Newsweek: HHS Among Top 100 U.S. Public Schools

In Newsweek's annual list of the top public schools in the country, Harrison squeaked into the top 100, finishing 99th on the list.

The list was compiled by using numbers from the 2009 graduating class. Numbers were calculated by taking the total number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate or Cambridge tests given each year and dividing that number by the total seniors graduating that spring, according to Newsweek.

Other local schools in the top 100 included Rye High School (84) and Bronxville High School (87).

Eleven New York public schools made the top 100, third to Florida, which had 18, and Texas, which had 14.

Harrison is actually not a stranger to the list, finishing number 74 in 2009 (using 2008 graduation numbers) and 117th in 2008 (using numbers from 2007).

This year the list ranked a total of 1,600 public schools, meaning that only 6 percent of the nation's schools were even mentioned, according to Newsweek.

Other Westchester schools that made the list include:

• Edgemont High School (Scarsdale) - 102
• Yonkers High School - 132
• Dobbs Ferry High School 138
• Horace Greeley High School - 145
• Pleasantville High School - 188
• Irvington High School - 222
• Briarcliff High School - 271
• Blind Brook High School - 340
• Mamaroneck High School - 437
• Rye Neck High School - 483
• Croton-Harmon High School - 505
• Byram Hills - 569
• Peekskill High School - 719
• Somers High School - 812
• Sleepy Hollow High School - 876
• Scarsdale High School - 1,011
• Mahopac High School - 1,471
• Ramapo High School - 1,484