Mid-Hudson Valley

Why is this important?

High school dropouts face fewer and declining career opportunities than graduates and are more likely to end up unemployed, in prison or on public assistance. Since they tend to have lower earnings, dropouts also contribute less in local, state and federal taxes, and depend more on programs such as food stamps and Medicaid health insurance for the poor.

How is the region performing?

About 5% of the Mid-Hudson Valley region's class of 2020 dropped out by the time their class was ready to graduate (after four years of high school), similar to the state (excluding NYC) rate. The region's dropout rate has fallen by 4 points from 2009. Among regional counties, the dropout rate was highest in Sullivan (9%) and lowest in Putnam (3%). Districts with the highest dropout rates were Kiryas Joel (43%), Poughkeepsie and Tri-Valley Central (both at 19%), and Liberty Central (14%). In contrast, Goshen Central, Kinderhook Central, Millbrook Central, Pawling Central and Tuxedo Union Free had the lowest dropout rate at 0%.

High School Cohort Dropout Rate

	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Region	9%	8%	8%	7%	7%	7%	6%	6%	6%	6%	6%	5%
Columbia County	10%	11%	11%	12%	10%	8%	7%	8%	8%	6%	5%	6%
Dutchess County	10%	9%	8%	8%	7%	7%	8%	6%	7%	6%	7%	5%
Greene County	8%	7%	8%	6%	5%	5%	5%	6%	3%	4%	5%	4%
Orange County	9%	7%	7%	7%	7%	6%	5%	5%	6%	6%	6%	5%
Putnam County	2%	1%	2%	1%	1%	1%	1%	2%	2%	2%	2%	3%
Sullivan County	11%	10%	11%	11%	9%	12%	12%	9%	10%	9%	12%	9%
Ulster County	12%	9%	9%	9%	9%	9%	8%	7%	7%	9%	7%	6%
NYS (excluding NYC)	8%	8%	7%	7%	6%	6%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%

Columbia School Districts
Berkshire Union Free	N/A	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	13%	9%	N/A	0%	0%	N/A
Chatham Central	8%	4%	5%	9%	5%	4%	8%	6%	7%	6%	7%	4%
Germantown Central	7%	15%	12%	12%	16%	10%	5%	3%	15%	0%	13%	7%
Hudson City	14%	17%	16%	22%	17%	16%	11%	12%	8%	5%	3%	7%
Kinderhook Central	10%	8%	11%	9%	3%	6%	5%	10%	5%	8%	3%	0%
New Lebanon Central	8%	10%	13%	10%	8%	0%	4%	0%	8%	5%	3%	5%
Taconic Hills Central	11%	10%	9%	9%	11%	7%	6%	10%	8%	8%	7%	12%
Dutchess School Districts
Arlington Central	8%	7%	5%	3%	4%	4%	6%	5%	6%	5%	4%	3%
Beacon City	13%	9%	12%	14%	13%	9%	11%	4%	7%	5%	7%	6%
Dover Union Free	12%	9%	12%	8%	6%	8%	6%	6%	8%	9%	9%	6%
Hyde Park Central	7%	10%	16%	9%	11%	14%	10%	9%	12%	9%	9%	6%
Millbrook Central	5%	2%	3%	5%	1%	5%	5%	2%	1%	0%	1%	0%
Northeast Central	10%	16%	10%	12%	9%	1%	7%	4%	2%	5%	6%	6%
Pawling Central	3%	3%	2%	2%	0%	3%	1%	2%	2%	2%	5%	0%
Pine Plains Central	13%	6%	3%	13%	9%	13%	8%	5%	6%	5%	9%	5%
Poughkeepsie City	26%	30%	21%	26%	25%	24%	24%	21%	21%	24%	24%	19%
Red Hook Central	3%	6%	3%	3%	4%	3%	8%	5%	4%	1%	1%	4%
Rhinebeck Central	2%	4%	2%	5%	7%	7%	3%	0%	3%	0%	1%	1%
Spackenkill Union Free	4%	5%	5%	1%	4%	2%	1%	2%	3%	2%	3%	4%
Wappingers Central	10%	8%	7%	6%	4%	4%	6%	4%	4%	3%	4%	3%
Greene School Districts
Cairo-Durham Central	12%	10%	9%	7%	6%	5%	6%	6%	4%	4%	8%	5%
Catskill Central	11%	5%	9%	8%	7%	9%	9%	10%	3%	7%	6%	4%
Coxsackie-Athens Central	9%	14%	12%	7%	5%	4%	5%	5%	2%	5%	6%	7%
Greenville Central	5%	0%	3%	2%	4%	1%	1%	1%	4%	1%	0%	3%
Hunter-Tannersville Central	3%	6%	8%	7%	3%	6%	0%	19%	0%	5%	6%	4%
Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central	2%	13%	12%	5%	9%	6%	3%	3%	8%	4%	14%	5%
Orange School Districts
Chester Union Free	4%	3%	3%	6%	0%	3%	2%	3%	6%	1%	3%	1%
Cornwall Central	3%	3%	3%	2%	4%	0%	3%	2%	3%	1%	2%	3%
Florida Union Free	3%	1%	3%	0%	0%	1%	0%	3%	0%	0%	2%	1%
Goshen Central	4%	2%	2%	1%	1%	2%	1%	2%	1%	3%	2%	0%
Highland Falls Central	4%	3%	6%	2%	5%	3%	2%	3%	0%	2%	5%	8%
Kiryas Joel Village Union Free	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0%	N/A	0%	N/A	N/A	14%	22%	43%
Middletown City	13%	10%	12%	12%	12%	10%	12%	9%	11%	10%	10%	9%
Minisink Valley Central	5%	5%	5%	2%	5%	4%	4%	5%	3%	4%	3%	1%
Monroe-Woodbury Central	3%	2%	1%	2%	3%	2%	3%	1%	2%	3%	3%	4%
Newburgh City	19%	20%	14%	14%	13%	11%	9%	10%	10%	8%	12%	10%
Pine Bush Central	10%	4%	8%	4%	6%	3%	4%	3%	4%	5%	2%	4%
Port Jervis City	15%	15%	14%	18%	13%	15%	10%	7%	11%	10%	9%	6%
Tuxedo Union Free	4%	1%	3%	4%	6%	4%	2%	4%	6%	0%	0%	0%
Valley Central	8%	4%	9%	8%	7%	8%	6%	4%	4%	5%	4%	4%
Warwick Valley Central	3%	2%	2%	2%	1%	0%	2%	1%	2%	1%	1%	1%
Washingtonville Central	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	2%	2%	3%	3%	2%	2%
Putnam School Districts
Brewster Central	4%	3%	2%	2%	0%	1%	1%	2%	2%	6%	5%	6%
Carmel Central	3%	1%	2%	1%	1%	2%	3%	3%	2%	1%	2%	3%
Haldane Central	3%	0%	0%	3%	0%	0%	0%	0%	1%	0%	2%	3%
Mahopac Central	1%	1%	2%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	2%	1%	1%	2%
Putnam Valley Central	2%	2%	1%	1%	0%	2%	1%	1%	1%	2%	1%	1%
Sullivan School Districts
Eldred Central	3%	12%	7%	3%	9%	2%	7%	3%	4%	10%	6%	2%
Fallsburg Central	17%	17%	21%	14%	7%	16%	21%	15%	17%	19%	23%	8%
Liberty Central	17%	16%	16%	15%	14%	18%	20%	13%	10%	14%	16%	14%
Livingston Manor Central	13%	8%	5%	18%	3%	14%	3%	8%	5%	16%	17%	10%
Monticello Central	10%	10%	10%	13%	10%	11%	11%	7%	10%	5%	7%	7%
Sullivan West Central	7%	4%	8%	9%	7%	10%	11%	4%	6%	6%	9%	8%
Tri-Valley Central	4%	3%	4%	6%	7%	11%	7%	11%	14%	6%	14%	19%
Ulster School Districts
Ellenville Central	13%	15%	11%	15%	8%	12%	17%	12%	11%	14%	6%	11%
Highland Central	5%	4%	7%	8%	6%	7%	7%	3%	3%	4%	5%	4%
Kingston City	24%	17%	14%	14%	13%	13%	10%	10%	11%	13%	13%	8%
Marlboro Central	8%	6%	5%	2%	3%	5%	5%	5%	5%	7%	3%	4%
New Paltz Central	3%	4%	1%	4%	2%	3%	1%	2%	2%	2%	4%	3%
Onteora Central	8%	5%	8%	4%	9%	6%	7%	4%	6%	7%	7%	4%
Rondout Valley Central	11%	6%	6%	6%	8%	4%	4%	4%	3%	4%	4%	8%
Saugerties Central	9%	9%	11%	13%	11%	8%	10%	9%	10%	12%	8%	10%
Wallkill Central	4%	7%	8%	8%	12%	10%	6%	6%	7%	6%	6%	3%

Source: New York State Education Department
Notes: Years denote 12th grade year for cohort.

Number of High School Dropouts

	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Region	1,451	1,232	1,194	1,101	999	917	902	760	794	799	832	694
Columbia County	80	80	79	85	67	53	46	47	44	37	30	30
Dutchess County	387	376	340	286	276	261	289	212	223	203	230	168
Greene County	52	43	54	37	31	28	27	33	15	20	26	20
Orange County	493	406	390	360	351	281	279	247	281	276	282	254
Putnam County	34	18	24	19	9	18	20	22	25	30	27	38
Sullivan County	102	89	95	103	68	98	89	66	75	69	98	65
Ulster County	303	220	212	211	197	178	152	133	131	164	139	119
NYS (excluding NYC)	11,465	11,107	9,775	9,551	8,648	7,889	7,172	7,134	7,188	7,115	7,031	6,205

Columbia School Districts
Berkshire Union Free	N/A	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	N/A	0	0	N/A
Chatham Central	10	5	5	10	6	5	9	6	6	6	6	3
Germantown Central	5	9	7	7	9	4	2	1	6	0	6	3
Hudson City	24	31	29	36	28	28	15	15	12	8	4	10
Kinderhook Central	19	14	21	16	5	9	9	14	8	12	5	0
New Lebanon Central	4	5	5	4	4	0	2	0	3	2	1	2
Taconic Hills Central	18	16	12	12	15	7	8	10	9	9	8	12
Dutchess School Districts
Arlington Central	67	58	44	23	33	32	50	44	46	40	28	22
Beacon City	34	29	37	36	38	23	26	11	14	9	16	15
Dover Union Free	20	13	16	10	7	10	7	7	8	11	9	8
Hyde Park Central	29	38	59	31	45	46	34	28	38	30	33	15
Millbrook Central	6	2	3	5	1	5	5	2	1	0	1	0
Northeast Central	8	9	7	9	5	1	3	3	1	3	3	3
Pawling Central	3	4	2	2	0	3	1	2	2	2	5	0
Pine Plains Central	16	7	3	14	9	12	5	4	4	4	7	4
Poughkeepsie City	86	99	68	82	81	74	77	60	61	69	82	60
Red Hook Central	6	12	6	5	7	5	16	8	7	1	1	7
Rhinebeck Central	2	5	2	5	7	7	3	0	3	0	1	1
Spackenkill Union Free	6	8	8	1	5	3	1	3	3	3	4	4
Wappingers Central	104	92	85	63	38	40	61	40	35	31	40	29
Greene School Districts
Cairo-Durham Central	18	13	13	8	8	6	7	7	4	4	8	4
Catskill Central	13	6	14	12	9	12	12	12	3	8	6	4
Coxsackie-Athens Central	12	17	16	10	6	5	6	7	2	5	7	7
Greenville Central	6	0	3	2	4	1	1	1	4	1	0	3
Hunter-Tannersville Central	2	3	4	3	1	2	0	5	0	1	2	1
Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central	1	4	4	2	3	2	1	1	2	1	3	1
Orange School Districts
Chester Union Free	3	3	3	5	0	3	2	3	6	1	2	1
Cornwall Central	10	10	8	8	11	1	8	7	8	3	7	7
Florida Union Free	2	1	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	1
Goshen Central	9	6	6	2	2	6	2	4	2	7	4	1
Highland Falls Central	5	3	8	3	7	3	3	3	0	2	6	11
Kiryas Joel Village Union Free	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A	N/A	1	2	3
Middletown City	73	51	66	66	64	55	68	51	61	50	54	58
Minisink Valley Central	20	22	21	9	20	12	13	16	11	16	10	4
Monroe-Woodbury Central	19	11	8	13	16	12	15	8	15	16	18	22
Newburgh City	193	197	129	126	117	90	77	80	77	62	93	82
Pine Bush Central	51	22	40	18	33	14	19	14	17	20	11	20
Port Jervis City	44	43	39	50	32	34	21	14	25	22	17	11
Tuxedo Union Free	5	1	3	4	6	4	2	1	1	0	0	0
Valley Central	34	16	37	33	28	31	24	17	15	20	15	13
Warwick Valley Central	11	8	9	9	4	1	8	4	7	3	4	3
Washingtonville Central	14	12	11	14	11	10	6	9	10	9	6	9
Putnam School Districts
Brewster Central	11	8	8	7	1	3	4	5	5	18	13	17
Carmel Central	14	4	7	4	4	6	9	13	9	5	8	10
Haldane Central	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2
Mahopac Central	4	3	7	4	4	5	5	3	9	4	3	8
Putnam Valley Central	3	3	2	2	0	4	2	1	1	3	1	1
Sullivan School Districts
Eldred Central	2	9	4	2	5	1	4	2	2	5	3	1
Fallsburg Central	22	18	24	15	7	15	20	16	17	20	25	8
Liberty Central	25	23	22	24	16	23	22	14	12	16	26	17
Livingston Manor Central	6	4	2	8	1	8	1	3	2	6	4	3
Monticello Central	30	27	29	34	25	29	23	17	24	11	18	14
Sullivan West Central	9	5	9	12	8	11	12	4	5	6	9	7
Tri-Valley Central	5	3	4	6	6	10	6	10	13	5	12	15
Ulster School Districts
Ellenville Central	17	21	16	20	11	16	22	18	16	17	8	13
Highland Central	7	8	10	12	10	12	11	5	4	7	8	6
Kingston City	171	104	93	90	73	71	49	52	50	67	67	42
Marlboro Central	16	11	10	4	5	8	7	10	7	11	4	6
New Paltz Central	6	8	2	7	4	5	2	3	4	3	8	7
Onteora Central	16	9	13	6	13	9	9	4	6	8	7	4
Rondout Valley Central	29	14	14	12	14	8	7	7	5	7	6	13
Saugerties Central	27	25	28	36	30	21	27	18	22	30	18	20
Wallkill Central	14	20	26	24	37	28	18	16	17	14	13	8

Source: New York State Education Department
Notes: Years denote 12th grade year for cohort.

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