PORT CHESTER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

PORT CHESTER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL operates as a high-enrollment secondary school in PORT CHESTER, New York, one of the schools within PORT CHESTER-RYE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 1,549 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 132% larger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

Across the 6 schools in PORT CHESTER-RYE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (4,392 students total), PORT CHESTER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, PORT CHESTER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL logs that nearly all students (85%) are Hispanic. The remainder reads as 9% White, 3% Black. By comparison, Westchester County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 110 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. Roughly 67% of students at PORT CHESTER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Westchester County (around 38%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PORT CHESTER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 66.7%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Westchester County indicate median household earnings sit near $118,976, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PORT CHESTER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 255 public schools in Westchester County (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students).

Nearest neighbor: PARK AVENUE SCHOOL, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PORT CHESTER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 40.5%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 4%: 1,490 students in 2018 compared to 1,549 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 78% to 85% across the same window.

On the community side, members of the PORT CHESTER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.