| Port Chester High School | |
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| Address | |
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1 Tamarack Road , 10573 United States | |
| Coordinates | 41°00′42″N 73°40′43″W / 41.01179°N 73.67874°W |
| Information | |
| Motto | Truth and knowledge are the fruits of learning |
| Established | 1929 |
| School district | Port Chester-Rye Union Free School District |
| Principal | Luke A. Sotherden |
| Teaching staff | 106.16 (on an FTE basis)[1] |
| Grades | 9-12[1] |
| Enrollment | 1,558[1] (2021–2022) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 14.68[1] |
| Campus size | 20 Acres (871,200 sq ft) |
| Color(s) | |
| Athletics conference | Section 1 NYSPHSAA |
| Nickname | Rams |
| Rivals | Mamaroneck, Greenwich |
| Accreditation | Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Yearbook | Peningian |
| Website | shs |
Port Chester High School is a public high school in Port Chester, New York. It is the senior high school of the Port Chester-Rye Union Free School District and its principal is Mitchell Combs. The school is ranked #134 in the state and #1481 in the United States, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2018 "Best High Schools" rankings.[2]
The school was founded in 1929. The building, on the former grounds of a country club, was designed by Tooker & Marsh in "Harvard" style with a prominent clock tower, and completed in 1932. As constructed, it contained 140,000 square feet (13,000 m2) of space including a 94 by 72 feet (29 m × 22 m) gymnasium, a 1250-seat auditorium, 38 classrooms, two study halls, four shops, and a model apartment for homemaking classes. The building had radio equipment and an electric fire alarm system, and all its clocks were synchronized to an electric master clock.[3]
The district (and therefore the high school's attendance boundary) is located within portions of the Town of Rye. All of Port Chester is in the district.[4] About 30% of the village of Rye Brook is in the district, and the remainder is in the Blind Brook School District.[5]
- ^ a b c d "PORT CHESTER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL". School Directory Information. National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
- ^ "Port Chester Senior High School in Port Chester, NY". US News. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
- ^ "The History of Port Chester High School (Foreword to the 1963 Peningian)". Tollaland.com. Archived from the original on 2005-01-12.
- ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Westchester County, NY" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
- ^ Platzman, Cheryl. "IF YOU'RE THINKING OF LIVING IN/RYE BROOK, N.Y.; 1 Close-Knit Village, 2 School Districts." (Correction Appended) The New York Times. July 2, 2000. p. 1. Retrieved on July 8, 2013.