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The highest-performing public high schools in reading in Orange County, New York

14 public high schools in Orange County, New York appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public high schools in reading, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. WARWICK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL leads the list at 95.0%, against a median of 87.5% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Orange County, New York

Top % Proficient (Reading)

95.0%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

87.5%

BEST IN READING · ORANGE COUNTY, NEW YORK

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)	Rank change
1	WARWICK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL	WARWICK, NY	WARWICK VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	1,314	95.0%	no change
2	MONROE-WOODBURY HIGH SCHOOL	CENTRAL VALLEY, NY	MONROE-WOODBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	2,285	92.0%	▲ 3
3	CORNWALL CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL	NEW WINDSOR, NY	CORNWALL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	1,010	90.0%	▼ 1
4	PINE BUSH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	PINE BUSH, NY	PINE BUSH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	1,562	89.0%	▼ 1
5	PORT JERVIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	PORT JERVIS, NY	PORT JERVIS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	743	89.0%	▲ 6
6	VALLEY CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL	MONTGOMERY, NY	VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (MONTGOMERY)	High	1,385	88.0%	no change
7	WASHINGTONVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	WASHINGTONVILLE, NY	WASHINGTONVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	1,308	88.0%	no change
8	JAMES I O'NEILL HIGH SCHOOL	FORT MONTGOMERY, NY	HIGHLAND FALLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	409	87.0%	no change
9	GOSHEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL	GOSHEN, NY	GOSHEN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	983	85.0%	no change
10	MINISINK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL	MIDDLETOWN, NY	MINISINK VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	1,116	85.0%	▼ 6
11	MIDDLETOWN HIGH SCHOOL	MIDDLETOWN, NY	MIDDLETOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	2,495	80.0%	▼ 1
12	CHESTER ACADEMY-MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL	CHESTER, NY	CHESTER UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	538	64.8%	▲ 2
13	NEWBURGH FREE ACADEMY	NEWBURGH, NY	NEWBURGH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	3,550	62.0%	no change
14	S S SEWARD INSTITUTE	FLORIDA, NY	FLORIDA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	391	61.5%	▼ 2

Rank change counts the places a school moved since its prior test year, among the schools on this list that were tested both years. A dash means the school has no prior-year result.

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