Mid-Hudson Valley

How is the region performing?

Among racial and ethnic groups in the region, passing rates were lower among African American and Hispanic students (26% and 35%, respectively) than among Asian and white students (67% and 54%, respectively) in 2019. When compared to the state (excluding NYC), the average regional passing rates were somewhat lower for all students except for Hispanic students.

Among the larger school districts, passing rates were lower for African American (21%) and Hispanic (18%) students in Poughkeepsie. African Americans and Hispanic students had the higher outcomes in Cornwall in Orange County (75% and 73% respectively).

It should be noted that a substantial number of students did not take state exams in 2019 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 give caution when interpreting results. The opt out rate was 24% for the Region and 18% in Columbia, 22% in Dutchess, 14% in Greene, 25% in Orange, 32% in Putnam, 12% in Sullivan, and 27% 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 Math by Race/Ethnicity, 2019

	Asian	Black or African American	Hispanic	White
Region	67%	26%	35%	54%
Columbia County	46%	23%	29%	54%
Dutchess County		29%	32%	54%
Greene County			54%	46%
Orange County	70%	28%	39%	58%
Putnam County	70%	35%	41%	66%
Sullivan County	50%	16%	26%	42%
Ulster County		15%	22%	49%
NYS (excluding NYC)	73%	27%	35%	57%
Columbia School Districts
Chatham Central				55%
Hudson City	42%	25%	22%	44%
Kinderhook Central				61%
Taconic Hills Central			45%	43%
Dutchess School Districts
Arlington Central		34%	37%	62%
Beacon City	70%	45%	37%	70%
Dover Union Free			39%	38%
Hyde Park Central	67%	22%	24%	31%
Millbrook Central				59%
Northeast Central				43%
Pawling Central				66%
Pine Plains Central			20%	46%
Poughkeepsie City		21%	18%
Red Hook Central			36%	56%
Rhinebeck Central			33%	58%
Spackenkill Union Free	91%		69%	73%
Wappingers Central	73%	42%	40%	51%
Greene School Districts
Cairo-Durham Central				36%
Catskill Central			79%	73%
Coxsackie-Athens Central			38%	41%
Greenville Central				20%
Orange School Districts
Chester Union Free		33%	14%	59%
Cornwall Central	50%	75%	73%	83%
Florida Union Free			38%	76%
Goshen Central	83%	22%	28%	40%
Highland Falls Central		0%	19%	47%
Middletown City	82%	35%	36%	58%
Minisink Valley Central			24%	49%
Monroe-Woodbury Central	65%	35%	43%	71%
Newburgh City		23%	41%	59%
Pine Bush Central	71%	41%	33%	46%
Port Jervis City			35%	50%
Valley Central		10%	35%	61%
Warwick Valley Central			71%	72%
Washingtonville Central		24%	33%	41%
Putnam School Districts
Brewster Central			33%	53%
Carmel Central			38%	58%
Garrison Union Free				91%
Haldane Central				79%
Mahopac Central		33%	42%	59%
Putnam Valley Central			88%	88%
Sullivan School Districts
Fallsburg Central		17%	15%	42%
Liberty Central		21%	30%	44%
Monticello Central		9%	25%	34%
Sullivan West Central			71%	59%
Tri-Valley Central			29%	37%
Ulster School Districts
Ellenville Central		30%	17%	37%
Highland Central		17%	21%	61%
Kingston City	50%	14%	19%	47%
Marlboro Central		20%	26%	61%
New Paltz Central			38%	47%
Onteora Central			11%	37%
Rondout Valley Central			18%	44%
Saugerties Central			21%	51%
Wallkill Central		13%	43%	49%

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 Math by Race/Ethnicity, 2019

	Asian	Black or African American	Hispanic	White
Region	99	257	923	2,784
Columbia County	6	6	12	155
Dutchess County		88	180	734
Greene County			15	150
Orange County	76	132	509	895
Putnam County	14	7	87	320
Sullivan County	3	10	56	144
Ulster County		14	64	386
NYS (excluding NYC)	4,320	3,156	6,564	31,292
Columbia School Districts
Chatham Central				18
Hudson City	5	6	4	23
Kinderhook Central				44
Taconic Hills Central			5	30
Dutchess School Districts
Arlington Central		11	35	193
Beacon City	7	13	19	49
Dover Union Free			13	18
Hyde Park Central	4	6	11	34
Millbrook Central				23
Northeast Central				10
Pawling Central				37
Pine Plains Central			2	19
Poughkeepsie City		32	22
Red Hook Central			5	55
Rhinebeck Central			2	35
Spackenkill Union Free	10		11	29
Wappingers Central	22	22	49	224
Greene School Districts
Cairo-Durham Central				23
Catskill Central			11	56
Coxsackie-Athens Central			3	37
Greenville Central				11
Orange School Districts
Chester Union Free		2	3	13
Cornwall Central	5	6	35	93
Florida Union Free			5	29
Goshen Central	5	2	12	46
Highland Falls Central		0	3	16
Middletown City	9	42	105	36
Minisink Valley Central			8	68
Monroe-Woodbury Central	17	12	59	121
Newburgh City		42	192	79
Pine Bush Central	5	9	15	92
Port Jervis City			12	52
Valley Central		2	19	78
Warwick Valley Central			20	122
Washingtonville Central		6	20	42
Putnam School Districts
Brewster Central			30	51
Carmel Central			21	63
Garrison Union Free				20
Haldane Central				38
Mahopac Central		3	16	77
Putnam Valley Central			14	71
Sullivan School Districts
Fallsburg Central		2	7	10
Liberty Central		3	18	19
Monticello Central		3	19	28
Sullivan West Central			5	41
Tri-Valley Central			4	23
Ulster School Districts
Ellenville Central		3	9	15
Highland Central		1	3	38
Kingston City	5	6	21	105
Marlboro Central		3	9	49
New Paltz Central			3	26
Onteora Central			1	19
Rondout Valley Central			2	42
Saugerties Central			4	56
Wallkill Central		1	12	36

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 Math by Race/Ethnicity, 2013

	Asian	Black or African American	Hispanic	White
Region	61%	14%	19%	36%
Columbia County	32%	7%	21%	30%
Dutchess County	64%	13%	16%	35%
Greene County	71%	0%	11%	30%
Orange County	62%	16%	21%	39%
Putnam County	76%	31%	26%	44%
Sullivan County	67%	8%	16%	28%
Ulster County	46%	11%	12%	30%
NYS (excluding NYC)	62%	15%	21%	42%
Columbia School Districts
Chatham Central				34%
Germantown Central				28%
Hudson City	33%	3%	20%	14%
Kinderhook Central			25%	28%
Taconic Hills Central			33%	35%
Dutchess School Districts
Arlington Central	64%	23%	17%	35%
Beacon City		17%	19%	35%
Dover Union Free			11%	15%
Hyde Park Central	25%	13%	18%	19%
Millbrook Central				49%
Northeast Central				43%
Pawling Central				57%
Pine Plains Central				27%
Poughkeepsie City		8%	11%	13%
Red Hook Central			27%	42%
Rhinebeck Central				38%
Spackenkill Union Free	58%	13%	14%	36%
Wappingers Central		25%	17%	37%
Greene School Districts
Cairo-Durham Central			0%	23%
Catskill Central		0%		24%
Coxsackie-Athens Central				39%
Hunter-Tannersville Central				12%
Orange School Districts
Chester Union Free		10%	18%	38%
Cornwall Central		19%	39%	46%
Florida Union Free			40%	57%
Goshen Central	30%		15%	14%
Greenwood Lake Union Free				42%
Highland Falls Central			18%	33%
Middletown City	50%	12%	11%	11%
Minisink Valley Central			31%	40%
Monroe-Woodbury Central	74%		31%	50%
Newburgh City	61%	12%	16%	34%
Pine Bush Central	57%	27%	28%	31%
Port Jervis City		14%	24%	20%
Valley Central	67%	26%	29%	49%
Warwick Valley Central		17%	32%	54%
Washingtonville Central		30%	39%	41%
Putnam School Districts
Brewster Central	82%		41%	52%
Carmel Central			19%	41%
Haldane Central				68%
Mahopac Central	67%	17%	22%	42%
Putnam Valley Central			13%	36%
Sullivan School Districts
Eldred Central				30%
Fallsburg Central			18%	28%
Liberty Central			13%	26%
Livingston Manor Central				50%
Monticello Central		7%	4%	15%
Sullivan West Central				55%
Tri-Valley Central				17%
Ulster School Districts
Ellenville Central			5%	21%
Highland Central			11%	34%
Kingston City		10%	8%	28%
Marlboro Central		18%	30%	35%
New Paltz Central	50%	7%	31%	38%
Onteora Central			8%	40%
Rondout Valley Central			7%	14%
Saugerties Central			10%	29%
Wallkill Central		13%	15%	34%

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 Math by Race/Ethnicity, 2013

	Asian	Black or African American	Hispanic	White
Region	237	184	434	2,875
Columbia County	7	3	7	114
Dutchess County	87	51	76	754
Greene County	5	0	3	113
Orange County	88	102	240	1,017
Putnam County	28	5	54	377
Sullivan County	6	5	24	129
Ulster County	16	18	30	371
NYS (excluding NYC)	3,561	2,142	3,658	34,779
Columbia School Districts
Chatham Central				27
Germantown Central				13
Hudson City	6	1	2	8
Kinderhook Central			2	21
Taconic Hills Central			2	34
Dutchess School Districts
Arlington Central	21	9	13	183
Beacon City		7	13	40
Dover Union Free			2	12
Hyde Park Central	2	4	7	38
Millbrook Central				37
Northeast Central				17
Pawling Central				47
Pine Plains Central				16
Poughkeepsie City		16	11	5
Red Hook Central			3	59
Rhinebeck Central				29
Spackenkill Union Free	11	1	1	24
Wappingers Central		14	20	247
Greene School Districts
Cairo-Durham Central			0	17
Catskill Central		0		20
Coxsackie-Athens Central				39
Hunter-Tannersville Central				3
Orange School Districts
Chester Union Free		1	4	14
Cornwall Central		3	15	93
Florida Union Free			6	20
Goshen Central	3		4	20
Greenwood Lake Union Free				22
Highland Falls Central			3	9
Middletown City	7	17	29	13
Minisink Valley Central			13	104
Monroe-Woodbury Central	32		31	181
Newburgh City	14	31	62	68
Pine Bush Central	4	9	22	90
Port Jervis City		3	7	28
Valley Central	4	9	17	117
Warwick Valley Central		2	7	126
Washingtonville Central		6	18	102
Putnam School Districts
Brewster Central	9		24	87
Carmel Central			13	99
Haldane Central				32
Mahopac Central	8	1	12	118
Putnam Valley Central			3	34
Sullivan School Districts
Eldred Central				11
Fallsburg Central			7	15
Liberty Central			5	15
Livingston Manor Central				18
Monticello Central		3	2	18
Sullivan West Central				29
Tri-Valley Central				14
Ulster School Districts
Ellenville Central			2	13
Highland Central			2	34
Kingston City		8	6	83
Marlboro Central		2	7	33
New Paltz Central	3	1	4	57
Onteora Central			1	36
Rondout Valley Central			1	19
Saugerties Central			2	47
Wallkill Central		3	5	49

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	Maintaining
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	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	Maintaining
Median Household Income	Decreasing
Median Household Income, by Race/Ethnicity	Decreasing
People Living in Poverty	Increasing
People Living in Poverty, by Race/Ethnicity	Decreasing
Seniors Living in Poverty	Decreasing
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	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	Not Applicable
Violent Crimes	Decreasing

INDICATORS

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