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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
1,749
High
DISTRICT 588 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KINGSTON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361629001436
KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL
403 BROADWAY, KINGSTON, NY 12401 · (845) 331-1970 · Ulster County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,749 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 39% of New York public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public high schools
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
147 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
794 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 435 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 416 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 441 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 439 | 25% |
| Ungraded | 18 | 1% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Based on grade levels within KINGSTON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
72.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -6.0pp since 2023
Math
46.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -13.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 13 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.0% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 78.0% | 59.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
57.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL
KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (57.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,749 | 45.4% | 57.3% |
| PINE BUSH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL PINE BUSH | 1,562 | 43.0% | 74.0% |
| LINDENHURST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL LINDENHURST | 1,868 | 45.7% | 63.3% |
| ROY C KETCHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL WAPPINGERS FALLS | 1,557 | 39.4% | 58.5% |
| CENTEREACH HIGH SCHOOL CENTEREACH | 1,467 | 43.3% | 56.7% |
| FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL HYDE PARK | 1,121 | 47.1% | 55.5% |
Matched among New York high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Ulster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #592 of 1,135 | #8 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #654 of 1,109 ▼ 130 | #7 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #551 of 1,135 ▼ 34 | #7 of 9 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,749 | #63 of 1,216 | #1 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #683 of 1,058 | #6 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.1% | #171 of 1,070 | #1 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.4% | #760 of 1,167 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.1% | #496 of 743 | #4 of 7 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,749
-155 (-8%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 1,988
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 13.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,749 | 147.1 | 11.9:1 | 45% (794) |
| 2023-24 | 1,815 | 150.1 | 12.1:1 | 63% (1,138) |
| 2022-23 | 1,856 | 145.8 | 12.7:1 | 85% (1,572) |
| 2020-21 | 1,904 | 139 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,903 | 138 | 13.8:1 | 53% (1,013) |
| 2015-16 | 1,877 | 136 | 13.8:1 | 52% (978) |
| 2010-11 | 2,279 | 148 | 15.4:1 | 34% (780) |
| 2000-01 | 2,331 | 137 | 17.0:1 | 25% (579) |
| 1990-91 | 1,988 | 157 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL.
About KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL
KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL is a high-enrollment high school in KINGSTON, New York. The school has 1,749 students in 2024-25 across grades 9 through 12. That compares with an average of about 668 students for high schools in New York.
KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL is one of the 10 schools that make up KINGSTON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (5,877 students in total).
At KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL, White students make up the biggest share, 49%. Smaller groups are 31% Hispanic, 9% Black, 9% multiracial, and 2% Asian. County-wide, 75% of Ulster County residents are White. A diversity index of 65% means there is a 65% chance two randomly chosen students at KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL are from different groups.
Teacher count: 147.1 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 11.9:1. Compared with the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 45%.
KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 39% of New York public high schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL is within a point of the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 57.3% actual, 58.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
In Ulster County, median household income comes to about $86,271, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The county's public schools total 45, with about 20,189 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, JOHN F KENNEDY SCHOOL, is about 0.9 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
In 2020-21, KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL enrolled 1,904 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 1,749. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 13.7:1 in 2020-21 to 11.9:1 in 2024-25.
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Ulster County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
182,601
Census ACS
Median income
$86,271
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
45
20,189 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in KINGSTON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- J WATSON BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 936 students
- M CLIFFORD MILLER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 826 students
- GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOLElementary · 492 students
- HARRY L EDSON SCHOOLElementary · 397 students
- ROBERT R GRAVES SCHOOLElementary · 325 students
- JOHN F KENNEDY SCHOOLElementary · 322 students
Other schools in KINGSTON
- J WATSON BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 936 students
- GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOLElementary · 492 students
- HARRY L EDSON SCHOOLElementary · 397 students
- JOHN F KENNEDY SCHOOLElementary · 322 students
- CHAMBERS SCHOOLElementary · 306 students
Other Kingston High schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Kingston High. KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL is the largest of the 6.
- Kingston High SchoolKingston, WA · 602 students
- Kingston High SchoolKingston, OK · 362 students
- Kingston High SchoolKINGSTON, MI · 262 students
- KINGSTON HIGHCADET, MO · 259 students
- KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOLKINGSTON, AR · 92 students
Nearby schools
- JOHN F KENNEDY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 322
- GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOL0.9 mi · 492
- J WATSON BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL1.9 mi · 936
- HARRY L EDSON SCHOOL1.9 mi · 397
- CHAMBERS SCHOOL2.2 mi · 306
- ROBERT R GRAVES SCHOOL2.3 mi · 325
Frequently asked questions
About KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOLHow large is KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL?
KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,749 students in grades 09-12.
Is KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL have?
KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL employs 147 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
What is the student diversity at KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 49% White, 31% Hispanic, 9% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL in?
KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL is part of KINGSTON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.