Horace Greeley High School
| Horace Greeley High School | |
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| Address | |
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70 Roaring Brook Road Chappaqua, New York 10514 United States |
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| Coordinates | 41°10′28″N 73°45′24″W / 41.17444°N 73.75667°WCoordinates: 41°10′28″N 73°45′24″W / 41.17444°N 73.75667°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Public high school |
| Motto | "The Lifelong Joy of Learning" |
| Established | 1928 (1) |
| Opened | 1957 |
| School district | Chappaqua Central School District |
| School code | 331315 (ACT/SAT/AP) |
| Principal | Robert Rhodes |
| Staff | 24 |
| Faculty | 121.1 FTE (2011–2012) |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Number of students | ~1342 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 11:6 |
| Language | English |
| Hours in school day | 6 hrs, 50 minutes |
| School color(s) | Blue and orange |
| Athletics conference | Section 1 (NYSPHSAA) |
| Mascot | Quaker |
| Team name | Quakers |
| Average SAT scores | 2040 |
| Average ACT scores | 31 |
| Newspaper | The Greeley Tribune, The Quake, ADVO, and Satori |
| Yearbook | The Quaker |
| Communities served | New Castle, New York (part) |
| Website | http://hg.ccsd.ws/ |
| (1) Originally located on the site of Robert E. Bell Middle School, serving grades 1-12. The school was relocated to its present site, in its current configuration, in 1957. | |
Horace Greeley High School is a public, four-year secondary school serving students in grades 9–12 in Chappaqua, New York, United States. It is part of the Chappaqua Central School District.
It is consistently ranked among the top high schools in America. In 2015 it was listed as the #1 best public high school in the US by Best Colleges, and the #17 Smartest Public High School in the US by Business Insider.
Greeley is nationally respected for its high academic standards. The high school was ranked #46 nationally in the 2008 U.S. News & World Report rankings of "America's Best High Schools," and #7 among those with open enrollment. It currently offers 17 advanced placement courses.
Recent years have seen approximately one-tenth of graduating seniors recognized by the National Merit Scholarship committee. The class of 2004 included 25 National Merit semifinalists, the class of 2005 had 16, and the class of 2007 had 22. The mean SAT score among graduating seniors in the Class of 2012 was 1927; 623 in Critical Reading, 652 in Mathematics, 652 in Writing; the average ACT score for the class of 2013 was a 29. 97% of the Class of 2005 went on to higher education, 96% to four-year colleges.
The school is strong in several extracurricular programs. Its academic challenge team won the National Academic Championship in 2003 and 2013; finished third in 2007, 2009 and 2010; and placed among the top six teams at the national tournament in five of the six years between 2000 and 2005.Chip Beall, the organizer of the tournament, noted in 2007 that Greeley's team had "the most airline miles logged at the National Academic Association's expense", a nod to their placement in the final rounds of the tournament more times than any other team in the tournament's history.
The Horace Greeley Debate Team has been successful at many regional tournaments as well as national tournaments, and has sent debaters to the state competition every year since its inception in 2002.
The Madrigal Choir, a select group of students auditioned from the full chorus, has attended the prestigious Disney Honors festival in Orlando, Florida and has performed with other choirs at such venues as Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center. In 2011, the Madrigal Choir received a gold award and came in second place at the Boston Heritage Festival.
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