The 2013 rankings for the best school districts in upstate New York were just released. Suburban Western New York school districts did fairly well, with 8 out of the top 30 spots. Suburbs of Rochester and Syracuse also did very well, with Pittsford ranking number 1 once again. City schools for all three major metropolitan areas did very poorly, with Buffalo ranked third from the bottom at #427. See a full listing of all 429 school districts here or check out the top 30:
• 1. Pittsford (Monroe County, Rochester Area)
• 2. Fayetteville-Manlius (Onondaga County, Syracuse Area)
• 3. Honeoye Falls-Lima (Monroe County, Rochester Area)
• 4. Brighton (Monroe County, Rochester Area)
• 5. Skaneateles (Onondaga County, Syracuse Area)
• 6. Williamsville (Erie County, Western New York)
• 7. Cazenovia (Madison County, Syracuse Area)
• 8. East Aurora (Erie County, Western New York)
• 9. Bethlehem (Albany County, Albany Area)
• 10. Clarence (Erie County, Western New York)
• 11. Niskayuna (Schenectady County, Albany Area)
• 12. Penfield (Monroe County, Rochester Area)
• 13. New Hartford (Oneida County, Utica-Rome Area)
• 14. Westhill (Onondaga County, Syracuse Area)
• 15. North Colonie (Albany County, Albany Area)
• 16. Voorheesville (Albany County, Albany Area)
• 17. Jamesville-DeWitt (Onondaga County, Syracuse Area)
• 18. Guilderland (Albany County, Albany Area)
• 19. West Irondequoit (Monroe County, Rochester Area)
• 20. Victor (Ontario County, Rochester Area)
• 21. Orchard Park (Erie County, Western New York)
• 22. Vestal (Broome County, Binghamton-Elmira Area)
• 23. Iroquois (Erie County, Western New York)
• 24. Bemus Point (Chautauqua County, Western New York)
• 25. Saratoga Springs (Saratoga County, Albany Area)
• 26. Lewiston-Porter (Niagara County, Western New York)
• 27. Fairport (Monroe County, Rochester Area)
• 28. Amherst (Erie County, Western New York)
• 29. East Greenbush (Rensselaer County, Albany Area)
• 30. Lancaster (Erie County, Western New York)