.com