Mid-Hudson Valley

How is the region performing?

In 2020, 28% of the Mid-Hudson Valley region's 4-year-olds were enrolled in publicly funded prekindergarten programs, up 2 percentage point from 2009, but below the 42% rate for the state (excluding NYC). Participation in 2020 was highest in Sullivan County, with 38% of 4-year-olds enrolled, followed by Orange with 37% and Greene with 26%. In recent years, no Putnam County districts have participated in the state's preK program.

Among local school districts that participate in publicly funded preK (some do not), participation ranged from 17% of 4-year-olds in the Port Jervis district to 100% in the Hunter-Tannersville district.

Notes about the data

Due to changes in the source of the data, results from 2017 onward may differ slightly from previous years. Prekindergarten enrollment through 2016 is as reported in New York State Education Department's (NYSED) School Report Card database. Enrollment for 2017 and onwards is provided by the NYSED's Office of Early Learning. Figures reflect children in free prekindergarten programs provided by school districts or community organizations; they do not include children attending private preschool or federally funded Head Start. In 1997, New York State enacted a law providing public support for prekindergarten, effective 1998.

Prekindergarten Participation

	2010	2011	2012	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Region	26%	26%	27%	25%	27%	29%	28%	29%	27%	28%
Columbia County	18%	20%	21%	27%	30%	32%	24%	32%	27%	20%
Dutchess County	12%	12%	13%	11%	14%	18%	17%	17%	11%	16%
Greene County	62%	34%	39%	33%	33%	30%	36%	33%	30%	26%
Orange County	35%	37%	37%	35%	39%	39%	39%	39%	37%	37%
Putnam County	2%	4%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Sullivan County	39%	40%	43%	40%	39%	39%	37%	37%	36%	38%
Ulster County	24%	24%	24%	24%	22%	27%	26%	30%	32%	35%
NYS (excluding NYC)	37%	37%	37%	36%	37%	38%	39%	39%	39%	42%

Columbia School Districts
Chatham Central	11%	0%	0%	0%	13%	12%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Germantown Central	0%	0%	0%	0%	65%	71%	71%	72%	51%	86%
Hudson City	27%	23%	25%	31%	30%	29%	29%	46%	33%	19%
Kinderhook Central	0%	0%	0%	22%	25%	25%	0%	32%	34%	0%
New Lebanon Central	0%	54%	78%	0%	0%	38%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Taconic Hills Central	42%	48%	45%	66%	45%	46%	46%	38%	37%	38%
Dutchess School Districts
Arlington Central	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Beacon City	48%	50%	46%	48%	46%	52%	44%	45%	42%	44%
Dover Union Free	30%	30%	31%	31%	33%	27%	31%	29%	31%	26%
Hyde Park Central	0%	0%	0%	0%	32%	55%	62%	64%	0%	62%
Millbrook Central	0%	0%	7%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Northeast Central	52%	51%	48%	48%	55%	45%	51%	54%	43%	42%
Pawling Central	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Pine Plains Central	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	48%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Poughkeepsie City	35%	35%	36%	32%	33%	35%	34%	35%	34%	33%
Red Hook Central	0%	0%	29%	0%	0%	10%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Rhinebeck Central	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Spackenkill Union Free	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Wappingers Central	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Greene School Districts
Cairo-Durham Central	47%	31%	41%	33%	38%	36%	42%	35%	36%	33%
Catskill Central	100%	50%	51%	45%	43%	39%	45%	42%	31%	21%
Coxsackie-Athens Central	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Greenville Central	41%	40%	46%	37%	42%	34%	46%	32%	44%	37%
Hunter-Tannersville Central	73%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Orange School Districts
Chester Union Free	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Cornwall Central	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Florida Union Free	0%	0%	0%	0%	25%	26%	27%	26%	25%	26%
Goshen Central	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Greenwood Lake Union Free	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Highland Falls Central	23%	0%	0%	0%	0%	35%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Kiryas Joel Village Union Free	62%	63%	64%	60%	66%	62%	62%	61%	56%	59%
Middletown City	46%	66%	56%	49%	49%	47%	50%	47%	45%	47%
Minisink Valley Central	33%	33%	34%	35%	36%	35%	36%	36%	34%	35%
Monroe-Woodbury Central	9%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Newburgh City	66%	72%	77%	70%	75%	77%	79%	79%	75%	75%
Pine Bush Central	36%	28%	28%	29%	30%	29%	28%	39%	35%	36%
Port Jervis City	20%	18%	18%	18%	18%	21%	21%	24%	19%	17%
Tuxedo Union Free	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Valley Central	25%	26%	26%	28%	46%	46%	47%	47%	44%	45%
Warwick Valley Central	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Washingtonville Central	38%	50%	43%	50%	53%	45%	51%	39%	48%	39%
Putnam School Districts
Brewster Central	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Carmel Central	6%	12%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Garrison Union Free	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Haldane Central	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Mahopac Central	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Putnam Valley Central	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Sullivan School Districts
Eldred Central	37%	53%	34%	51%	37%	66%	49%	40%	27%	32%
Fallsburg Central	28%	39%	33%	25%	29%	24%	24%	25%	25%	21%
Liberty Central	56%	59%	62%	65%	48%	59%	56%	61%	78%	55%
Livingston Manor Central	89%	62%	85%	58%	73%	66%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Monticello Central	34%	33%	35%	36%	40%	36%	44%	47%	40%	57%
Sullivan West Central	16%	16%	17%	18%	18%	34%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Tri-Valley Central	97%	73%	100%	80%	77%	56%	78%	72%	57%	72%
Ulster School Districts
Ellenville Central	47%	47%	42%	45%	39%	52%	42%	40%	52%	40%
Highland Central	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Kingston City	49%	48%	49%	51%	43%	53%	51%	52%	54%	60%
Marlboro Central	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
New Paltz Central	10%	11%	11%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Onteora Central	29%	29%	32%	26%	46%	39%	45%	42%	49%	44%
Rondout Valley Central	38%	41%	42%	40%	43%	55%	55%	77%	48%	73%
Saugerties Central	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	17%	38%	39%
Wallkill Central	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%

Source: New York State Education Department
Notes: Figures reflect percentage of 4-year-olds in free prekindergarten programs provided by school districts or community organizations. In recent years, no Putnam County districts have participated in the state’s preK program.

Number of Students in Prekindergarten

	2010	2011	2012	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Region	3,562	3,549	3,506	3,178	3,392	3,594	3,451	3,529	3,354	3,484
Columbia County	116	124	125	145	170	183	132	161	140	102
Dutchess County	378	375	400	340	405	510	466	462	307	447
Greene County	293	160	162	147	148	133	144	145	123	100
Orange County	1,939	2,017	1,983	1,807	1,951	1,988	1,947	1,952	1,954	1,924
Putnam County	20	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sullivan County	366	380	390	344	332	346	341	318	326	349
Ulster County	450	451	446	395	386	434	421	491	504	562
NYS (excluding NYC)	48,659	49,100	48,586	45,628	47,034	48,125	48,180	47,794	48,777	51,743

Columbia School Districts
Chatham Central	11	0	0	0	12	11	0	0	0	0
Germantown Central	0	0	0	0	30	33	32	29	21	35
Hudson City	49	41	42	47	48	46	46	64	47	27
Kinderhook Central	0	0	0	22	26	26	0	29	32	0
New Lebanon Central	0	19	26	0	0	12	0	0	0	0
Taconic Hills Central	56	64	57	76	54	55	54	39	40	40
Dutchess School Districts
Arlington Central	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Beacon City	139	141	127	130	117	131	111	109	106	111
Dover Union Free	35	35	35	35	35	28	32	29	32	27
Hyde Park Central	0	0	0	0	77	130	148	147	0	147
Millbrook Central	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northeast Central	38	37	34	33	36	29	33	34	28	27
Pawling Central	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pine Plains Central	0	0	0	0	0	37	0	0	0	0
Poughkeepsie City	166	162	162	142	140	143	142	143	141	135
Red Hook Central	0	0	38	0	0	12	0	0	0	0
Rhinebeck Central	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Spackenkill Union Free	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wappingers Central	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greene School Districts
Cairo-Durham Central	42	28	32	28	32	30	32	29	28	24
Catskill Central	198	73	66	62	60	53	56	57	40	25
Coxsackie-Athens Central	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greenville Central	39	38	38	33	37	30	37	28	36	29
Hunter-Tannersville Central	14	21	26	24	19	20	19	31	19	22
Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Orange School Districts
Chester Union Free	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cornwall Central	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Florida Union Free	0	0	0	0	17	18	18	18	18	18
Goshen Central	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greenwood Lake Union Free	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Highland Falls Central	29	0	0	0	0	42	0	0	0	0
Kiryas Joel Village Union Free	513	514	521	466	508	486	475	470	457	466
Middletown City	269	381	320	269	261	260	267	255	257	260
Minisink Valley Central	104	104	104	104	104	103	104	104	104	104
Monroe-Woodbury Central	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Newburgh City	593	633	677	592	620	651	652	653	652	641
Pine Bush Central	141	108	108	106	108	107	100	144	135	136
Port Jervis City	46	40	40	38	38	46	44	50	42	37
Tuxedo Union Free	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Valley Central	86	87	86	90	147	148	147	148	147	149
Warwick Valley Central	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Washingtonville Central	114	150	127	142	148	127	140	110	142	113
Putnam School Districts
Brewster Central	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carmel Central	20	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Garrison Union Free	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Haldane Central	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mahopac Central	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Putnam Valley Central	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sullivan School Districts
Eldred Central	21	31	19	27	19	36	28	21	15	18
Fallsburg Central	45	64	52	37	42	36	38	36	38	33
Liberty Central	74	80	80	79	57	75	74	74	101	72
Livingston Manor Central	27	19	25	16	20	19	0	0	0	0
Monticello Central	100	100	100	97	108	102	129	129	114	164
Sullivan West Central	15	15	15	15	15	30	0	0	0	0
Tri-Valley Central	71	55	88	54	51	39	57	49	41	52
Ulster School Districts
Ellenville Central	60	60	53	52	46	57	47	45	57	45
Highland Central	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kingston City	279	274	274	257	227	260	252	259	263	294
Marlboro Central	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
New Paltz Central	15	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Onteora Central	29	29	31	23	43	34	39	37	42	38
Rondout Valley Central	67	72	72	63	70	83	83	118	71	110
Saugerties Central	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	71	75
Wallkill Central	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: New York State Education Department
Notes: Figures reflect 4-year-olds in free prekindergarten programs provided by school districts or community organizations. In recent years, no Putnam County districts have participated in the state’s preK program.

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	Decreasing
Rate of Foster Care Admissions	Decreasing
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	Increasing
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	Decreasing
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	Maintaining
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	Increasing
Mental Health Clinic Visits	Decreasing
Homeownership Rates	Increasing
Homeless Persons	Decreasing
Housing Affordability for Homeowners	Maintaining
Housing Affordability for Renters	Not Applicable
Violent Crimes	Decreasing

INDICATORS

TREND | STATE