Rye Neck Senior High School, Mamaroneck NY

Original Research by School Decision on Rye Neck Senior High School

Rye Neck Senior High School is a small public high school serving grades 9 through 12 in Mamaroneck, part of the Rye Neck Union Free School District. The school enrolls a student body with modest economic diversity: about one in six students qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, and the enrollment is racially mixed, with white students forming a slight majority, Hispanic students representing a substantial share, and smaller populations of Asian and multiracial students. The enrollment hovers around the mid-point typical for a suburban high school of this type.

No state testing data was available to assess proficiency, and graduation rate data and chronic absenteeism metrics were not provided. These absences in the data are common for schools at the secondary level when state-reported metrics are not consistently published at individual school sites. A parent seeking detailed academic performance information would benefit from reaching out to the school directly for proficiency trends, graduation rates, and program outcomes.

Mamaroneck sits at the intersection of waterfront residential life and commercial corridors. The community has active street life anchored on Mamaroneck Avenue, which hosts retail, restaurants, and entertainment, and is served by Metro-North rail to New York City. Harbor Island Park, a major civic anchor spanning dozens of acres along the sound, offers athletic facilities, a beach, playground, and marina. The village is pursuing downtown revitalization and mixed-use development near the transit station, and a new affordable housing task force has recommended transit-oriented growth. Housing values in the area are substantial, and rental costs are high relative to incomes; affordability measures suggest housing is stretched for typical household earnings. The local job market is anchored in education, finance and insurance, and health care.

The Rye Neck district serves the portion of Mamaroneck that falls within the town of Rye, with schools located on Hornidge Road. The district has initiated a districtwide elementary curriculum redesign in English Language Arts, bringing a new K-5 reading and writing program to both elementary buildings. It is also moving therapeutic support in-house by adding a psychologist and social worker to staff, shifting away from outside placements for students needing mental-health and special-education services. Ongoing capital improvements to buildings, including HVAC and electrical systems, are being funded through transfers from the operating budget rather than new debt. The district has entered a shared transportation agreement with the neighboring Mamaroneck district, reducing transportation costs for both.

Program data specific to Rye Neck Senior High School was not available, so a parent should inquire directly about course offerings, AP or honors access, career and technical pathways, and dual-enrollment opportunities. State testing and performance metrics at the school level are also best obtained by contacting the school, as they are not consistently published in the sources reviewed.

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Academic performance

How students graduate and prepare for what comes next.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

>=95%Cohort of 91 students · Class of 2021

The federal source publishes a banded range instead of an exact rate when the graduating cohort is small enough that an exact number could risk identifying individual students.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

1,253 schools plotted. 14 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Advanced Placement & IB

28 subjects offered · 2023-24

Each card is one AP or IB subject. The headline number is the share of students scoring 3 or higher on the exam — the threshold for college credit at most universities. The bar below each rate shows the underlying distribution across performance levels.

Score:12· no credit345· extremely well qualified

Math and Computer Science

Calculus AB

24 tested · Grade 10

87.5%

scored 3 or higher

Calculus BC

31 tested · Grade 9

83.9%

scored 3 or higher

Computer Science A

19 tested · Grade 10

73.7%

scored 3 or higher

Computer Science Principles

35 tested · Grade 10

45.7%

scored 3 or higher

Precalculus

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Statistics

42 tested · Grade 10

95.2%

scored 3 or higher

Sciences

Biology

34 tested

91.2%

scored 3 or higher

Chemistry

12 tested

75.0%

scored 3 or higher

Environmental Science

25 tested

88.0%

scored 3 or higher

Physics 1

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Physics C: Mechanics

17 tested

64.7%

scored 3 or higher

English

Research

2 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

History and Social Sciences

Comparative Government and Politics

7 tested

100.0%

scored 3 or higher

European History

9 tested · Grade 10

77.8%

scored 3 or higher

Macroeconomics

54 tested

83.3%

scored 3 or higher

Psychology

37 tested

59.5%

scored 3 or higher

U.S. History

46 tested

100.0%

scored 3 or higher

World Languages and Cultures

Chinese Language and Culture

1 tested · Grade 10

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

French Language and Culture

19 tested · Grade 9, Grade 10

73.7%

scored 3 or higher

Italian Language and Culture

8 tested

100.0%

scored 3 or higher

Japanese Language and Culture

4 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Spanish Language and Culture

11 tested · Grade 9

90.9%

scored 3 or higher

Arts

Music Theory

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Studio Art Drawing

2 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Other

Language and Comp

63 tested

82.5%

scored 3 or higher

Literature and Comp

62 tested

91.9%

scored 3 or higher

Studio Art 2d Design

2 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

World History

28 tested · Grade 10

100.0%

scored 3 or higher

New York Regents Exams

4 courses reported · 2024-25

End-of-course exams required for a New York Regents diploma. Each row shows the cohort size and the share of students scoring at the proficient level or higher.

Course	Students tested	% proficient
Social Studies	104	93.0%
Math	95	64.0%
Ela	91	95.0%
Science	58	97.0%

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.