The Rye Neck Union Free School District is the school district created to serve the public education needs of parts of Mamaroneck and Rye, New York.
It serves the part of the
Village of Mamaroneck
Mamaroneck is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 18,929 at the 2010 census. its population was an estimated 19,131. It is located partially within the town of Mamaroneck and partially within the town o ...
that is within the
Town of Rye and part of the
City of Rye.
Rye Neck's district has four schools located on three different campuses, the middle and high schools being attached.
Rye Neck is known for its up-to-date technology in the classrooms, such as interactive whiteboards in every room, and its fully
fiber optic
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network, provided by Optimum Lightpath, connecting every computer in the four schools. All are Schools of Excellence. The elementary school, F.E. Bellows, which teaches grades three through five, was named a Blue Ribbon School in 2009, one of 314 schools so honored across the country. Rye Neck High School was ranked #97 on ''
Newsweek
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's'' 2005 list of the Best High Schools in America. The Rye Neck district was ranked 22nd out of over 8,700 school districts nationally in the Niche 2015 school district rankings.
The Rye Neck Theatre Program is known for its award-winning musicals for over 30 years and has won multiple awards and nominations.
The school district comprises two
elementary school
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s serving grades K-5:
* Daniel Warren Elementary School for grades K to 2
* F. E. Bellows Elementary School for grades 3 to 5
There is one
middle school
A middle school (also known as intermediate school, junior high school, junior secondary school, or lower secondary school) is an educational stage which exists in some countries, providing education between primary school and secondary school. ...
serving grades 6-8:
* Rye Neck Middle School
And one
high school
A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...
serving grades 9-12:
*
Rye Neck High School
Rye Neck High School is a public secondary school located in the Village of Mamaroneck, New York and the Town of Rye, New York. It is part of the Rye Neck Union Free School District and is connected to Rye Neck Middle School. Rye Neck High Scho ...
See also
* ''
Immediato v. Rye Neck School District
''Immediato v. Rye Neck School District'', 73 F.3d 454 ( 2d. Cir. 1996) was a Second Circuit Court of Appeals case involving the petitioner, a boy named Daniel Immediato and his parents, Eugene and Diane Immediato, against the respondent, Rye Ne ...
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References
External links
The Rye Neck Schools website
Rye, New York
Mamaroneck, New York
School districts in Westchester County, New York
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