Tappan Zee High School
15 Dutch Hill Road, Orangeburg, NY, 10962-1299 - Map Map

School Overview:
Definition of Terms
Tappan Zee High School
School Level High school
Grades Offered Grades 9 - 12
County Rockland County, NY
Students & Faculty
Total Students 1019 students
% Male / % Female 50%  /  50%
Total Classroom Teachers 83 teachers
Students by Grade
Grade 9 - 235 students
Grade 10 - 269 students
Grade 11 - 254 students
Grade 12 - 235 students
Grade Not Listed - 26 students
This School
(NY) School Average
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:12 1:14
Students by Ethnicity
This School
(NY) School Average
% American Indian n/a 1%
% Asian 14% 4%
% Hispanic 6% 17%
% Black 3% 19%
% White 76% 58%
% Unknown 1 % 3%
Additional Student Information
This School
(NY) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch 6% 28%
% Eligible for Reduced Lunch 3% 6%
% Migrant Students Enrolled n/a n/a
School Performance:
(NY) Statewide Testing Performance
School Statewide Performance View Education Department Test Scores
School District:
School District Name South Orangetown Central School District
This School's Agency
(NY) District Average
Number of Schools Managed 5 4
Number of Students Managed 3,419 students 2,265 students
District Total Revenue $61,656,000 $31,819,000
District Expenditure $59,634,000 $31,869,000
District Revenue / Student $18,033 $14,048
District Expenditure / Student $17,442 $14,070
District Graduation Rates 85% 97%
In the News:
  • Rockland people in the news (The Journal News)
    posted on August 9, 2009 at 06:44:35 am
    RAMAPO: Connie Maslik, the kitchen coordinator at the Suffern soup kitchen, presented a Community Service Award to eighth-grade students from the Tuxedo Park School, a private school. The students committed to a yearlong project to provide and deliver meals to the soup kitchen.
  • Order Sons of Italy awards 7 scholarships (The Journal News)
    posted on August 6, 2009 at 06:48:03 am
    BLAUVELT: The Order Sons of Italy in America Rockland Lodge 2176 presented seven scholarships at a ceremony at the Rockland Lodge building in Blauvelt.
  • Rockland school news (The Journal News)
    posted on August 3, 2009 at 05:44:05 pm
    CLARKSTOWN: The Rotary Club of New City awarded Felix Festa Scholarship Awards to Sminu Bose, Kyla Cretekos-Gross, Brandon Bass and Shelun Tsai, all from Clarkstown North High School, and Michelle Pratusevich from Clarkstown South.
  • Connecting with the past (The Journal News)
    posted on July 28, 2009 at 06:44:22 am
    Working at pretty much opposite ends of the county, two groups of alumni are trying to reunite graduates of two high schools that no longer exist in their original form.
  • Mercurio completes warrior transition (The Journal News)
    posted on July 16, 2009 at 06:44:33 am
    TAPPAN: Army National Guard Pfc. Anthony J. Mercurio has completed the Warrior Transition Course at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla.
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School Notes:
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  • Tappan Zee High School is a public high school located in Orangeburg, New York, with approximately 1,000 students. The school is home to students grades 9-12 and is part of the South Orangetown Central School District.
  • The school draws students from Orangetown, NY, which comprises the villages and hamlets of Blauvelt, Grandview, Orangeburg, Tappan, Palisades, Piermont, Upper Grandview,Sparkill, and portions of South Nyack.
  • The high school used to be co-located with a satellite branch of Iona College.
  • In 2007 the school dedicated new athletic fields, including an artificial turf football/lacrosse field surrounded by a new track. The football field also has lights and bathrooms. The renovation also included new baseball and softball fields and new tennis courts.
  • The school shares its name with the nearby Tappan Zee Bridge, which connects Rockland County, NY to Westchester County, NY.
  • External links
  • School web page
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School Zip Code:
About This Zip Code (10962)
School Zip (10962)
(NY) State Average
Population (Approximate) 5,580 people 18,208,943 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 46% 32%
Population Average Age 41 years old 34 years old
Average Household size 2.9 persons 2.6 persons
Median Household Income $79,402 $41,761
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 7.3 rooms 4.6 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 41 years old 56 years old
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Median Value of Housing Unit
Zipcode (10962)


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% Owning / % Renting 87% / 13% 42% / 58%
School Map:
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