Top 100 WNY High Schools

BUFFALO, NY (WIVB) - Nardin Academy High School, which is located in Buffalo, once again holds first place in Business First's annual rankings of Western New York's high schools. It has occupied the No. 1 position ever since the separate ratings of public and private schools were combined in 2007.

Williamsville East High School ranks second in this year's standings, just as it did in 2008 and 2009.

Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart, an all-girls school in Amherst, ranks third this year. Rounding out the top five are a pair of public schools, Clarence Senior High School and Buffalo's City Honors School.

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The full list of the top 100 high shools is below.  Each school is followed by the district in which it's located.  See the end of the list ofr abbreviations.

1. Nardin Academy HS (Buffalo)
2. Williamsville East HS (Williamsville)
3. Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart (Amherst)
4. Clarence SHS (Clarence)
5. City Honors School (Buffalo)
6. Mount St. Mary Academy (Kenmore-Tonawanda)
7. East Aurora HS (East Aurora)
8. Williamsville North HS (Williamsville)
9. Notre Dame HS (Batavia)
10. Christian Central Academy (Williamsville)
11. St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute (Kenmore-Tonawanda)
12. Holy Angels Academy (Buffalo)
13. Alfred-Almond JSHS (Alfred-Almond)
14. Williamsville South HS (Williamsville)
15. St. Francis HS (Frontier)
16. Maple Grove JSHS (Bemus Point)
17. Immaculata Academy (Frontier)
18. West Seneca East SHS (West Seneca)
19. Orchard Park HS (Orchard Park)
20. Lewiston-Porter SHS (Lewiston-Porter)
21. Alden SHS (Alden)
22. Iroquois SHS (Iroquois)
23. Holland HS (Holland)
24. Eden JSHS (Eden)
25. Hamburg HS (Hamburg)
26. Grand Island SHS (Grand Island)
27. St. Mary's HS (Lancaster)
28. Amherst Central HS (Amherst)
29. Lancaster HS (Lancaster)
30. Akron HS (Akron)
31. West Seneca West SHS (West Seneca)
32. Fredonia HS (Fredonia)
33. Chautauqua Lake Secondary School (Chautauqua Lake)
34. Wilson (MS)
HS (Wilson)
35. Mount Mercy Academy (Buffalo)
36. Southwestern SHS (Southwestern)
37. West Valley Central School (West Valley)
38. Elba JSHS (Elba)
39. Barker HS (Barker)
40. Pembroke JSHS (Pembroke)
41. Niagara-Wheatfield SHS (Niagara-Wheatfield)
42. Sweet Home SHS (Sweet Home)
43. Frontier SHS (Frontier)
44. LeRoy JSHS (LeRoy)
45. Starpoint HS (Starpoint)
46. Niagara Catholic HS (Niagara Falls)
47. Bishop Timon-St. Jude HS (Buffalo)
48. Sherman HS (Sherman)
49. Griffith Institute HS (Springville-Griffith Institute)
50. Pavilion JSHS (Pavilion)
51. Falconer MHS (Falconer)
52. Westfield HS (Westfield)
53. Allegany-Limestone HS (Allegany-Limestone)
54. Oakfield-Alabama MHS (Oakfield-Alabama)
55. Newfane SHS (Newfane)
56. Depew HS (Depew)
57. Kendall JSHS (Kendall)
58. Frewsburg JSHS (Frewsburg)
59. Byron-Bergen HS (Byron-Bergen)
60. Ellicottville MHS (Ellicottville)
61. Batavia HS (Batavia)
62. Kenmore East SHS (Kenmore-Tonawanda)
63. L.A. Webber MHS (Lyndonville)
64. Portville JSHS (Portville)
65. Silver Creek HS (Silver Creek)
66. Maryvale HS (Cheektowaga-Maryvale)
67. Attica HS (Attica)
68. North Collins JSHS (North Collins)
69. Cardinal O'Hara HS (Kenmore-Tonawanda)
70. Letchworth SHS (Letchworth)
71. Wellsville SHS (Wellsville)
72. Kenmore West SHS (Kenmore-Tonawanda)
73. Genesee Valley HS (Genesee Valley)
74. Belfast School (Belfast)
75. Alexander MHS (Alexander)
76. Clymer Central School (Clymer)
77. North Tonawanda HS (North Tonawanda)
78. Tonawanda SHS (Tonawanda)
79. Pine Valley Central JSHS (Pine Valley)
80. Lockport HS (Lockport)
81. Cheektowaga HS (Cheektowaga)
82. Olean SHS (Olean)
83. Bolivar-Richburg JSHS (Bolivar-Richburg)
84. Medina HS (Medina)
85. Cleveland Hill HS (Cleveland Hill)
86. Royalton-Hartland HS (Royalton-Hartland)
87. Randolph JSHS (Randolph)
88. Pioneer SHS (Yorkshire-Pioneer)
89. Warsaw MHS (Warsaw)
90. Cuba-Rushford HS (Cuba-Rushford)
91. Panama HS (Panama)
92. Charles D'Amico HS (Albion)
93. Cassadaga Valley MHS (Cassadaga Valley)
94. Archbishop Walsh Academy (Olean)
95. Fillmore Central School (Fillmore)
96. Perry HS (Perry)
97. Whitesville Central School (Whitesville)
98. Ripley Central School (Ripley)
99. Gowanda HS (Gowanda)
100. Brocton MHS (Brocton)

ABBREVIATIONS: CS-Charter School, EMS-Elementary-Middle School, ES-Elementary School, HS-High School, IS-Intermediate School, JHS-Junior High School, JSHS-Junior-Senior High School, MHS-Middle-High School, MS-Middle School, PS-Primary School, SHS-Senior High School, VHS-Vocational High School.