Pittsford Mendon High School
Pittsford Mendon High School | |
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Address | |
472 Mendon Road Pittsford, NY, 14534 USA | |
Coordinates | 43°03′36″N 77°31′08″W / 43.059983°N 77.518845°WCoordinates: 43°03′36″N 77°31′08″W / 43.059983°N 77.518845°W |
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 | 1018 (as of 2012–13)[1] |
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]
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.[2]
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." [3]
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.[4] Pittsford Mendon High School was ranked as Number 39 in the United States in Newsweek's 2005 survey.[5]
Demographics
- White 70%
- Asian 15%
- Black 5%
- Hispanic 10%
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
- Tyson Beckford, supermodel, actor.[7]
- Nicole Fiscella, actress, noted for her role as Isabel Coates on Gossip Girl
- Stephen Gilfus, Founder of Blackboard Inc.; President and CEO Gilfus Education Group.
- Peter Kluge, Actor, Producer of 2009 film Near Fall [8]
- Kaitlin Monte, actress, Miss New York 2011 [9]
- James Satloff, Investment bank CEO,[10] Internet company CEO,[11] Ski Company CEO[12][13]
- Joy Tanner, actress, noted for her role as Nora MacDonald on Disney's Life with Derek
- Steve Toth, member of the Texas House of Representatives from The Woodlands in suburban Houston[14]
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 2 3 4 Pittsford Mendon High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 1, 2008.
- ↑ "Best High Schools in 2013, U.S. News and World Report
- ↑ "The Top of the Class 2008", Newsweek, May 17, 2008
- ↑ The Complete List: 1,200 Top U.S. Schools, Newsweek May 8, 2006 Archived March 16, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "America's Best High Schools", Newsweek, August 5, 2005 Archived March 17, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Pittsford-Mendon High School in Pittsford, NY | Education.com
- ↑ Where Am I Now?, Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester), accessed March 22, 2007
- ↑ IMDB, IMDB, accessed August 8, 2007
- ↑ Miss New York Crown Goes To Kaitlin Monte, "SI Live"
- ↑ Unterberg, Towbin website, accessed August 8, 2007 Archived November 9, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ New York Times BITS Technology Blog, New York Times, July 4, 2007
- ↑ Freeskier Magazine, Freeskier Magazine, December 6, 2005 Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Where Am I Now?, Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester), accessed May 6, 2007
- ↑ "Steve B. Toth". intelius.com. Retrieved February 24, 2014.