Enrollment
278
Middle
DISTRICT 318 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RONDOUT VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362496006325
RONDOUT VALLEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
122 KYERSIKE RD, ACCORD, NY 12404 · (845) 687-2400 · Ulster County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL278 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of New York public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.0:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
125 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 124 | 45% |
| Grade 8 | 146 | 53% |
| Ungraded | 8 | 3% |
Student demographics
35%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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
43.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
48.5%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 48.5% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 49.8% |
% 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
56.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% 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 RONDOUT VALLEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
RONDOUT VALLEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (56.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RONDOUT VALLEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 278 | 45.0% | 56.0% |
| DRYDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL DRYDEN | 283 | 44.2% | 55.4% |
| SOUTHWESTERN MIDDLE SCHOOL JAMESTOWN | 266 | 42.9% | 62.1% |
| WILLIAMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL WILLIAMSON | 270 | 46.7% | 42.3% |
| SENECA FALLS MIDDLE SCHOOL SENECA FALLS | 266 | 47.7% | 41.5% |
| RONDOUT VALLEY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL ACCORD | 358 | 43.6% | 35.0% |
Matched among New York middle 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 JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Ulster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #326 of 766 | #6 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #524 of 768 ▼ 51 | #8 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #462 of 768 ▲ 95 | #6 of 10 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 278 | #600 of 796 | #9 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.0:1 | #119 of 683 | #4 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.5% | #507 of 688 | #10 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.0% | #474 of 773 | #3 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.6% | #266 of 524 | #6 of 9 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
278
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
was 8.8:1
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 | 278 | 30.9 | 9.0:1 | 45% (125) |
| 2023-24 | 269 | 33.9 | 7.9:1 | 38% (102) |
| 2022-23 | 243 | 30.8 | 7.9:1 | 42% (101) |
| 2020-21 | 281 | 32 | 8.8:1 | 49% (138) |
| 2017-18 | 318 | 26.9 | 11.8:1 | 48% (153) |
| 2015-16 | 330 | 27 | 12.2:1 | 41% (136) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RONDOUT VALLEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About RONDOUT VALLEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
RONDOUT VALLEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle-grades school in ACCORD, New York. The school has 278 students in 2024-25 across grades 7 through 8. Middle schools in New York have about 531 students on average; enrollment here is 48% lower.
RONDOUT VALLEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one school in a 5-school district, RONDOUT VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which enrolls 1,693 students.
White students are 80% of those enrolled at RONDOUT VALLEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. The next largest groups are 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 3% Black. A diversity index of 35% means there is a 35% chance two randomly chosen students at RONDOUT VALLEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL are from different groups.
The school had 30.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 9.0:1. The school's 9.0:1 compares with an average of 10.3:1 for middle schools in New York. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 45%.
RONDOUT VALLEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 53% of New York public middle schools.
RONDOUT VALLEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (56.0%) and its predicted rate (58.5%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
The school is in Ulster County, where 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%. Ulster County counts 45 public schools with about 20,189 students.
RONDOUT VALLEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is RONDOUT VALLEY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of RONDOUT VALLEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, there are 3 other public schools. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, RONDOUT VALLEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Distant: the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
RONDOUT VALLEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL had 281 students in 2020-21 and 278 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
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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 HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 547 students
- RONDOUT VALLEY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLMiddle · 358 students
- MARBLETOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 295 students
- KERHONKSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 215 students
Other schools in ACCORD
- RONDOUT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 547 students
- RONDOUT VALLEY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLMiddle · 358 students
Nearby schools
- RONDOUT VALLEY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 358
- RONDOUT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 547
- MARBLETOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.4 mi · 295
- KERHONKSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.1 mi · 215
- ULSTER BOCES6.7 mi · 369
- DUZINE SCHOOL7.1 mi · 302
Frequently asked questions
About RONDOUT VALLEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend RONDOUT VALLEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
RONDOUT VALLEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 278 students in grades 07-08.
Is RONDOUT VALLEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
RONDOUT VALLEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does RONDOUT VALLEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL have?
RONDOUT VALLEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at RONDOUT VALLEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
At RONDOUT VALLEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 80% White, 10% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees RONDOUT VALLEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
RONDOUT VALLEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by RONDOUT VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Ulster County.
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