Mid-Hudson Valley

How is the region performing?

Passing rates were higher for Asian and white students in the region (61% and 45%, respectively) than for African American and Hispanic and students (25% and 29%, respectively) in 2018. Rates in the region were lower for each group, at the state (excluding NYC) level.

Passing rates were especially low among Hispanic and African American students in the school districts of Poughkeepsie and Fallsburgh. They were higher for Hispanic students in the larger districts of Cornwall (71%) and for African American students in Cornwell in Orange and Brewster in Putnam (both at 67%).

It should be noted that a substantial number of students did not take state exams in 2018 due to parent concerns about testing in schools. The large percentage of students not taking the exam may have an effect on overall achievement levels and should therefore give caution when interpreting results. The opt out rate was 28% for the Region and was 26% in Columbia, 28% in Dutchess, 20% in Greene, 27% in Orange, 34% in Putnam, 16% in Sullivan, and 35% in Ulster.

Notes about the data

Changes in the state's testing program over the last decade impact the comparability of test results year to year. In addition to the shift to Common Core Standards in 2013, the state in 2010 revised scoring of its tests, raising the threshold for passing. The Common Core was adopted in most states to better prepare students for success beyond high school by emphasizing problem solving, understanding and synthesis, comprehension of nonfiction text, and other higher-order thinking skills. Test results for small racial groups were not disclosed to protect student privacy. Data for this indicator are expected to be released in the third quarter.

Student Performance on Grade 4 English, by Race/Ethnicity, 2018

	Asian	Black or African American	Hispanic	White
Region	61%	25%	29%	45%
Columbia County		18%	31%	46%
Dutchess County		24%	27%	47%
Greene County		20%	23%	29%
Orange County	63%	29%	31%	49%
Putnam County	59%		33%	58%
Sullivan County		13%	21%	32%
Ulster County	54%	22%	23%	40%
NYS (excluding NYC)	66%	27%	31%	50%
Columbia School Districts
Chatham Central				32%
Hudson City	38%	13%	28%	34%
Kinderhook Central			14%	58%
Taconic Hills Central			46%	48%
Dutchess School Districts
Arlington Central		35%	31%	49%
Beacon City		24%	36%	66%
Dover Union Free			19%	35%
Hyde Park Central		33%	26%	34%
Millbrook Central			40%	39%
Northeast Central				21%
Pawling Central				64%
Pine Plains Central				21%
Poughkeepsie City		15%	18%
Red Hook Central				61%
Rhinebeck Central			43%	59%
Spackenkill Union Free	73%	57%	69%	51%
Wappingers Central	72%	27%	30%	48%
Greene School Districts
Cairo-Durham Central			0%	18%
Catskill Central		33%	25%	35%
Coxsackie-Athens Central			13%	22%
Hunter-Tannersville Central				53%
Orange School Districts
Chester Union Free		17%	37%	37%
Cornwall Central	89%	67%	71%	81%
Florida Union Free			38%	49%
Goshen Central	67%	33%	26%	30%
Greenwood Lake Union Free				87%
Highland Falls Central			5%	33%
Middletown City	56%	27%	18%	45%
Minisink Valley Central			35%	41%
Monroe-Woodbury Central	61%	55%	36%	56%
Newburgh City		27%	31%	57%
Pine Bush Central		21%	34%	36%
Port Jervis City		36%	34%	40%
Valley Central			49%	51%
Warwick Valley Central			58%	70%
Washingtonville Central		13%	35%	33%
Putnam School Districts
Brewster Central	50%	67%	38%	66%
Carmel Central		38%	19%	49%
Garrison Union Free				78%
Haldane Central				74%
Mahopac Central	56%		40%	51%
Putnam Valley Central			35%	61%
Sullivan School Districts
Fallsburg Central		9%	12%	29%
Liberty Central		20%	33%	33%
Livingston Manor Central				41%
Monticello Central		10%	11%	22%
Sullivan West Central				64%
Tri-Valley Central				27%
Ulster School Districts
Ellenville Central			20%	29%
Highland Central	67%		36%	43%
Kingston City	55%	16%	18%	35%
Marlboro Central		33%	23%	37%
New Paltz Central			33%	56%
Onteora Central			17%	60%
Rondout Valley Central	67%		33%	36%
Saugerties Central			12%	44%
Wallkill Central			41%	40%

Source: New York State Education Department
Notes: Data shows students passing at level 3 or higher. Data is not reported for groups of less than 6 students.

Number of Students Passing Grade 4 English, by Race/Ethnicity, 2018

	Asian	Black or African American	Hispanic	White
Region	112	229	732	2,287
Columbia County		4	16	140
Dutchess County		69	132	598
Greene County		3	8	86
Orange County	74	126	389	757
Putnam County	16		77	265
Sullivan County		7	45	116
Ulster County	19	20	65	325
NYS (excluding NYC)	3,854	3,137	5,555	26,972
Columbia School Districts
Chatham Central				18
Hudson City	6	2	7	15
Kinderhook Central			1	39
Taconic Hills Central			6	41
Dutchess School Districts
Arlington Central		14	21	134
Beacon City		5	16	44
Dover Union Free			7	24
Hyde Park Central		8	9	40
Millbrook Central			6	11
Northeast Central				9
Pawling Central				27
Pine Plains Central				12
Poughkeepsie City		21	20
Red Hook Central				63
Rhinebeck Central			3	29
Spackenkill Union Free	8	8	9	22
Wappingers Central	21	9	36	178
Greene School Districts
Cairo-Durham Central			0	15
Catskill Central		3	3	26
Coxsackie-Athens Central			1	14
Hunter-Tannersville Central				9
Orange School Districts
Chester Union Free		1	7	7
Cornwall Central	8	6	25	110
Florida Union Free			6	17
Goshen Central	6	2	12	39
Greenwood Lake Union Free				13
Highland Falls Central			1	8
Middletown City	10	24	53	23
Minisink Valley Central			13	70
Monroe-Woodbury Central	17	18	42	96
Newburgh City		49	138	67
Pine Bush Central		9	18	81
Port Jervis City		5	11	36
Valley Central			26	56
Warwick Valley Central			15	84
Washingtonville Central		2	17	38
Putnam School Districts
Brewster Central	3	4	35	56
Carmel Central		3	14	56
Garrison Union Free				14
Haldane Central				29
Mahopac Central	5		17	62
Putnam Valley Central			6	48
Sullivan School Districts
Fallsburg Central		1	5	9
Liberty Central		2	23	20
Livingston Manor Central				9
Monticello Central		3	9	20
Sullivan West Central				35
Tri-Valley Central				16
Ulster School Districts
Ellenville Central			9	17
Highland Central	4		4	23
Kingston City	6	7	20	80
Marlboro Central		2	7	29
New Paltz Central			4	28
Onteora Central			1	25
Rondout Valley Central	6		4	38
Saugerties Central			3	50
Wallkill Central			13	35

Source: New York State Education Department
Notes: Data shows students passing at level 3 or higher. Data is not reported for groups of less than 6 students.

Student Performance on Grade 4 English, by Race/Ethnicity, 2013

	Asian	Black or African American	Hispanic	White
Region	50%	14%	18%	33%
Columbia County	29%	9%	24%	24%
Dutchess County	57%	13%	17%	33%
Greene County	29%	4%	4%	19%
Orange County	47%	16%	19%	36%
Putnam County	62%	31%	25%	43%
Sullivan County	44%	11%	8%	22%
Ulster County	46%	10%	12%	32%
NYS (excluding NYC)	52%	15%	18%	37%
Columbia School Districts
Chatham Central				27%
Germantown Central				28%
Hudson City	29%	8%	40%	16%
Kinderhook Central				35%
Taconic Hills Central			17%	15%
Dutchess School Districts
Arlington Central	61%	28%	24%	33%
Beacon City		12%	18%	30%
Dover Union Free			16%	16%
Hyde Park Central	13%	7%	5%	20%
Millbrook Central				38%
Northeast Central				20%
Pawling Central				45%
Pine Plains Central				23%
Poughkeepsie City		8%	13%	16%
Red Hook Central			18%	46%
Rhinebeck Central				34%
Spackenkill Union Free	50%	13%	29%	35%
Wappingers Central		20%	20%	37%
Greene School Districts
Cairo-Durham Central			0%	19%
Catskill Central		6%		13%
Coxsackie-Athens Central				24%
Hunter-Tannersville Central				32%
Orange School Districts
Chester Union Free		0%	27%	43%
Cornwall Central		38%	41%	46%
Florida Union Free			13%	40%
Goshen Central	40%		19%	40%
Greenwood Lake Union Free				34%
Highland Falls Central			24%	31%
Middletown City	38%	18%	14%	19%
Minisink Valley Central			14%	24%
Monroe-Woodbury Central	51%		26%	39%
Newburgh City	64%	15%	16%	31%
Pine Bush Central	43%	32%	35%	34%
Port Jervis City		0%	17%	20%
Valley Central	50%	14%	21%	49%
Warwick Valley Central		17%	27%	52%
Washingtonville Central		0%	13%	24%
Putnam School Districts
Brewster Central	55%		32%	40%
Carmel Central			24%	50%
Haldane Central				43%
Mahopac Central	75%	17%	24%	39%
Putnam Valley Central			17%	35%
Sullivan School Districts
Eldred Central				31%
Fallsburg Central			8%	23%
Liberty Central			11%	26%
Livingston Manor Central				39%
Monticello Central		9%	4%	13%
Sullivan West Central				32%
Tri-Valley Central				10%
Ulster School Districts
Ellenville Central			5%	26%
Highland Central			32%	40%
Kingston City		6%	4%	26%
Marlboro Central		18%	13%	37%
New Paltz Central	67%	14%	46%	49%
Onteora Central			42%	46%
Rondout Valley Central			13%	24%
Saugerties Central			10%	23%
Wallkill Central		9%	6%	27%

Source: New York State Education Department
Notes: Data shows students passing at level 3 or higher. Data is not reported for groups of less than 6 students.

Number of Students Passing Grade 4 English, by Race/Ethnicity, 2013

	Asian	Black or African American	Hispanic	White
Region	192	186	411	2,664
Columbia County	6	4	8	94
Dutchess County	76	50	82	711
Greene County	2	1	1	71
Orange County	65	102	225	930
Putnam County	23	5	52	365
Sullivan County	4	8	12	100
Ulster County	16	16	31	393
NYS (excluding NYC)	2,922	2,022	3,096	30,298
Columbia School Districts
Chatham Central				21
Germantown Central				13
Hudson City	5	3	4	9
Kinderhook Central				30
Taconic Hills Central			1	14
Dutchess School Districts
Arlington Central	20	11	19	173
Beacon City		5	12	34
Dover Union Free			3	12
Hyde Park Central	1	2	2	39
Millbrook Central				29
Northeast Central				8
Pawling Central				37
Pine Plains Central				14
Poughkeepsie City		17	13	6
Red Hook Central			2	66
Rhinebeck Central				26
Spackenkill Union Free	9	1	2	23
Wappingers Central		11	24	244
Greene School Districts
Cairo-Durham Central			0	14
Catskill Central		1		11
Coxsackie-Athens Central				24
Hunter-Tannersville Central				8
Orange School Districts
Chester Union Free		0	6	16
Cornwall Central		6	16	95
Florida Union Free			2	14
Goshen Central	4		5	58
Greenwood Lake Union Free				17
Highland Falls Central			4	8
Middletown City	5	26	38	22
Minisink Valley Central			6	62
Monroe-Woodbury Central	22		26	141
Newburgh City	14	38	62	62
Pine Bush Central	3	11	27	99
Port Jervis City		0	5	28
Valley Central	3	5	12	117
Warwick Valley Central		2	6	123
Washingtonville Central		0	6	58
Putnam School Districts
Brewster Central	6		19	67
Carmel Central			16	121
Haldane Central				20
Mahopac Central	9	1	13	110
Putnam Valley Central			4	33
Sullivan School Districts
Eldred Central				12
Fallsburg Central			3	12
Liberty Central			4	15
Livingston Manor Central				14
Monticello Central		4	2	17
Sullivan West Central				17
Tri-Valley Central				8
Ulster School Districts
Ellenville Central			2	16
Highland Central			6	40
Kingston City		5	3	78
Marlboro Central		2	3	35
New Paltz Central	4	2	6	73
Onteora Central			5	41
Rondout Valley Central			2	33
Saugerties Central			2	37
Wallkill Central		2	2	40

Source: New York State Education Department
Notes: Data shows students passing at level 3 or higher. Data is not reported for groups of less than 6 students.

INDICATORS	TREND \| STATE
Children Living in Poverty	Increasing
Children Living in Poverty, by Race/Ethnicity	Decreasing
Single-Parent Families	Increasing
Single-Parent Families, by Race/Ethnicity	Decreasing
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	Maintaining
Voter Participation Rate	Increasing
Total Population	Increasing
Population by Age	Decreasing
Population by Race/Ethnicity	Increasing
Household Types	Increasing
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	Increasing
Student Performance on Grade 4 English, by Race/Ethnicity	Increasing
Student Performance on Grade 4 Math, by Student Group	Increasing
Student Performance on Grade 4 Math, by Race/Ethnicity	Increasing
High School Cohort Graduation Rate	Increasing
High School Cohort Dropout Rate	Decreasing
High School GED Rate	Decreasing
Plans of High School Graduates	Increasing
Education Levels of Adults	Increasing
Education Levels of Adults, by Race/Ethnicity	Increasing
Median Household Income	Decreasing
Median Household Income, by Race/Ethnicity	Decreasing
People Living in Poverty	Increasing
People Living in Poverty, by Race/Ethnicity	Increasing
Seniors Living in Poverty	Decreasing
Children Receiving Subsidized Child Care	Maintaining
Veterans Living in Poverty	Maintaining
Economically Disadvantaged Students	Increasing
Earned Income Tax Credit Participation	Maintaining
Living Wage Rate by Household Type	Increasing
Income in Relation to Poverty Level	Maintaining
People Without Health Insurance	Decreasing
Early Prenatal Care, by Mother's Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Domestic Violence	Increasing
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	Decreasing
Housing Affordability for Homeowners	Maintaining
Housing Affordability for Renters	Increasing
Violent Crimes	Decreasing

INDICATORS

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