Tier Two District

Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District

School Profile

Briarcliff High School 

2021-2022 Profile

 

Mrs. Diana Blank
Principal
 
Dr. James Kaishian
Superintendent
Mrs. Meredith Safer
Counseling Coordinator
 
Mrs. Erin Ryan
Counselor
 
Mr. Michael Muranelli
Counselor
 
Ms. Amanda Cohen
Counselor

 

Briarcliff Manor, New York 10510

College Counseling Office

914-769-6299 Ext. 3125    Fax: 914-432-8210

CEEB/ACT Code Number: 3 3 0 5 0 5

 

Briarcliff High School is the public high school of the Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District. Briarcliff Manor is a community of approximately 8,000 residents, located in the Westchester County suburbs of New York City. Most of the community's residents are professionals and executives who demonstrate strong support for the public school system.

ACCREDITATION AND AFFILIATIONS
Briarcliff High School is accredited by the New York State Board of Regents and the Middle States Commission on Second­ ary Schools. Briarcliff High School is a member of the National Association for College Admission Counseling and complies with the NACAC Statement of Principles of Good Practice.

 

STUDENTS

The 202I-22 enrollment is 536 students at Briarcliff High School. There are I40 students in the Class of 2022. The ethnic breakdown of the Class of 2022 student body is as follows: 69% Caucasian; 17% Asian-American; 9% Hispanic, 5% African-American, 0 multi racial.

Briarcliff High School is comprised of students from Briarcliff Manor, Pocantico Hills, and tuition students from area school districts.

ATHLETICS AND ACTIVITIES
Briarcliff High School students participate in a broad range of recreational and interscholastic activities. Teams fielded are Boys' Football, Soccer, Basketball, Bowling, Baseball, Hockey, Swimming and Tennis; Girls' Field Hockey, Volleyball, Tennis, Basketball, Swimming, Bowling, Softball and Soccer; Co-Ed Cross Country, Winter Track, Golf, and Track and Field. More than two dozen clubs for students of various academic, athletic, cultural, and community service interests are available to all students.

 

EXPLANATION OF MARKING SYSTEM

Grading Scale: passing grade is 65

Letter and Grade-point equivalents: 
A+ 98-100 B+ 87-89 C+ 77-79  D+ 68-69
A 94-97 B 84-86 C 74-76 D 66-67
A- 90-93 B- 80-83 C- 70-73 D- 65
            F 64 and below

 

GRADE POINT AVERAGE AND CLASS RANK
The grade point average reported by Briarcliff High School is a three-year cumulative average for the student's first three years (six semesters) of high school. The grade point average is weighted. AP, SUNY and SUPA courses carry a weight of 1.10. Honors courses carry a weight of 1.05. Briarcliff Science Research is weighted 1.10 (grades 11 and 12) and 1.05 (grade 10).
 
 
Weighted Grade Distribution - Class of 2021
Numeric Grade 104.50-90.00 89.99-80.00 79.99-70.00 Below 70.00
# of students 103 27 8 1
% of students 74.1 19.42 5.76 .72

 

 

STANDARDIZED TESTING SCORE DISTRIBUTIONS - CLASS OF 2021

 

SAT I: Reasoning Test
Range Math EBR/W
700-800 37 26
600-690 20 25
500-590 7 13
400-490 1 1
300-390 0 0
200-290 0 0

Mean Scores: Math - 695, EBR /W - 662

 

ACT
English 28.9
Math 27
Reading 28.9
Science 27.6
Composite 28.4

 

 

SAT II: Subject Tests (2020)
Subject #Test-takers Mean
Biology-E 2 690
Math 1 3 683
Math 2 35 731
U.S. History 25 696
Chemistry 15 752
Literature 10 658
Physics 4 711
World History 3 633
Biology-M 7 738
Spanish 1 790

 

  • The Class of 2021 was compromised of 139 students
  • There were 5 National Merit Scholar Semi-Finalists
  • An additional 17 students were Commended Scholars
  • 95% of the class of 2021 attend college
  • 99% of the class of 2021 graduated

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS AND CREDITS

To graduate from Briarcliff High School, each student is required to complete a minimum of 23 credits, to be distributed as follows:

English - four credits

Mathematics - three credits

Art or Music - one credit

Electives - three and a half credits

Physical Education - two credits

Social Studies - four credits

Science - three credits

Health - one half credit

Community Service - one credit*

World Language - one credit (Regents), three credits (Adv.)

*Each student is required to complete 8 hours of Community Service per year (one quarter credit per year).

 

The Briarcliff High School Curriculum

Briarcliff High School offers courses in Advanced Placement, Honors, and Regents levels as indicated below:

*SUNY/SUPA Program courses provide students with the academic challenges of college-level curriculum. Upon successful completion of SUNY/SUPA course requirements, students will receive college credit from the State University of New York or Syracuse University for the courses in which they have enrolled and for which they paid.