Westchester County, New York Westchester County is a County (United States), county located in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, bordering the Long Island Sound and the Byram River to its east and the Hudson River on its west. The c ...

, in the United States, contains 40 public school

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, 118 private schools, 12 colleges/universities and 3 theological seminaries. According to the 2018 rankings provided by the education website

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, taking into account public comments, 28 of the top 100

school district A school district is a special-purpose district that operates local public Primary school, primary or Secondary school, secondary schools or both in various countries. It is not to be confused with an attendance zone, which is within a school dis ...

s in New York State were located in Westchester County.

Public school districts

Most school district boundaries do not follow municipal boundaries, but the six city school districts in the county have the same boundaries as their cities. The districts are as follows: * Ardsley Union Free School District *

Bedford Central School District Bedford Central School District is a school district located approximately 50 minutes north of New York City in northern Westchester County, New York, United States. The Bedford Central School District is composed of seven schools - Fox Lane H ...

Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District The Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District is the public school district of Briarcliff Manor, New York. The district is an independent public entity, and is governed by the district Board of Education, whose members are elected in non-par ...

* Blind Brook-Rye School District * Bronxville Union Free School District *

Byram Hills Central School District Byram Hills Central School District is a school district headquartered in Armonk, New York Armonk is a Hamlet (New York), hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town of North Castle, New York ...

Chappaqua Central School District The Chappaqua Central School District is a K-12 public school district in Westchester County, New York. It includes the village of Chappaqua, New York and the census-designated place of Millwood. The district has much of New Castle Town and ...

* Croton Harmon Union Free School District * Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District *

Eastchester Union Free School District Eastchester Union Free School District is a school district headquartered in Eastchester, New York. In 2013 Walter Moran became the superintendent. In the summer of 2018 he stated that he would retire. Robert Glass became the superintendent ...

* Edgemont Union Free School District * Elmsford Union Free School District * Greenburgh Central School District * Harrison Central School District * Hastings on Hudson Union Free School District *

Hendrick Hudson Central School District Hendrick Hudson School District is located in Westchester County, New York and is made up of five schools: three elementary schools, named Buchanan Verplanck, Furnace Woods, and Frank G. Lindsay, and one middle school, named Blue Mountain Midd ...

Irvington Union Free School District Irvington Union Free School District is a school district encompassing Irvington, New York and some surrounding neighborhoods. The district also includes East Irvington, an unincorporated area of the Town of Greenburgh, and the Pennybridge s ...

* Katonah-Lewisboro Union Free School District *

Lakeland Central School District The Lakeland Central School District is a public school district in New York State, serving approximately 5200 students in of the towns of Yorktown, Cortlandt and Somers in Westchester County; and the towns of Carmel, Philipstown, and P ...

Mamaroneck Union Free School District The Mamaroneck Union Free School District is the school district created to serve the public education needs of Larchmont and Mamaroneck, New York. It serves the Town of Mamaroneck, the Village of Larchmont and the part of the Village of Ma ...

* Mount Pleasant Central School District * Mount Vernon City School District * The

City School District of New Rochelle The City School District of New Rochelle is a public school district located in New Rochelle, New York. New Rochelle has one of the most extensive educational systems in Westchester County, comprising a high school, two middle schools, six ele ...

North Salem Central School District North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''north'' is ...

Ossining Union Free School District Ossining Union Free School District is a school district headquartered in the Village of Ossining, Town of Ossining, New York. The district includes sections of the towns of Ossining and New Castle. Included within the portions of the schoo ...

Peekskill City School District Peekskill City School District (PCSD) is the school district of Peekskill, New York. It covers the entire city. History It was headed by Superintendent Judith Johnson, the 2008 New York State School Superintendent of the Year, up until 2011. ...

Pelham Union Free School District Pelham Public Schools or the Pelham Public School District, formally the Pelham Union Free School District, is a school district headquartered in Pelham Town, New York. It serves Pelham Town, which includes Pelham Manor and the Village of Pel ...

* Pleasantville Union Free School District * Pocantico Hills Central School District * Port Chester Rye Union Free School District * Rye City School District * Rye Neck Union Free School District * Scarsdale Union Free School District * Somers Central School District * Tarrytown Union Free School District *

Tuckahoe Union Free School District The Tuckahoe Union Free School District is headquartered in the town of Eastchester, in Westchester County, New York, and serves portions of Eastchester and Tuckahoe. It operates three schools: William E. Cottle School (elementary), Tuckah ...

* Valhalla Union Free School District * White Plains Public School District *

Yonkers Public Schools Yonkers Public Schools (also known as Yonkers City School District) is a school district that serves all of Yonkers, New York, United States. It is governed by a mayorally appointed Board of Trustees. Organization The school district is organi ...

Yorktown Central School District Yorktown Central School District is a school district in Yorktown Heights, New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States * New York City, the most populous city in the United States ...

Private schools

;High Schools *

Archbishop Stepinac High School Archbishop Stepinac High School is an American Single-sex education, all-boys' Catholic Church, Roman Catholic high school in White Plains, New York. It was operated by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York until the 2009–2010 school yea ...

, White Plains * Blessed Sacrament-St. Gabriel High School, New Rochelle * Daytop Village Secondary School, Hartsdale * French-American School of New York, Mamaroneck * German School of New York, White Plains *

Hackley School Hackley School is a private college preparatory school located in Tarrytown, New York, and is a member of the Ivy Preparatory School League. Founded in 1899 by a wealthy philanthropist, Frances Hackley, the school was intended to be a Unitar ...

, Tarrytown *Hallen Center, New Rochelle *

The Harvey School The Harvey School is a co-educational, college preparatory school near Katonah, New York, for students in grades 6 through 12. It is located on a wooded, 125-acre campus and has an annual tuition (2024) of $52,680. History The Harvey School ...

, Katonah *

Iona Preparatory School Iona Preparatory School, or simply Iona Prep, is an independent, Catholic, all-male, college-preparatory school located in the north end of New Rochelle, New York, in suburban Westchester County. It consists of the Upper School for Grades 9 thr ...

(Upper School), New Rochelle * John F. Kennedy Catholic High School, Somers * The Karafin School, Inc., Somers *

Keio Academy of New York is a private high school in Purchase, Harrison, New York, in the New York City metropolitan area. It is sponsored by Keio University,Lyman, Rick.THE JAPANESE WAY IN A QUIET NEW YORK SCHOOL, 463 CHILDREN OF \ JAPAN'S CORPORATE ELITE GET A PROPER ...

, Purchase * The Leffell School, Hartsdale *

Maria Regina High School Maria Regina High School, commonly referred to as Maria or MRHS, is an American Catholic, college-preparatory high school (grades 9–12) for girls founded by the Sisters of the Resurrection, located in Hartsdale, New York. History In 1957, M ...

, Hartsdale *

The Masters School The Masters School (colloquially known as Masters), is a Private school, private, coeducational boarding school and day college preparatory school located in Dobbs Ferry, New York, Dobbs Ferry, New York (state), New York. Its campus is locat ...

, Dobbs Ferry * The Montfort Academy, Mt. Vernon * New York School for the Deaf, White Plains *

Rye Country Day School Rye Country Day School, also known as Rye Country Day or RCDS, is an independent, co-educational college preparatory school located in Rye, New York. Its Upper School (grades 9–12), Middle School (5–8), and Lower School (Pre-Kindergarten-4) ...

, Rye * Sacred Heart High School, Yonkers *

Salesian High School A Salesian school is an educational institution run by the Catholic Salesian Congregation of Saint John Bosco (or Don Bosco), and one that uses his methods. Salesian schools are dedicated to young people in an educational and formative environmen ...

, New Rochelle *

School of the Holy Child School of the Holy Child, established in 1904, is an American all-girls', Catholic, independent, college-preparatory school for grades 5 through 12, located in Harrison, New York (with a Rye postal address). - Compare tthe address "2225 Westc ...

, Rye * Thornton Donovan School, New Rochelle *

The Ursuline School The Ursuline School is an American all-girls', independent, private, Roman Catholic middle and high school located on a campus in New Rochelle, New York, in Westchester County. The school was founded in 1897 by the Order of St. Ursula. The sc ...

, New Rochelle *

Westchester Hebrew High School Westchester Hebrew High School (WHHS) is a private Modern Orthodox Jewish high school in Mamaroneck, a village in Westchester County, New York, United States. History Westchester Hebrew High School (WHHS) was established in 1971 on part of (tog ...

, Mamaroneck *Yeshiva Farm Settlement School, Mount Kisco *Yeshivath Ohr Hameir, Peekskill ;Elementary, Junior High and Special Schools *Academy of Our Lady of Good Counsel, White Plains *Annunciation School, Crestwood *Bedford Christian School, Bedford *Bereshith Cultural School, Mount Vernon *Berjan School, Mamaroneck *Blessed Sacrament Elementary School, New Rochelle (closed) *Cardinal McCloskey School, Ossining *The Caring Place, New Rochelle *The Chapel School, Bronxville *Christ the King School, Yonkers * The Clear View School, Briarcliff Manor *Corpus Christi-Holy Rosary School, Port Chester *Eyes & Ears World, Inc., Yonkers *Ferncliff Manor, Yonkers * French-American School of New York, campuses in Mamaroneck, Larchmont, and Scarsdale *The Garden Road School, Crompond * German School of New York, White Plains *Hackley School, Tarrytown *Hallen Center, New Rochelle *Harvey School, Katonah *Hawthorne Country Day School, Hawthorne *Holy Name School, New Rochelle *Holy Name of Jesus School, Valhalla *Hudson Country Montessori School, New Rochelle *Immaculate Conception School, Irvington *Immaculate Conception School, Tuckahoe *Immaculate Heart of Mary School, Scarsdale *Immanuel Lutheran School, Mount Vernon *

(Lower School), New Rochelle *Jean Grey School for Higher Learning, North Salem *Leake & Watts Children's Home School, Yonkers * The Leffell School, Hartsdale *Martin Luther King Child Development Ctr., New Rochelle *Milestone School, Fleetwood *Mohawk Country Home School, White Plains *Mount Tom Day School, New Rochelle *The Northern Westchester Chinese School, Yorktown *Oakview Prep of SDA, Yonkers *Orchard School - Andrus Child Home, Yonkers *Our Lady of Assumption School, Peekskill *Our Lady of Fatima School, Scarsdale *Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School, Elmsford *Our Lady of Sorrows School, White Plains *Our Lady of Victory School, Mount Vernon *Our Montessori School Yorktown, Heights *Resurrection School, Rye *Ridgeway Nursery School & Kindergarten, White Plains *Rippowam Cisqua School, Bedford *Rye Country Day School, Rye *Sacred Heart, Yonkers *Sacred Heart School, Hartsdale *Sacred Heart / Mt. Carmel School - Arts, Mount Vernon *SS John & Paul School, Larchmont *SS Peter & Paul School, Mount Vernon *St. Ann School, Ossining *St. Anthony School, West Harrison *St. Anthony School, Yonkers *St. Augustine School, Ossining *St. Bartholomew School, Yonkers *St. Casimir School, Yonkers *St. Columbanus School, Cortlandt Manor *St. Eugene School, Yonkers *St. Gregory the Great School, Harrison *St. John the Baptist School, Yonkers *St. Joseph School, Bronxville *St. Joseph's School, Croton Falls *St. Jude Habilitation Institute, Tarrytown *St. Mark Lutheran School, Yonkers *St. Mary School, Yonkers *St. Patrick School, Yorktown Heights *St. Peter School, Yonkers *St. Ursula's Learning Center, Mount Vernon *Transfiguration School, Tarrytown *Transitional Learning Center, New Rochelle *UCP of Westchester, New Rochelle *Westchester Area School, New Rochelle *Westchester Day School, Mamaroneck *Westchester Exceptional Children School, Purdys *Westchester School for Special Children, Yonkers *Yeshiva Day School of Lincoln Park, Yonkers *Yonkers Christian Academy, Yonkers

Colleges and universities

* College of Westchester, White Plains *

Fordham University Fordham University is a Private university, private Society of Jesus, Jesuit research university in New York City, United States. Established in 1841, it is named after the Fordham, Bronx, Fordham neighborhood of the Bronx in which its origina ...

, West Harrison *

Iona University Iona University () is a private Catholic university with a main campus in New Rochelle, New York, United States. It was founded in 1940 by the Congregation of Christian Brothers and occupies a campus of in New Rochelle and a campus of in Bro ...

, New Rochelle *

Long Island University Long Island University (LIU) is a private university in Brooklyn and Brookville, New York, United States. The university enrolls over 16,000 students and offers over 500 academic programs at its main campuses, LIU Brooklyn and LIU Post on Long I ...

, Westchester Graduate Campus at Purchase College, Purchase *

Manhattanville University Manhattanville University is a private university in Purchase, New York, United States. Founded in 1841 as a school at 412 Houston Street in Lower Manhattan, it was initially known as the "Academy of the Sacred Heart". In 1917, the academy recei ...

, Purchase *

Mercy University Mercy University (Mercy NY), previously known as Mercy College, is a private research university with a main campus in Dobbs Ferry, New York, and additional locations in Manhattan and the The Bronx, Bronx. It is a federally designated minority- ...

, Dobbs Ferry *

Monroe University Monroe University is a private for-profit university in New York City. It was founded in 1933 and has campuses in the Bronx, New Rochelle and Saint Lucia, with degree programs also available through Monroe Online. It is named after James Monroe, ...

, New Rochelle *

New York Medical College New York Medical College (NYMC or New York Med) is a Private university, private medical school in Valhalla, New York. Founded in 1860, it is a member of the Touro University System. NYMC offers advanced degrees through its three schools: the ...

, Valhalla *

Pace University Pace University is a private university with campuses in New York City and Westchester County, New York, United States. It was established in 1906 as a business school by the brothers Homer St. Clair Pace and Charles A. Pace. Pace enrolls about ...

, Pleasantville and White Plains ** Lublin School of Business **

Pace University School of Law The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University in White Plains, New York, is the law school of Pace University, a private university with multiple locations in New York. Founded in 1976 as Pace Law School, the American Bar Association (ABA ...

* Purchase College,

State University of New York The State University of New York (SUNY ) is a system of Public education, public colleges and universities in the New York (state), State of New York. It is one of the List of largest universities and university networks by enrollment, larges ...

, Purchase *

Sarah Lawrence College Sarah Lawrence College (SLC) is a Private university, private liberal arts college in Yonkers, New York, United States. Founded as a Women's colleges in the United States, women's college in 1926, Sarah Lawrence College has been coeducational ...

, Yonkers *

Westchester Community College Westchester Community College (WCC) is a public community college in Valhalla, New York, in Westchester County. It is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system. History New York state opened five coed technical institutes in 194 ...

, Valhalla

Seminaries

* Academy for Jewish Religion, Yonkers * St. Joseph's Seminary and College, Dunwoodie, Yonkers * St. Nersess Armenian Seminary, Armonk *

Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) is an Eastern Orthodox seminary in Yonkers, New York. It is chartered under the State University of New York and accredited by the Association of Theological Schools. It is a pan-Eastern Or ...

, Crestwood, Yonkers

Weekend supplementary schools

The

Japanese Weekend School of New York The Japanese Weekend School of New York (JWSNY; ニューヨーク補習授業校 ''Nyūyōku Hoshū Jugyō Kō'') is a Japanese supplementary school in the New York City metropolitan area. It has its offices in New Roc City in New Rochelle, Ne ...

, a Japanese weekend supplementary school, holds classes at Port Chester Middle School in

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Organizations

The Japanese Educational Institute of New York (JEI; ニューヨーク日本人教育審議会 ''Nyūyōku Nihonjin Kyōiku Shingi Kai''), a

nonprofit organization A nonprofit organization (NPO), also known as a nonbusiness entity, nonprofit institution, not-for-profit organization, or simply a nonprofit, is a non-governmental (private) legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public, or so ...

that operates two Japanese day schools and two weekend school systems in the New York City area, has its headquarters in

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.連絡先

. Japanese Educational Institute of New York (ニューヨーク日本人教育審議会). Retrieved on April 15, 2015. "150 Purchase Street, Suite 7, Rye, NY 10580 USA"

References

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