Rye Schools Remain Strong: Rye boasts of a
nationally top-rated and internationally well-known powerhouse school
district. Rye students receive an excellent and well-rounded education
and families are drawn to Rye from throughout the nation and around the
globe.
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Click Here to see a list of
Rye school accolades, along with an impressive
list of college acceptances (page 3).
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On April 19, 2016, Rye High School was again ranked in
the top 100 schools as a “Gold Medal” School by US News & World Report among
over 21,000 high schools nationwide:
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#1 in NYS & #4 in the nation amongst all open
enrollment schools (schools required to educate all kids within their zip
codes).
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#10 in NYS & #85 in the nation amongst all schools
(including Charter & Magnet Schools employing acceptance/retention
criteria).
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Statewide ranking amongst over 700 NYS schools - Click Here; Nationwide ranking amongst 21,000
schools - Click Here
Strong Schools = Strong Property Values and Rye Property Values
Remain Strong - Click Here: The excellence of Rye’s
schools has a premium effect on our home values-whether or not we have children
enrolled in the schools…no other factor comes close. (Click this link: Nonlinear Effects of School Quality on House Prices, Abbigail J. Chiodo, Ruben Hernandez-Murillo and Michael T.
Owyang, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, May/June 2010, 92(3)
pp. 185-204)
Rye Schools Remain Fiscally
Responsible:
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Aaa Rating: Rye enjoys Moody’s
Triple A rating, a rating reserved for the most fiscally responsible entities
in the world.
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Low Per Pupil Cost:
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Rye spends less per student than 87.5% of the 40 school
districts in the county - Click Here.
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Several districts (including Harrison) pay $7K-10K more
per student and only 4 of 40 districts pay less per student than Rye:
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Yonkers
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New Rochelle
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Ossining
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Port Chester
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Low Tax Rate: Rye has a lower
true value tax rate than all but 1 of the 40 school districts in the county - Click Here.
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Efficiency: The District has
made cuts and other adjustments to realize efficiencies. In addition to
sustained enrollment growth (Click Here), one other handicap for Rye
schools is that they were already leanly managed when the tax cap became law.
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County taxes: Separate from
school taxes, about 20-23% of our property tax bill is attributable to the
county budget. Westchester is consistently ranked as one of the highest
taxed counties in the nation. Because communities pay a proportionate
share of the county budget based upon their relative real estate values, Rye
residents generally are required to pay a larger share of the county budget
than communities having lower property values.
