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Enrollment
1,122
High
DISTRICT 585 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHAPPAQUA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360699000488
HORACE GREELEY HIGH SCHOOL
70 ROARING BROOK RD, CHAPPAQUA, NY 10514 · (914) 238-7201 · Westchester County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,122 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of New York public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public high schools
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
106 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
7%
78 students
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 284 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 242 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 316 | 28% |
| Grade 12 | 271 | 24% |
| Ungraded | 9 | 1% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Based on grade levels within CHAPPAQUA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
94.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
42.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 94 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 94.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 96.0% | 39.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
70.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like HORACE GREELEY HIGH SCHOOL
HORACE GREELEY HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (70.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HORACE GREELEY HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,122 | 7.0% | 70.5% |
| PITTSFORD-MENDON HIGH SCHOOL PITTSFORD | 919 | 2.7% | 88.8% |
| PITTSFORD SUTHERLAND HIGH SCHOOL PITTSFORD | 882 | 3.3% | 86.0% |
| GARDEN CITY HIGH SCHOOL GARDEN CITY | 1,096 | 5.1% | 98.3% |
| WARD MELVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL EAST SETAUKET | 1,442 | 15.7% | 77.3% |
| EASTCHESTER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL EASTCHESTER | 922 | 2.9% | 81.8% |
Matched among New York high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where HORACE GREELEY HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.5% | #336 of 1,135 | #27 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #712 of 1,109 ▲ 55 | #40 of 48 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 94.0% | #94 of 1,135 ▼ 13 | #14 of 48 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,122 | #200 of 1,216 | #10 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #436 of 1,058 | #23 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.4% | #534 of 1,070 | #34 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 7.0% | #1,150 of 1,167 | #42 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.8% | #324 of 743 | #10 of 29 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,122
-53 (-5%) vs 2020
+39% since 1990-91, when it was 808
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 10.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,122 | 105.9 | 10.6:1 | 7% (78) |
| 2023-24 | 1,140 | 109.6 | 10.4:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 1,152 | 113 | 10.2:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 1,175 | 115 | 10.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,301 | 108.1 | 12.0:1 | 4% (46) |
| 2015-16 | 1,289 | 108 | 11.9:1 | 3% (37) |
| 2010-11 | 1,252 | 110 | 11.4:1 | 1% (12) |
| 2000-01 | 1,009 | 86 | 11.7:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 808 | 70 | 11.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HORACE GREELEY HIGH SCHOOL.
About HORACE GREELEY HIGH SCHOOL
HORACE GREELEY HIGH SCHOOL is a large high school in CHAPPAQUA, New York, administered by CHAPPAQUA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It educates 1,122 students in grades 9 through 12. The school's enrollment is 68% above the 668 average for high schools in New York.
CHAPPAQUA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT has 6 schools and 3,509 students, and HORACE GREELEY HIGH SCHOOL is one of those schools.
By race and ethnicity, HORACE GREELEY HIGH SCHOOL is 69% White. After that, the student body is 17% Asian, 8% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. Census figures show Westchester County is about 52% White. The chance that two students picked at random at HORACE GREELEY HIGH SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 48%.
The school employs the equivalent of 105.9 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 10.6:1. High schools in New York average about 11.0:1, a similar figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 7%. For comparison, public schools in Westchester County average 38%.
allk12 grades HORACE GREELEY HIGH SCHOOL a B-. The grade compares the school only with New York public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with New York schools that have similar shares of low-income students, HORACE GREELEY HIGH SCHOOL's results are 1.9 points below predicted: 70.5% against 72.4%.
County data help place the school in context: in Westchester County, median household income is about $118,976, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 53% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The public schools of Westchester County number 255 and enroll about 140,968.
The next-closest public school is ROARING BROOK SCHOOL, about 1.1 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. HORACE GREELEY HIGH SCHOOL's average proficiency of 70.5% compares with 78.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 1,175 to 1,122.
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Westchester County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
999,677
Census ACS
Median income
$118,976
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
255
140,968 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CHAPPAQUA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ROBERT E BELL SCHOOLMiddle · 587 students
- SEVEN BRIDGES MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 500 students
- ROARING BROOK SCHOOLElementary · 444 students
- WESTORCHARD SCHOOLElementary · 441 students
- DOUGLAS G GRAFFLIN SCHOOLElementary · 415 students
Other schools in CHAPPAQUA
- ROBERT E BELL SCHOOLMiddle · 587 students
- SEVEN BRIDGES MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 500 students
- ROARING BROOK SCHOOLElementary · 444 students
- WESTORCHARD SCHOOLElementary · 441 students
- DOUGLAS G GRAFFLIN SCHOOLElementary · 415 students
Nearby schools
- ROARING BROOK SCHOOL1.1 mi · 444
- DOUGLAS G GRAFFLIN SCHOOL1.5 mi · 415
- ROBERT E BELL SCHOOL1.5 mi · 587
- WESTORCHARD SCHOOL2.1 mi · 441
- SEVEN BRIDGES MIDDLE SCHOOL2.3 mi · 500
- MOUNT KISCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 503
Frequently asked questions
About HORACE GREELEY HIGH SCHOOLHow large is HORACE GREELEY HIGH SCHOOL?
HORACE GREELEY HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,122 students in grades 09-12.
Is HORACE GREELEY HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
HORACE GREELEY HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does HORACE GREELEY HIGH SCHOOL have?
HORACE GREELEY HIGH SCHOOL employs 106 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1.
How diverse is HORACE GREELEY HIGH SCHOOL?
HORACE GREELEY HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 69% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 17% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is HORACE GREELEY HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
HORACE GREELEY HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by CHAPPAQUA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.