ICHABOD CRANE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 2910 RT 9, in VALATIE, New York, ICHABOD CRANE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a compact senior high that hosts 557 students (grades 9 through 12), run under KINDERHOOK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.

Across the 3 schools in KINDERHOOK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,679 students total), ICHABOD CRANE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, ICHABOD CRANE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL records that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 2% multiracial, 2% Black. Compared to Columbia County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.6:1. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 36% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Columbia County's rate of about 48%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, ICHABOD CRANE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of New York schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 61.8%; actual is 84.8%, +23.0 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Columbia County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $81,528 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Columbia County runs 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,006 students), of which ICHABOD CRANE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is ICHABOD CRANE MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ICHABOD CRANE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 57.2%.

ICHABOD CRANE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 547 students in 2018 compared to 557 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 91% to 81%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.

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