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Enrollment
622
High
DISTRICT 418 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW PALTZ CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362046001891
NEW PALTZ SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
134 S PUTT CORNERS RD, NEW PALTZ, NY 12561 · (845) 256-4100 · Ulster County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL622 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of New York public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
11.3:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.6:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
167 students
DISTRICT 28% · 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 | 156 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 158 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 161 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 145 | 23% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within NEW PALTZ CENTRAL 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
90.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
67.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -16.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 90 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 16 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 90.0% | 67.0% |
| 2023-24 | 91.0% | 83.0% |
% 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
81.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 NEW PALTZ SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
NEW PALTZ SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (81.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEW PALTZ SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 622 | 26.8% | 81.0% |
| RED HOOK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL RED HOOK | 549 | 27.3% | 77.8% |
| CENTER MORICHES HIGH SCHOOL CENTER MORICHES | 511 | 28.4% | 71.7% |
| SCHALMONT HIGH SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 545 | 30.1% | 69.8% |
| PIERSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL SAG HARBOR | 501 | 27.5% | 70.5% |
| LOCUST VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL LOCUST VALLEY | 583 | 27.3% | 88.2% |
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 NEW PALTZ SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Ulster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #167 of 1,135 | #1 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #315 of 1,109 ▼ 141 | #2 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 90.0% | #185 of 1,135 ▲ 64 | #1 of 9 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 622 | #421 of 1,216 | #6 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #587 of 1,058 | #4 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.9% | #563 of 1,070 | #7 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.8% | #1,035 of 1,167 | #9 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.2% | #145 of 743 | #1 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
622
-111 (-15%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 613
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 622 | 54.8 | 11.3:1 | 27% (167) |
| 2023-24 | 662 | 57 | 11.6:1 | 25% (164) |
| 2022-23 | 668 | 59 | 11.3:1 | 27% (180) |
| 2020-21 | 733 | 58 | 12.6:1 | 24% (173) |
| 2017-18 | 799 | 56.5 | 14.1:1 | 23% (182) |
| 2015-16 | 750 | 55 | 13.6:1 | 20% (148) |
| 2010-11 | 741 | 57 | 13.0:1 | 17% (124) |
| 2000-01 | 712 | 45 | 15.8:1 | 10% (71) |
| 1990-91 | 613 | 44 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NEW PALTZ SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About NEW PALTZ SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
NEW PALTZ SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves students in NEW PALTZ, New York, as a medium-sized high school. Its 622 students are spread across grades 9 through 12.
NEW PALTZ CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT operates 4 schools. Combined enrollment is 1,673 students.
White students make up a majority at NEW PALTZ SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, at 70%. Next come 14% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Black, and 3% Asian. The school's diversity index is 47%, meaning two students picked at random have a 47% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reported 54.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 11.3:1. For comparison, high schools in New York average 11.0:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 27%. The gap from the 41% average for public schools in Ulster County is 14 points.
The allk12 Grade for NEW PALTZ SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is A-. Compared with New York public high schools, the school scored higher than 83% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
NEW PALTZ SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 81.0%, compared with a predicted 65.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
Ulster County has these Census figures: the median household income is $86,271, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. In all, Ulster County has 45 public schools and roughly 20,189 students.
LENAPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the public school closest to NEW PALTZ SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, about 1.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 5. NEW PALTZ SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 1st of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment is down 15% from 2020-21, when NEW PALTZ SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL had 733 students, to 2024-25, when it had 622. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 11.3:1, from 12.6:1.
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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 NEW PALTZ CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- NEW PALTZ MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 381 students
- LENAPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 368 students
- DUZINE SCHOOLElementary · 302 students
Other schools in NEW PALTZ
- NEW PALTZ MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 381 students
- ULSTER BOCESCombined · 369 students
- LENAPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 368 students
- DUZINE SCHOOLElementary · 302 students
Nearby schools
- LENAPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 368
- NEW PALTZ MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 381
- DUZINE SCHOOL2.4 mi · 302
- ULSTER BOCES2.6 mi · 369
- HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL3.3 mi · 513
- HIGHLAND RESIDENTIAL CENTER5.4 mi · 84
Frequently asked questions
About NEW PALTZ SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow large is NEW PALTZ SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
NEW PALTZ SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 622 students in grades 09-12.
Is NEW PALTZ SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
NEW PALTZ SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does NEW PALTZ SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL have?
NEW PALTZ SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL employs 55 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at NEW PALTZ SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
At NEW PALTZ SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 70% White, 14% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is NEW PALTZ SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
NEW PALTZ SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW PALTZ CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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