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Enrollment
547
High
DISTRICT 339 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RONDOUT VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362496003458
RONDOUT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL
122 KYSERIKE RD, ACCORD, NY 12404 · (845) 687-2400 · Ulster County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL547 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% 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
10.7:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.4:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
210 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 125 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 127 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 143 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 133 | 24% |
| Ungraded | 19 | 3% |
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · 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 RONDOUT VALLEY 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
67.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -3.0pp since 2023
Math
46.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 67 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 70.0% | 37.0% |
% 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
60.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 RONDOUT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL
RONDOUT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (60.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RONDOUT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL this school | 547 | 38.4% | 60.0% |
| RAVENA-COEYMANS-SELKIRK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL RAVENA | 514 | 38.1% | 70.0% |
| ONEONTA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ONEONTA | 499 | 36.1% | 82.8% |
| ICHABOD CRANE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL VALATIE | 557 | 35.9% | 84.8% |
| SULLIVAN WEST HIGH SCHOOL AT LAKE HUNTINGTON LAKE HUNTINGTON | 492 | 40.9% | 65.3% |
| DEPEW HIGH SCHOOL DEPEW | 581 | 42.7% | 79.8% |
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 RONDOUT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Ulster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #549 of 1,135 | #7 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #656 of 1,109 ▲ 141 | #8 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #643 of 1,135 ▲ 4 | #8 of 9 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 547 | #489 of 1,216 | #7 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #469 of 1,058 | #3 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.1% | #772 of 1,070 | #9 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.4% | #875 of 1,167 | #4 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.4% | #335 of 743 | #3 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
547
-66 (-11%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 710
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 547 | 50.9 | 10.7:1 | 38% (210) |
| 2023-24 | 567 | 54.3 | 10.4:1 | 42% (240) |
| 2022-23 | 569 | 54 | 10.5:1 | 41% (231) |
| 2020-21 | 613 | 53 | 11.6:1 | 42% (256) |
| 2017-18 | 632 | 51.6 | 12.2:1 | 42% (268) |
| 2015-16 | 618 | 56 | 11.0:1 | 42% (258) |
| 2010-11 | 802 | 74 | 10.8:1 | 21% (169) |
| 2000-01 | 820 | 55 | 14.9:1 | 10% (86) |
| 1990-91 | 710 | 52 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RONDOUT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL.
About RONDOUT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL
RONDOUT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL runs as a small high school in ACCORD, New York. The school enrolls 547 students, from grades 9 through 12.
RONDOUT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL falls under RONDOUT VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 5 schools enrolling 1,693 students.
RONDOUT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment is 81% White. The remaining shares are 9% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 3% Asian. RONDOUT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL's diversity index is 32%, against a US figure of 70%.
RONDOUT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL counts 50.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 10.7 students for each one. For comparison, high schools in New York average 11.0:1. About 38% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
RONDOUT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 43% of New York public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school with RONDOUT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in New York is predicted to score 60.9%. RONDOUT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL scores 60.0%, within a point of that line.
Ulster County census figures show that 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. Ulster County is home to 45 public schools and about 20,189 public school students.
RONDOUT VALLEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. In all, 3 other public schools sit within five miles of RONDOUT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, RONDOUT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Distant.
RONDOUT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment declined from 613 in 2020-21 to 547 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 RONDOUT VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- RONDOUT VALLEY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLMiddle · 358 students
- MARBLETOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 295 students
- RONDOUT VALLEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 278 students
- KERHONKSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 215 students
Other schools in ACCORD
- RONDOUT VALLEY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLMiddle · 358 students
- RONDOUT VALLEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 278 students
Nearby schools
- RONDOUT VALLEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 278
- RONDOUT VALLEY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 358
- MARBLETOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.2 mi · 295
- KERHONKSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.3 mi · 215
- ULSTER BOCES6.6 mi · 369
- DUZINE SCHOOL7.0 mi · 302
Frequently asked questions
About RONDOUT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at RONDOUT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL?
RONDOUT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 547 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does RONDOUT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL serve?
RONDOUT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at RONDOUT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.7:1 students per teacher at RONDOUT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at RONDOUT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at RONDOUT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 81% White, 9% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees RONDOUT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL?
RONDOUT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by RONDOUT VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Ulster County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.