2013 Upstate New York School District Rankings

The 2013 rankings for the best school districts in upstate New York were just released. ?Suburban?Western New York school districts did fairly well, ?with 8 out of the top 30 spots. ?Suburbs of Rochester and Syracuse also did very well, with Pittsford ranking number 1 once again. ?City schools for all three major metropolitan areas did very poorly, with Buffalo ranked third from the bottom at #427. ?See a full listing of all 429 school districts here?or check out the top 30:

? 1. Pittsford (Monroe County, Rochester Area)

? 2. Fayetteville-Manlius (Onondaga County, Syracuse Area)

? 3. Honeoye Falls-Lima (Monroe County, Rochester Area)

? 4. Brighton (Monroe County, Rochester Area)

? 5. Skaneateles (Onondaga County, Syracuse Area)

? 6. Williamsville (Erie County, Western New York)

? 7. Cazenovia (Madison County, Syracuse Area)

? 8. East Aurora (Erie County, Western New York)

? 9. Bethlehem (Albany County, Albany Area)

? 10. Clarence (Erie County, Western New York)

? 11. Niskayuna (Schenectady County, Albany Area)

? 12. Penfield (Monroe County, Rochester Area)

? 13. New Hartford (Oneida County, Utica-Rome Area)

? 14. Westhill (Onondaga County, Syracuse Area)

? 15. North Colonie (Albany County, Albany Area)

? 16. Voorheesville (Albany County, Albany Area)

? 17. Jamesville-DeWitt (Onondaga County, Syracuse Area)

? 18. Guilderland (Albany County, Albany Area)

? 19. West Irondequoit (Monroe County, Rochester Area)

? 20. Victor (Ontario County, Rochester Area)

? 21. Orchard Park (Erie County, Western New York)

? 22. Vestal (Broome County, Binghamton-Elmira Area)

? 23. Iroquois (Erie County, Western New York)

? 24. Bemus Point (Chautauqua County, Western New York)

? 25. Saratoga Springs (Saratoga County, Albany Area)

? 26. Lewiston-Porter (Niagara County, Western New York)

? 27. Fairport (Monroe County, Rochester Area)

? 28. Amherst (Erie County, Western New York)

? 29. East Greenbush (Rensselaer County, Albany Area)

? 30. Lancaster (Erie County, Western New York)