Pittsford Mendon High School

Pittsford Mendon High School
Address
472 Mendon Road
Pittsford, NY 14534
USA
Coordinates 43°03′36″N 77°31′08″W / 43.059983°N 77.518845°W / 43.059983; -77.518845Coordinates: 43°03′36″N 77°31′08″W / 43.059983°N 77.518845°W / 43.059983; -77.518845
Information
Type Public high school
Established 1972
School district Pittsford Central School District
Principal Karl Thielking
Faculty 75.0 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 998 (2015-16)[2]
Student to teacher ratio 12.9[1]
Color(s) Maroon and Gold
Team name Vikings
Rival

Pittsford Sutherland High School Brighton High School


Fairport High School
Website School website

Pittsford Mendon High School is a public high school in suburban Rochester, Monroe County, upstate New York. It is one of two high schools in the Pittsford Central School District, the other being Pittsford Sutherland High School. Pittsford Mendon is located at 472 Mendon Road (from which the school gets its name) in the town of Pittsford, near the town of Mendon, New York.

As of the 2012–13 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,018 students and 82 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 12.4.[1]

In 2017, Pittsford Mendon High school had 1,013 students enrolled, 77 full time teachers, had a 13:1 student-teacher ratio, had 51% female students and 49% male students. [3]

Awards and recognition

Pittsford Mendon was ranked 71st in the country (a Gold Medal School) by U.S. News & World Report in its 2013 high school rankings.[4]

In 2017, Pittsford Mendon High school was ranked #86 in the National Rankings and earned a gold medal. In New York alone, Pittsford Mendon High school was ranked #14. These rankings are based on the schools performance on state-required test scores and how well they prepared students for college. [5]

In 2007, the school was ranked 94th nationwide in Newsweek's Top 1,300 High School's in the United States. Rankings are calculated using "a ratio that takes the number of Advanced Placement, Intl. Baccalaureate, and/or Cambridge tests taken by all students at a school in 2006 divided by the number of graduating seniors." [6]

The school was ranked in 58th place nationwide in Newsweek's May 8, 2006 issue, listing the Top 1,200 High Schools in The United States.[7] Pittsford Mendon High School was ranked as Number 39 in the United States in Newsweek's 2005 survey.[8]

Academics

Mendon offers a variety of courses, with numerous Advanced Placement (AP) courses in Science, English, Social Studies, Math, Art, Foreign Language, and Music.

Notable alumni

Feeder patterns

Park Road Elementary School, Thornell Road Elementary School, and the southern part of Mendon Center Elementary School feed into Barker Road Middle School, then to Pittsford Mendon High School.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Pittsford Mendon High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 1, 2008.
  2. ↑ "PITTSFORD-MENDON HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Pittsford Mendon High School".
  4. ↑ "Best High Schools in 2013, U.S. News and World Report Archived May 5, 2016, at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ "Pittsford-Mendon High school".
  6. ↑ "The Top of the Class 2008", Newsweek, May 17, 2008
  7. ↑ The Complete List: 1,200 Top U.S. Schools, Newsweek May 8, 2006 Archived March 16, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  8. ↑ "America's Best High Schools", Newsweek, August 5, 2005 Archived March 17, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  9. ↑ Where Am I Now?, Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester), accessed March 22, 2007
  10. ↑ IMDB, IMDB, accessed August 8, 2007
  11. ↑ Miss New York Crown Goes To Kaitlin Monte, "SI Live"
  12. ↑ Unterberg, Towbin website, accessed August 8, 2007 Archived November 9, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.
  13. ↑ New York Times BITS Technology Blog, New York Times, July 4, 2007
  14. ↑ Freeskier Magazine, Freeskier Magazine, December 6, 2005 Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  15. ↑ Where Am I Now?, Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester), accessed May 6, 2007
  16. ↑ "Steve B. Toth". intelius.com. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
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