Editing Westchester County, New York (section)

==Education==
{{Main|Education in Westchester County}}
Westchester County contains 48 [[Public school (government funded)|public school]] [[Political subdivisions of New York State#School district|districts]],<ref name="Auto3Z-7"/> nearly 120 [[private school|private]] [[University-preparatory school|college-preparatory]] and [[parochial school|parochial]] schools, and 14 colleges and universities. Many public and private high schools are continuously ranked among the best in New York State and the United States.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/new-york/rankings?int=983308 |title=Education: New York High Schools |magazine=U.S. News & World Report}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://k12.niche.com/rankings/private-high-schools/best-overall/ |title=Best Private High Schools in America |publisher=Niche}}</ref> Public schools in the county are largely funded by local property taxes, and the median annual property tax bill for Westchester County residents was $13,842 in 2013, the highest in the United States.<ref name="high tax">{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2015/04/23/westchester-property-tax-bill/26232255/|title=Westchester tops USA with $13K median property tax bill|author=Joseph Spector|publisher=Gannett|date=April 23, 2015|access-date=April 23, 2016}}</ref> According to the 2018 rankings provided by the education website [[Niche (company)|Niche]], taking into account public comments, 28 of the top 100 school districts in the state of New York were located in Westchester County.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://yonkers.dailyvoice.com/schools/new-rankings-28-westchester-school-districts-among-top-100-in-ny/720161/|title=New Rankings: 28 Westchester School Districts Among Top 100 In NY|author=Joe Lombardi|publisher=Yonkers Daily Voice|date=September 5, 2017|access-date=September 6, 2017}}</ref>