Rye Neck High School Explained

Rye Neck High School
Address:	300 Hornidge Road
City:	Mamaroneck
State:	New York
Zipcode:	10543
County:	(Westchester County)
Country:	United States
Coordinates:	40.9582°N -73.7156°W
Schooltype:	High School
Fundingtype:	Public
Status:	Open
District:	Rye Neck Union Free School District
Ceeb:	333000
Principal:	Tina Wilson^[1]
Asst Principal:	Jason Doerr
Faculty:	24.41
Grades:	9 to 12
Gender:	Coeducational
Enrollment:	506 (2021-22)^[2]
Ratio:	18.80
Schedule:	September to June
Campus Type:	Suburban
Colors:	Black and Columbia Blue
Conference:	Section 1 (NYSPHSAA)
Mascot:	Panther
Newspaper:	Panther's Tale
Yearbook:	Scraps
Feeders:	Rye Neck Middle School
Free Label:	Magnet school
Free Text:	No
Free Label1:	Charter school
Free Text1:	No

Rye Neck High School is a public secondary school located in the Village of Mamaroneck, New York and the Town of Rye, New York. It is part of the Rye Neck Union Free School District and is connected to Rye Neck Middle School. Rye Neck High School offers 25 Advanced Placement classes as well as many electives such as robotics, journalism, and video production.^[3]

It serves the part of the Village of Mamaroneck that is within the Town of Rye and part of the City of Rye.^[4]

Sports

• In 2017 the Rye Neck Boys Varsity Soccer team won the Section 1 Class B championship. The team advanced to the regional final, falling to Center Moriches.
• Rye Neck High School was ranked #140 on Newsweeks 2015 list of the Best High Schools in America^[5]
• Rye Neck High School was second runner-up for USA Weekends 2007 "Showstopper Contest" for best high school musical, with their performance of Thoroughly Modern Millie. This beat out over 700 other entries.^{[6] [7]}
• Four students from Rye Neck High School competed on The Challenge on News12 Westchester.
• Rye Neck Varsity Boys Soccer '09-'10 have won the Section 1 Class B Championship with a 3 to 1 victory over Edgemont but fell to 2–1 loss in their Regional Final, which was the farthest they have been in over a decade.
• Rye Neck Varsity Boys Soccer '10-'11 made it to the sectional finals (class B) for the 3rd year in a row.
• Rye Neck's High School Mock trial team has won numerous state championships and regional championships in recent years.
• In 2020, it was announced that long time Rye Neck HS Varsity Softball Coach, Joan Spedafino, was selected for induction into the New York State High School Softball Hall of Fame, as part of the Induction Class of 2021.
• In 2013 Rye Neck's football team won the League and Section 1 Class C Championship, went on to win class C Regional Finals. Played in the Class C State Championship in the Carrier Dome only to lose to New York State perennial power Chenango Forks by the score of 28-27 finishing with a school best 11–1 record.

Notable alumni

• Donna Rubin (born 1959), tennis player
• Carly Rose Sonenclar (2017), American singer-songwriter and runner-up of the second season of The X Factor USA
• Gary Young (born 1953), drummer, Pavement
• Patrick Meaney (2003), filmmaker

See also

• Immediato v. Rye Neck School District

External links

• Rye Neck Union Free School District

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rye Neck High School: Our School: About Our School: Our Administrators . Rye Neck Schools .
2. Web site: RYE NECK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL . National Center for Education Statistics . December 18, 2019.
3. Web site: Rye Neck High School 2022-2023 Course Catalog .
4. Web site: 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Westchester County, NY. U.S. Census Bureau. 2023-04-08.
5. Web site: America's Top High Schools 2015 . 19 August 2015.
6. News: Epstein . Marc . August 10, 2007 . Rye Neck's 'Millie' given national honor . The Journal News . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070930185754/http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007708100345 . September 30, 2007.
7. Web site: 2007 Showstopper runners-up... Thoroughly Modern Millie Rye Neck High School Mamaroneck, N.Y. Submitted by Patricia Rinello . 2007 USA WEEKEND shines a spotlight on extraordinary high school productions across the country! . USA Today . August 12, 2007 . July 30, 2011 . Truitt, Brian.