Mid-Hudson Valley

How is the region performing?

In 2021, 42% of students in the region were economically disadvantaged, representing 62,400 children. This was slightly below the statewide (excluding NYC) rate of 41%. Sullivan County, at 57%, had the highest rate in the region, followed by Columbia at 47%, Greene and Ulster at 45%. The lowest rates were in Putnam, at 28%, and Dutchess, at 36%. Since 2013, the share of students in the region who were economically disadvantaged increased 5 percentage points, slightly above the state outside NYC. While all counties had increases during this period, the largest occurred in Putnam, up 12 points.

Among individual school districts in the region, rates were highest in Poughkeepsie (66%), Middletown (70%), Fallsburg and Hudson City (both at 68%). The Warwick Valley Central School District had one of the lowest rates, at 17%.

Notes about the data

Students are considered economically disadvantaged if they participate in, or whose family participates in, economic assistance programs, such as the free or reduced-price lunch programs, Social Security Insurance (SSI), Food Stamps, Foster Care, Refugee Assistance (cash or medical assistance), Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP), Safety Net Assistance (SNA), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), or Family Assistance: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). If one student in a family is identified as low income, all students from that household (economic unit) may be identified as low income. Comparable national data was not available. Data is not available prior to 2013. Data for this indicator are expected to be released in the second quarter.

Economically Disadvantaged Students

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Region	37%	39%	41%	40%	43%	44%	44%	43%	42%
Columbia County	41%	47%	49%	51%	51%	52%	52%	47%	47%
Dutchess County	33%	34%	36%	36%	38%	39%	38%	39%	36%
Greene County	42%	46%	47%	48%	47%	49%	49%	47%	45%
Orange County	40%	42%	43%	41%	45%	47%	47%	45%	44%
Putnam County	16%	17%	20%	22%	24%	27%	28%	28%	28%
Sullivan County	53%	59%	53%	55%	61%	62%	63%	58%	57%
Ulster County	40%	44%	46%	47%	47%	49%	49%	47%	45%
NYS (excluding NYC)	38%	40%	42%	43%	44%	46%	45%	44%	41%

Columbia School Districts
Berkshire Union Free	73%	79%	77%	82%	66%	72%	64%	61%
Chatham Central	32%	30%	40%	42%	42%	44%	43%	42%	40%
Germantown Central	36%	39%	37%	44%	46%	46%	45%	41%	39%
Hudson City	65%	68%	67%	68%	68%	71%	72%	71%	68%
Kinderhook Central	17%	33%	33%	33%	34%	33%	33%	36%	35%
New Lebanon Central	37%	38%	42%	47%	37%	47%	46%	45%	49%
Taconic Hills Central	50%	55%	57%	59%	62%	62%	63%	36%	41%
Dutchess School Districts
Arlington Central	19%	19%	24%	25%	28%	27%	28%	29%	29%
Beacon City	48%	50%	51%	51%	50%	50%	45%	45%	42%
Dover Union Free	46%	46%	48%	52%	55%	57%	59%	59%	59%
Hyde Park Central	44%	43%	46%	47%	49%	51%	52%	50%	48%
Millbrook Central	22%	23%	27%	27%	28%	28%	28%	30%	28%
Northeast Central	55%	59%	56%	61%	64%	58%	59%	54%	48%
Pawling Central	18%	20%	24%	26%	28%	29%	32%	34%	32%
Pine Plains Central	32%	33%	37%	39%	40%	45%	42%	45%	43%
Poughkeepsie City	93%	94%	93%	75%	81%	83%	73%	78%	66%
Red Hook Central	17%	20%	20%	22%	24%	27%	27%	27%	24%
Rhinebeck Central	16%	17%	17%	21%	21%	22%	23%	23%	21%
Spackenkill Union Free	18%	20%	23%	25%	23%	26%	26%	25%	22%
Wappingers Central	22%	22%	25%	26%	27%	28%	28%	29%	27%
Greene School Districts
Cairo-Durham Central	53%	56%	54%	60%	53%	47%	59%	56%	54%
Catskill Central	53%	52%	57%	57%	56%	61%	60%	57%	50%
Coxsackie-Athens Central	40%	40%	43%	44%	44%	46%	37%	38%	37%
Greenville Central	19%	37%	35%	35%	36%	37%	37%	31%	37%
Hunter-Tannersville Central	50%	52%	55%	55%	57%	59%	54%	54%	51%
Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central	30%	26%	24%	22%	19%	52%	43%	52%	43%
Orange School Districts
Chester Union Free	32%	33%	37%	36%	37%	37%	38%	37%	38%
Cornwall Central	14%	16%	17%	18%	20%	22%	18%	20%	19%
Florida Union Free	20%	24%	27%	29%	31%	33%	33%	33%	32%
Goshen Central	23%	23%	25%	27%	28%	28%	29%	29%	27%
Greenwood Lake Union Free	33%	32%	30%	29%	31%	34%	33%	32%	29%
Highland Falls Central	34%	35%	36%	39%	38%	40%	38%	41%	41%
Kiryas Joel Village Union Free	71%	82%	91%	99%	97%	81%	87%	23%	21%
Middletown City	75%	75%	76%	76%	73%	80%	77%	74%	70%
Minisink Valley Central	19%	21%	22%	23%	25%	30%	30%	29%	29%
Monroe-Woodbury Central	17%	19%	15%	18%	26%	29%	32%	34%	35%
Newburgh City	71%	71%	75%	76%	74%	68%	70%	61%	60%
Pine Bush Central	35%	41%	42%	0%	44%	47%	48%	51%	52%
Port Jervis City	59%	62%	64%	65%	62%	64%	63%	56%	57%
Tuxedo Union Free	15%	17%	19%	17%	17%	16%	21%	26%	29%
Valley Central	35%	38%	37%	39%	40%	40%	40%	38%	36%
Warwick Valley Central	13%	13%	16%	18%	20%	21%	20%	21%	17%
Washingtonville Central	27%	27%	30%	29%	28%	28%	29%	31%	31%
Putnam School Districts
Brewster Central	19%	22%	28%	29%	33%	36%	37%	41%	40%
Carmel Central	20%	22%	25%	26%	31%	33%	34%	32%	31%
Garrison Union Free	6%	6%	6%	5%	4%	3%	0%	0%	0%
Haldane Central	8%	11%	12%	13%	14%	17%	16%	17%	18%
Mahopac Central	11%	11%	14%	17%	16%	18%	21%	21%	22%
Putnam Valley Central	16%	16%	18%	16%	19%	21%	22%	19%	20%
Sullivan School Districts
Eldred Central	37%	34%	30%	28%	43%	46%	48%	45%	41%
Fallsburg Central	74%	74%	73%	67%	66%	70%	71%	70%	68%
Liberty Central	64%	65%	69%	38%	64%	65%	72%	63%	61%
Livingston Manor Central	17%	55%	53%	52%	60%	54%	54%	29%	39%
Monticello Central	61%	67%	64%	70%	70%	70%	67%	63%	63%
Sullivan West Central	33%	39%	43%	44%	45%	46%	45%	41%	39%
Tri-Valley Central	42%	49%	0%	53%	57%	56%	58%	53%	53%
Ulster School Districts
Ellenville Central	64%	65%	68%	70%	71%	70%	71%	67%	58%
Highland Central	37%	38%	39%	42%	42%	40%	42%	40%	39%
Kingston City	50%	56%	59%	60%	60%	61%	60%	56%	57%
Marlboro Central	31%	32%	34%	36%	38%	39%	41%	43%	40%
New Paltz Central	19%	21%	22%	25%	26%	26%	27%	28%	27%
Onteora Central	40%	45%	46%	47%	48%	51%	52%	51%	47%
Rondout Valley Central	39%	44%	45%	47%	48%	49%	50%	46%	45%
Saugerties Central	43%	42%	47%	45%	46%	49%	48%	47%	44%
Wallkill Central	28%	33%	34%	36%	36%	38%	37%	36%	33%

Source: New York State Education Department

Number of Economically Disadvantaged Students

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Region	60,758	63,287	64,831	63,093	66,630	68,277	67,709	67,097	62,368
Columbia County	3,079	3,402	3,513	3,564	3,514	3,539	3,462	3,096	2,914
Dutchess County	13,822	13,914	14,684	14,361	15,025	15,190	14,678	15,068	13,441
Greene County	2,647	2,799	2,768	2,849	2,704	2,799	2,734	2,652	2,438
Orange County	24,257	24,944	25,513	23,521	25,853	26,616	26,556	26,544	24,942
Putnam County	2,296	2,518	2,952	3,154	3,428	3,726	3,848	3,777	3,702
Sullivan County	5,119	5,541	4,928	5,028	5,488	5,612	5,698	5,399	5,292
Ulster County	9,538	10,169	10,473	10,616	10,618	10,795	10,733	10,561	9,639
NYS (excluding NYC)	628,838	651,321	683,328	696,201	705,986	715,396	707,526	699,232	639,157

Columbia School Districts
Berkshire Union Free	71	64	115	102	68	60	54	51
Chatham Central	387	348	450	439	438	458	435	409	368
Germantown Central	211	219	206	243	240	237	228	213	200
Hudson City	1,203	1,230	1,183	1,198	1,200	1,216	1,202	1,185	1,103
Kinderhook Central	323	606	605	607	593	563	566	598	564
New Lebanon Central	162	161	171	191	147	193	192	194	191
Taconic Hills Central	722	774	783	784	828	812	785	446	488
Dutchess School Districts
Arlington Central	1,649	1,762	2,092	2,113	2,339	2,216	2,262	2,292	2,207
Beacon City	1,495	1,525	1,513	1,458	1,413	1,427	1,269	1,283	1,139
Dover Union Free	670	657	667	693	725	768	782	814	791
Hyde Park Central	1,719	1,572	1,653	1,670	1,714	1,764	1,816	1,778	1,633
Millbrook Central	237	242	273	256	266	260	250	263	230
Northeast Central	407	443	414	452	455	382	384	350	294
Pawling Central	235	251	286	316	319	330	352	380	349
Pine Plains Central	323	324	338	356	358	395	356	404	372
Poughkeepsie City	3,645	3,655	3,622	3,163	3,458	3,448	3,072	3,333	2,748
Red Hook Central	345	383	388	404	449	520	505	475	396
Rhinebeck Central	176	187	189	230	218	229	233	217	196
Spackenkill Union Free	276	296	330	353	327	381	396	365	328
Wappingers Central	2,645	2,617	2,919	2,897	2,984	3,070	3,001	3,114	2,758
Greene School Districts
Cairo-Durham Central	705	720	642	726	635	556	698	676	614
Catskill Central	823	813	880	872	810	852	821	789	666
Coxsackie-Athens Central	586	556	591	598	591	609	485	475	439
Greenville Central	236	438	399	402	418	426	417	360	412
Hunter-Tannersville Central	186	185	179	185	195	210	187	191	179
Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central	111	87	77	66	55	146	126	161	128
Orange School Districts
Chester Union Free	322	338	380	380	394	391	381	366	362
Cornwall Central	484	524	551	569	649	700	554	607	566
Florida Union Free	168	198	223	237	245	257	259	268	240
Goshen Central	644	666	729	781	796	821	837	845	776
Greenwood Lake Union Free	176	175	162	154	157	169	154	154	129
Highland Falls Central	334	323	343	360	362	378	371	416	382
Kiryas Joel Village Union Free	117	133	137	159	158	132	140	145	132
Middletown City	5,232	5,338	5,416	5,451	5,243	5,878	5,668	5,688	5,215
Minisink Valley Central	774	837	851	874	936	1,078	1,067	1,055	1,020
Monroe-Woodbury Central	1,223	1,327	995	1,239	1,796	1,933	2,129	2,284	2,304
Newburgh City	7,859	7,817	8,251	8,193	7,861	7,333	7,553	7,098	6,628
Pine Bush Central	1,981	2,222	2,209	0	2,225	2,355	2,435	2,604	2,502
Port Jervis City	1,664	1,721	1,748	1,665	1,553	1,580	1,508	1,393	1,375
Tuxedo Union Free	83	84	90	43	40	37	47	58	68
Valley Central	1,614	1,587	1,592	1,671	1,706	1,695	1,654	1,634	1,508
Warwick Valley Central	486	497	575	631	691	749	726	732	593
Washingtonville Central	1,096	1,098	1,180	1,114	1,041	1,020	1,073	1,197	1,142
Putnam School Districts
Brewster Central	604	719	896	932	1,031	1,123	1,105	1,244	1,200
Carmel Central	834	905	1,018	1,088	1,293	1,373	1,385	1,280	1,192
Garrison Union Free	14	15	13	11	9	7	0	0	0
Haldane Central	74	94	100	110	118	140	134	133	144
Mahopac Central	481	504	613	732	656	745	862	818	837
Putnam Valley Central	289	281	312	281	321	338	362	302	329
Sullivan School Districts
Eldred Central	243	210	175	160	235	241	239	219	190
Fallsburg Central	1,005	993	975	905	874	948	967	1,008	1,005
Liberty Central	978	1,008	1,067	566	997	1,044	1,207	1,115	1,063
Livingston Manor Central	80	234	236	219	249	217	214	127	175
Monticello Central	1,865	2,008	1,862	2,050	1,995	2,010	1,932	1,870	1,857
Sullivan West Central	389	438	467	453	449	489	471	433	406
Tri-Valley Central	454	536	0	538	561	537	553	524	491
Ulster School Districts
Ellenville Central	1,077	1,084	1,143	1,153	1,121	1,105	1,099	1,046	865
Highland Central	695	691	692	742	729	693	706	672	614
Kingston City	3,228	3,593	3,656	3,697	3,711	3,762	3,736	3,728	3,559
Marlboro Central	614	619	656	701	710	733	786	807	717
New Paltz Central	429	469	502	542	565	570	559	567	505
Onteora Central	553	631	632	629	635	644	627	633	576
Rondout Valley Central	804	885	888	910	930	934	960	912	814
Saugerties Central	1,230	1,168	1,254	1,155	1,169	1,247	1,216	1,190	1,060
Wallkill Central	908	1,029	1,050	1,087	1,048	1,107	1,044	1,006	929

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	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