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Bronxville Union Free School District is a public school district serving the Village of Bronxville, Westchester County, New York. In 2023, 1603 students were enrolled across the district's elementary, middle and high schools. Bronxville High School was named the 10th best public high school in New York State for 2024. The high school is also in the top 100 high schools in the country according to US News and is the highest ranked "open enrollment" high school in New York State.

History
In 1934, Bronxville became one of the first public high schools in Westchester County to provide a continuous French language education for grades 7-12. It was added to the curriculum to promote the reading of the language and to allow students to feel achievement as they make progress in French. Since then, Spanish, Latin and Mandarin have also been added.

The teaching of advanced life sciences was added to the Bronxville School curriculum in hopes to teach students from kindergarten to high school how to think, ask questions, collect data, and come to conclusions. Students begin with basic concepts in elementary school, where they make observations. In middle and high school, students perform experiments in a laboratory setting where they can work in biology, chemistry, and physics classes up to the AP level. Bronxville was one of the first schools to establish a sex education program in the 1940s.

Administratively, David Quattrone became the superintendent in 2005; he resigned in 2016. The district in 2016 had about 1,700 students, and in 2017 it had about 1,670 students. Roy Montesano, previously of the Hastings-on-Hudson school district, became the superintendent in 2017, and was replaced by Dr. Rachel Kelly after Montesano's retirement in January 2023.

Foundation
The school has a foundation, created in 1992, which solicits donations from community members, alumni, corporations and others to raise monies for special programs to provide new equipment, programs, curriculum innovations, teacher training and tools. The foundation is designated as a 501(c)3. Since 1991, and as of 2023, the foundation has made grants totaling $12 million of support; 2021-2022 donations were at least $483,000, according to information from the foundation.

Rankings and reputation
As of 2023, the high school consistently ranks in the top 50 best high schools in the country by Newsweek and in the top 100 by US News. In 1991, Bronxville high school was one of two schools singled out by President George H. W. Bush as a "school of excellence." In 2000 Bronxville High School was ranked the 5th best high school in the country by Newsweek. In 2012 Bronxville High School was ranked 2nd among "open enrollment" high schools in the country. In 2015 the district was ranked 29th in the country by Newsweek magazine. In 2000, every one of the high school's 79 graduates went on to higher education. In 2014, Bronxville Elementary School was named a Reward School for "high performance" by the New York State Department of Education. In 2023, Niche named the high school 19th in New York State in the 2024 Best Public High Schools ranking. Niche's also named Bronxville as 10th out of 1,233 for best public school teachers in these rankings.

In terms of college preparation, Bronxville is ranked 15 in New York State for college preparedness and 112 nationally according to U.S. News education rankings. The graduation rate is 99%. The average SAT score was a 1380 out of 1600 and the average ACT score was a 31 out of 36 in 2023.

The high school offers 29 advanced placement courses. In 2023, 93% of students were enrolled in such courses. For the class of 2023, 86% of students who took AP exams passed the exams with a score of 3 or higher. Bronxville High School had 6 National Merit semi-finalists and 27 AP Scholars in 2023.

After high school, graduates go off to attend universities such as Boston University, New York University, Georgetown University, Wake Forest University, as well as Ivy-League schools.

Athletic programs
There are athletic programs for football, basketball, baseball, field hockey, track, cross country, lacrosse, mountain biking, and other sports. Bronxville High School's teams plays other public high schools including Valhalla High School, Dobbs Ferry High School, Albertus Magnus High School, Croton-Harmon High School, Rye Neck High School, Edgemont High School, and private schools such as Iona Preparatory School, Fordham Preparatory School, and The School of the Holy Child.

Bronxville athletics offers three levels of sports: modified, junior varsity and varsity. At the modified level, athletes can experience a new sport and learn the basics of the sport at a less competitive level. At the junior varsity and varsity levels, competition is higher and the athlete can prepare for college-level sports. The vast array of levels allows for more inclusivity by enabling students of all athletic backgrounds to play sports.

Bronxville also has a reputation for its lacrosse program, with the varsity girls team making it to the state championship every year in the past few years. The girls varsity team won the 2022 New York State championship. In June 2023, the girls lost to Skaneateles High School in the final round of the championship.

The athletic facilities consist of two major athletic fields including a football turf field with bleachers, as well as another turf field next to it. There are four indoor gymnasiums, one of which includes a rope course that high school students get to participate in during physical education classes.