Best Schools: How Plainview Ranked In 2022 Niche List

Plainview NY

23 September, 2021

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PLAINVIEW, NY — The latest school rankings released by the data analysis company Niche offer a look at how K-12 schools in Plainview compare with schools across the state and nation. Niche, which released its eighth annual version of the rankings on Monday, looks at a variety of criteria in determining a grade for both public and private K-12 schools on Long Island, including academics, teachers and diversity. Here is how the schools in Plainview fared in the national rankings: Best Places to Teach in America: 70 of 11,252Districts with the Best Teachers in America: 142 of 11,656Best School Districts in America: 63 of 10,772Safest School Districts in America: 236 of 11,774 And here is how it did in the New York rankings: Best Places to Teach in New York: 28 of 688Districts with the Best Teachers in New York: 34 of 687Best School Districts in New York: 14 of 672Safest School Districts in New York: 42 of 691 Niche said its 2022 best schools rankings offer a more "personal" view of schools than its rankings in recent years. Significantly less importance was placed on SAT and ACT scores this year, Niche said. Any factor in its methodology that is related to test scores was reduced by one third. The company combined ratings from students, alumni and parents with quantitative data from the U.S. Department of Education and other sources to evaluate teachers, resources, facility, extracurricular activity opportunities and other factors. Read more about the methodology here. Across the country, Niche ranked 94,491 public schools, 2,489 private schools and 11,846 school districts to come up with its lists and rankings. Top 5 Public High Schools: The Davidson Academy in Reno, Nevada The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics Massachusetts Academy for Math & Science School Maggie Walker Governor's School in Virginia Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology in Virginia Top 5 Private High Schools: Phillips Academy in Massachusetts The Hotchkiss School in Connecticut Choate Rosemary Hall in Connecticut The College Preparatory School in California Groton School in Massachusetts Top 5 School Districts: Adlai E. Stevenson High School District in Illinois Glenbrook High School District in Illinois Great Neck Public Schools in New York Community High School District 128 in Illinois Jericho Union Free School District in New York See the full Niche rankings here