Mid-Hudson Valley

How is the region performing?

There were 5.6 bullying incidents for every 1,000 students in the region in 2020, similar to the state rate (excluding New York City). The regional rate fell 49% since 2014. In 2020, Columbia County had the lowest rate of bullying incidents at 2.3 per 1,000 students, followed by Putnam, at 3.2. Ulster County had the highest rate at 6.6, followed by Orange, at 6.4 per 1,000 students. Some school districts had especially high rates in 2020, including Pawling in Dutchess (31) and Highland Falls in Orange (24 per 1,000 students) in contrast with Liberty in Sullivan and Hudson City in Columbia (both at 0.6 per 1,000 students) with especially low rates.

Notes about the data

The state has revamped its process for collecting data on bullying and other school safety offenses. Beginning in 2013-14, cyberbullying was added as an offense and is included in the data we report for bullying. The accuracy of the data depends on students reporting bullying behavior, and on schools accurately reporting to the state. Although the state has provided guidance to schools on how incidents should be reported, there can be variations in how that guidance is interpreted by school officials. Data for this indicator are expected to be released in the third quarter.

Bullying Incidents Per 1,000 students

	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Region	10.95	10.26	9.49	9.71	9.27	7.92	5.59
Columbia County	11.44	15.18	14.27	15.98	5.33	3.69	2.28
Dutchess County	8.71	6.57	7.28	5.48	5.94	6.42	5.53
Greene County	17.21	10.83	11.53	21.09	15.53	6.48	5.55
Orange County	9.53	8.20	6.00	8.43	10.34	8.70	6.44
Putnam County	9.53	5.55	6.23	7.66	8.34	3.49	3.23
Sullivan County	25.20	32.18	37.07	30.29	13.92	15.27	4.14
Ulster County	11.91	14.56	11.26	8.35	10.55	9.87	6.55
NYS (excluding NYC)	15.01	12.48	12.03	11.73	9.89	7.81	5.09

Columbia School Districts
Berkshire Union Free	49.38	46.98	136.00	48.54	36.14	59.52	12.05
Chatham Central	4.31	12.33	7.50	21.99	3.78	0.00	0.00
Germantown Central	0.00	11.99	17.06	14.36	12.75	7.62	1.92
Hudson City	5.40	26.17	27.31	15.07	3.99	2.34	0.61
Kinderhook Central	27.67	6.90	5.43	23.15	4.63	0.00	0.00
New Lebanon Central	0.00	12.41	7.13	22.06	11.63	13.89	16.39
Taconic Hills Central	9.49	13.31	4.35	0.00	2.23	4.69	4.02
Dutchess School Districts
Arlington Central	0.70	1.04	2.25	1.09	8.47	9.76	13.31
Beacon City	18.89	12.26	21.45	12.71	3.41	0.00	1.42
Dover Union Free	24.98	12.98	8.19	9.83	2.98	23.22	14.80
Hyde Park Central	5.71	11.59	6.71	7.09	7.48	9.25	3.83
Millbrook Central	12.40	25.97	10.46	4.21	0.00	0.00	4.55
Northeast Central	3.82	0.00	2.62	4.08	2.89	5.96	0.00
Pawling Central	33.57	9.07	18.23	5.19	18.63	21.51	30.52
Pine Plains Central	9.20	15.20	28.10	18.67	24.86	46.77	11.06
Poughkeepsie City	6.18	0.46	3.20	5.72	2.35	0.00	0.00
Red Hook Central	0.51	1.56	4.24	5.25	0.00	2.69	3.36
Rhinebeck Central	16.42	13.61	11.86	16.19	32.01	22.11	14.83
Spackenkill Union Free	4.66	1.37	3.47	0.71	2.73	6.66	0.00
Wappingers Central	10.14	7.77	6.58	4.66	2.77	0.00	0.00
Greene School Districts
Cairo-Durham Central	43.05	16.74	30.71	72.02	13.39	0.83	5.09
Catskill Central	0.00	2.49	1.89	3.38	11.81	4.25	2.91
Coxsackie-Athens Central	4.98	8.63	7.28	13.46	15.83	13.08	8.86
Greenville Central	40.34	25.22	14.66	10.39	19.08	6.27	7.99
Hunter-Tannersville Central	7.92	0.00	0.00	2.76	36.46	16.53	2.83
Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central	0.00	0.00	6.58	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Orange School Districts
Chester Union Free	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.85	1.91	7.06	9.13
Cornwall Central	6.66	8.16	7.85	8.47	9.21	10.25	9.03
Florida Union Free	50.12	64.48	41.57	22.14	37.13	11.22	14.87
Goshen Central	0.00	2.42	0.00	1.04	1.73	7.22	1.39
Greenwood Lake Union Free	0.00	22.22	20.79	0.00	22.18	6.34	0.00
Highland Falls Central	2.14	6.29	10.34	42.21	53.95	16.62	23.81
Kiryas Joel Village Union Free	0.00	0.00	12.42	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Middletown City	10.55	7.15	6.84	8.20	11.87	9.16	2.70
Minisink Valley Central	19.79	12.99	7.16	8.08	10.50	15.16	10.31
Monroe-Woodbury Central	8.63	3.50	6.59	5.96	7.10	2.97	3.73
Newburgh City	0.53	0.09	0.00	6.95	8.08	7.10	5.75
Pine Bush Central	17.63	23.64	16.47	10.13	22.85	20.12	13.83
Port Jervis City	20.22	13.58	12.02	12.81	2.83	5.39	9.00
Tuxedo Union Free	3.94	14.77	24.29	25.00	38.30	0.00	0.00
Valley Central	10.52	4.62	0.47	10.62	10.01	9.67	7.02
Warwick Valley Central	1.61	4.14	0.28	1.70	2.86	3.37	5.60
Washingtonville Central	19.03	13.24	6.25	11.78	4.78	6.05	2.58
Putnam School Districts
Brewster Central	22.53	13.85	12.33	7.37	11.36	5.00	2.61
Carmel Central	2.30	3.07	5.49	6.71	10.94	1.73	3.27
Garrison Union Free	0.00	18.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.57	19.32
Haldane Central	0.00	2.36	0.00	0.00	3.58	0.00	0.00
Mahopac Central	12.72	2.45	4.40	11.63	4.84	3.22	1.26
Putnam Valley Central	1.13	4.05	5.24	5.31	8.51	7.34	8.76
Sullivan School Districts
Eldred Central	21.71	5.00	4.95	1.74	3.62	3.88	4.15
Fallsburg Central	90.64	77.54	90.58	66.37	22.30	27.78	11.81
Liberty Central	27.16	60.55	33.59	45.54	18.97	13.82	0.57
Livingston Manor Central	27.03	0.00	16.02	37.95	0.00	6.99	2.31
Monticello Central	8.96	18.48	41.74	19.59	8.69	9.41	1.79
Sullivan West Central	4.35	8.14	0.00	14.27	16.53	9.99	4.69
Tri-Valley Central	4.40	16.35	32.02	19.16	17.86	35.00	5.09
Ulster School Districts
Ellenville Central	32.50	39.00	17.54	4.94	2.48	2.51	1.92
Highland Central	17.00	9.00	12.96	18.22	11.01	11.78	8.40
Kingston City	7.73	5.73	7.21	8.17	9.23	4.61	4.02
Marlboro Central	29.87	56.22	26.80	16.92	13.35	17.94	8.99
New Paltz Central	0.00	2.66	4.98	0.00	4.15	15.27	8.84
Onteora Central	2.86	0.73	10.52	10.67	28.62	8.23	8.33
Rondout Valley Central	3.95	3.59	17.03	15.17	27.00	25.36	6.87
Saugerties Central	20.35	29.43	10.57	2.73	7.13	7.17	6.94
Wallkill Central	5.43	2.62	4.99	4.76	4.83	7.70	8.48

Source: New York State Education Department

Number of Bullying Incidents

	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Region	1,791	1,650	1,505	1,518	1,439	1,220	855
Columbia County	85	112	103	113	37	25	15
Dutchess County	361	269	292	215	232	248	211
Greene County	102	65	69	123	90	37	31
Orange County	576	491	356	491	599	502	375
Putnam County	144	82	90	109	117	48	44
Sullivan County	243	304	345	279	129	142	38
Ulster County	280	327	250	188	235	218	141
NYS (excluding NYC)	24,622	20,328	19,412	18,813	15,826	12,313	8,007

Columbia School Districts
Berkshire Union Free	4	7	17	5	3	5	1
Chatham Central	5	14	8	23	4	0	0
Germantown Central	0	7	10	8	7	4	1
Hudson City	10	47	49	27	7	4	1
Kinderhook Central	52	13	10	41	8	0	0
New Lebanon Central	0	5	3	9	5	6	7
Taconic Hills Central	14	19	6	0	3	6	5
Dutchess School Districts
Arlington Central	6	9	19	9	69	78	106
Beacon City	60	38	64	37	10	0	4
Dover Union Free	36	18	11	13	4	31	20
Hyde Park Central	21	42	24	25	26	32	13
Millbrook Central	13	26	10	4	0	0	4
Northeast Central	3	0	2	3	2	4	0
Pawling Central	42	11	22	6	21	24	34
Pine Plains Central	9	14	27	14	23	42	10
Poughkeepsie City	27	2	14	25	10	0	0
Red Hook Central	1	3	8	10	0	5	6
Rhinebeck Central	18	15	13	17	33	22	14
Spackenkill Union Free	7	2	5	1	4	10	0
Wappingers Central	118	89	73	51	30	0	0
Greene School Districts
Cairo-Durham Central	44	20	37	87	16	1	6
Catskill Central	0	4	3	5	17	6	4
Coxsackie-Athens Central	7	12	10	18	21	17	11
Greenville Central	48	29	17	12	22	7	9
Hunter-Tannersville Central	3	0	0	1	14	6	1
Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Orange School Districts
Chester Union Free	0	0	0	3	2	7	9
Cornwall Central	22	26	25	27	29	32	28
Florida Union Free	42	55	35	18	30	9	12
Goshen Central	0	7	0	3	5	21	4
Greenwood Lake Union Free	0	12	11	0	11	3	0
Highland Falls Central	2	6	10	42	54	17	24
Kiryas Joel Village Union Free	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Middletown City	75	49	49	59	87	67	20
Minisink Valley Central	79	50	27	30	38	54	36
Monroe-Woodbury Central	60	24	45	41	48	20	25
Newburgh City	6	1	0	77	90	79	65
Pine Bush Central	98	126	86	52	118	104	70
Port Jervis City	56	37	31	32	7	13	22
Tuxedo Union Free	2	7	6	6	9	0	0
Valley Central	46	20	2	45	42	40	29
Warwick Valley Central	6	15	1	6	10	12	20
Washingtonville Central	82	56	26	48	19	24	10
Putnam School Districts
Brewster Central	73	45	39	23	35	15	8
Carmel Central	10	13	23	28	45	7	13
Garrison Union Free	0	4	0	0	0	1	4
Haldane Central	0	2	0	0	3	0	0
Mahopac Central	59	11	19	49	20	13	5
Putnam Valley Central	2	7	9	9	14	12	14
Sullivan School Districts
Eldred Central	14	3	3	1	2	2	2
Fallsburg Central	124	106	126	90	31	39	17
Liberty Central	44	97	53	74	32	24	1
Livingston Manor Central	12	0	7	17	0	3	1
Monticello Central	27	54	122	56	25	27	5
Sullivan West Central	5	9	0	15	18	11	5
Tri-Valley Central	5	18	34	20	18	35	5
Ulster School Districts
Ellenville Central	56	67	30	8	4	4	3
Highland Central	31	16	23	32	19	20	14
Kingston City	50	36	45	51	58	29	26
Marlboro Central	58	108	52	32	25	34	17
New Paltz Central	0	6	11	0	9	32	18
Onteora Central	4	1	14	14	36	10	10
Rondout Valley Central	8	7	33	30	52	49	13
Saugerties Central	56	78	27	7	18	18	17
Wallkill Central	17	8	15	14	14	22	24

Source: New York State Education Department

INDICATORS	TREND \| STATE
Children Living in Poverty	Increasing
Children Living in Poverty, by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Single-Parent Families	Increasing
Single-Parent Families, by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Rate of Child Abuse and Neglect	Increasing
Rate of Foster Care Admissions	Maintaining
Teen Pregnancy	Decreasing
Live Births to Teen Mothers	Decreasing
Juvenile Delinquency Intakes	Decreasing
Bullying at School	Decreasing
Average Charitable Giving	Increasing
Voter Registration Rate	Increasing
Voter Participation Rate	Decreasing
Total Population	Increasing
Population by Age	Not Applicable
Population by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Household Types	Not Applicable
Change in Total Jobs	Increasing
Foreign-Born Population	Increasing
Employment by Sector	Not Applicable
Spending for County Government	Increasing
Tourism Revenue	Increasing
Preschoolers Receiving Special Education Services	Increasing
Prekindergarten Participation	Increasing
Students Receiving Special Education Services	Increasing
Per-Student Spending	Increasing
Student Performance on Grade 4 English, by Student Group	Not Applicable
Student Performance on Grade 4 English, by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Student Performance on Grade 4 Math, by Student Group	Not Applicable
Student Performance on Grade 4 Math, by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
High School Cohort Graduation Rate	Increasing
High School Cohort Dropout Rate	Decreasing
High School GED Rate	Maintaining
Plans of High School Graduates	Not Applicable
Education Levels of Adults	Not Applicable
Education Levels of Adults, by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Median Household Income	Decreasing
Median Household Income, by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
People Living in Poverty	Increasing
People Living in Poverty, by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Seniors Living in Poverty	Maintaining
Children Receiving Subsidized Child Care	Maintaining
Veterans Living in Poverty	Decreasing
Economically Disadvantaged Students	Increasing
Earned Income Tax Credit Participation	Decreasing
Living Wage Rate by Household Type	Not Applicable
Income in Relation to Poverty Level	Not Applicable
People Without Health Insurance	Decreasing
Early Prenatal Care, by Mother's Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Domestic Violence	Decreasing
Deaths from Drug Overdoses	Increasing
Babies with Low Birth Weights	Maintaining
People Living wth HIV	Decreasing
Mental Health Clinic Visits	Decreasing
Homeownership Rates	Maintaining
Homeless Persons	Maintaining
Housing Affordability for Homeowners	Maintaining
Housing Affordability for Renters	Not Applicable
Violent Crimes	Decreasing

INDICATORS

TREND | STATE

Children Living in Poverty

Increasing

Children Living in Poverty, by Race/Ethnicity

Not Applicable

Single-Parent Families

Increasing

Single-Parent Families, by Race/Ethnicity

Not Applicable

Rate of Child Abuse and Neglect

Increasing