Rye Neck High School

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title: "Rye Neck High School" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["buildings-and-structures-in-rye,-new-york", "mamaroneck,-new-york", "public-high-schools-in-westchester-county,-new-york"] description: "High school in Mamaroneck, New York" topic_path: "society/education" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rye_Neck_High_School" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary High school in Mamaroneck, New York ::

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Field	Value
name	Rye Neck High School
image	File:Rye Neck High School front.jpg
address	300 Hornidge Road
city	Mamaroneck
state	New York
zipcode	10543
county	(Westchester County)
country	United States
coordinates
schooltype	high school
fundingtype	Public
established
status	Open
district	Rye Neck Union Free School District
us_nces_district_id
ceeb	333000
us_nces_school_id
principal	Melinda Folchetti
faculty	24.41
grades	9 to 12
gender	Coeducational
enrollment	506 (2021-22)
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
website
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Rye Neck High School is an American 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.

It serves the part of the Village of Mamaroneck that is within the Town of Rye and part of the City of Rye.

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 High School.
• Rye Neck High School was ranked #140 on *Newsweek*s 2015 list of the Best High Schools in America
• Rye Neck High School was second runner-up for *USA Weekend*s 2007 "Showstopper Contest" for best high school musical, with their performance of Thoroughly Modern Millie. This beat out over 700 other entries.
• Four students from Rye Neck High School competed on The Challenge on News12 Westchester.
• In 2009–2010, Rye Neck boys' varsity soccer won the Section 1 Class B Championship with a 3-1 victory over Edgemont Junior/Senior High School but fell to 2–1 loss in their Regional Final, which was the farthest they had been in over a decade.
• In 2010–2011, Rye Neck boys' varsity soccer made it to the sectional finals (class B) for the third year in a row.
• Rye Neck's High School mock trial team has won numerous state championships and regional championships.
• In 2020, it was announced that long-time Rye Neck HS varsity softball coach Joan Spedafino had been 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 the class C regional finals. They played in the Class C State Championship in the Carrier Dome, only to lose 28-27 to New York State perennial power Chenango Forks High School, finishing with a school best 11–1 record.

Notable alumni

• Patrick Meaney (2003), filmmaker
• Donna Rubin (born 1959), tennis player
• Carly Rose Sonenclar (2017), singer-songwriter and runner-up on The X Factor season 2
• Gary Young (born 1953), drummer for Pavement

References

References

1. "Rye Neck High School: Welcome to RNHS". Rye Neck Schools.
2. "RYE NECK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics.
3. "Rye Neck High School 2022-2023 Course Catalog".
4. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Westchester County, NY". [[U.S. Census Bureau]].
5. (19 August 2015). "America's Top High Schools 2015".
6. Epstein, Marc. (August 10, 2007). "Rye Neck's 'Millie' given national honor". The Journal News.
7. Truitt, Brian. (August 12, 2007). "2007 USA WEEKEND shines a spotlight on extraordinary high school productions across the country!". USA Today.

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