Pittsford Mendon High School
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.
Pittsford Mendon High School | |
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Address | |
472 Mendon Road Pittsford , 14534 | |
Coordinates | 43.059983°N 77.518845°W |
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Type | Public high school |
Established | 1972 |
School district | Pittsford Central School District |
Principal | Melissa Julian |
Faculty | 72.79 (on FTE basis)[1] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 1,036 (2018-19)[2] |
Student to teacher ratio | 14.23[1] |
Color(s) | Gold and Maroon |
Team name | Vikings |
Rival | Pittsford Sutherland High School
Fairport High School |
Website | School website |
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 14.23.[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 US 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. Mendon's Foreign Language selection includes Spanish, French, and Latin.
Notable alumni
- Avram Glazer, Chairman of Manchester United
- Wimeth Dissanayake, Neurologist at the Royal Adelaide Hospital.
- Tyson Beckford, supermodel, actor.
- Liam Berger, New York Times Bestselling author, with notable Fantasy novels including: Invisible Influence, Contagious, and The Catalyst, and founder of local clothing store, L.L Berger, in recent years.
- Noah Lucia, member of the Monroe county Board of Directors
- Jason Broderick, Olympic swimmer, lead biochemical engineer at Amgen.
- 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
- Sean Lee, Cardio-Thoracic Surgeon at Rochester General Hospital.
- Kaitlin Monte, actress, Miss New York 2011
- Rafael Knispel-Heyworth, former engineer at Telsa, CEO of Daimler.
- James Satloff, Investment bank CEO, Internet company CEO, Ski Company CEO
- Joy Tanner, Actress, noted for her role as Nora MacDonald on Disney's Life with Derek
- Taylor Klinsky, Computer scientist at Microsoft, notable for her revolutionizing of compression algorithms.
- Steve Toth, member of the Texas House of Representatives from The Woodlands in suburban Houston
- Aiden Murray, Ice Hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs, led his team to a Stanley Cup in 2013.
- Hunter Grace, Diamond mine owner, Multimillionaire, Philanthropist.
- Lars Friske, Internationally renowned Swedish designer and internet personality.
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. There is also a City-Suburban program, which sees over 50 students transferred from Rochester City Schools, to Mendon High School, and Barker Road Middle School.
References
- Pittsford Mendon High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed May 8, 2020.
- "PITTSFORD-MENDON HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- "Pittsford Mendon High School". Archived from the original on 2012-05-09.
- "Best High Schools in 2013, U.S. News and World Report Archived May 5, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- "Pittsford-Mendon High school". Archived from the original on 2012-05-09.
- "The Top of the Class 2008", Newsweek, May 17, 2008
- The Complete List: 1,200 Top U.S. Schools, Newsweek May 8, 2006
- "America's Best High Schools", Newsweek, August 5, 2005