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If you could change one rule at SPACKENKILL HIGH SCHOOL, what would it be?
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Enrollment
537
High
DISTRICT 389 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPACKENKILL UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360650000434
SPACKENKILL HIGH SCHOOL
112 SPACKENKILL RD, POUGHKEEPSIE, NY 12603 · (845) 463-7810 · Dutchess County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL537 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
152 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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 | 153 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 113 | 21% |
| Grade 11 | 133 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 137 | 26% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
70%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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within SPACKENKILL UNION FREE 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
94.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
79.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -18.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 94 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 18 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 94.0% | 79.0% |
| 2023-24 | 94.0% | 97.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
89.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+25.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 90% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 65% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 25 points, placing it in New York's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where SPACKENKILL HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Dutchess County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 89.7% | #64 of 1,135 | #1 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #151 of 1,109 | #2 of 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 94.0% | #93 of 1,135 | #3 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 537 | #497 of 1,216 | #8 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #335 of 1,058 | #3 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.8% | #92 of 1,070 | #1 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.8% | #152 of 339 | N/A |
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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
537
+48 (+10%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 11.1:1
% White
47%
was 62%
% Hispanic
20%
was 9%
% Black
15%
was 12%
% Asian
13%
was 14%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 537 | 53 | 10.1:1 | 28% (152) |
| 2023-24 | 516 | 49.9 | 10.3:1 | 25% (129) |
| 2022-23 | 526 | 49.6 | 10.6:1 | 23% (123) |
| 2017-18 | 489 | 44 | 11.1:1 | 24% (118) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SPACKENKILL HIGH SCHOOL.
About SPACKENKILL HIGH SCHOOL
SPACKENKILL HIGH SCHOOL is a low-enrollment high school in POUGHKEEPSIE, New York, one of the schools in SPACKENKILL UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school offers grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 537 students.
Federal data list 4 schools in SPACKENKILL UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 1,556 students enrolled.
No group is above 50% at SPACKENKILL HIGH SCHOOL; the largest is White, at 47%. Beyond that, enrollment is 20% Hispanic, 15% Black, 13% Asian, and 5% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 69%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, SPACKENKILL HIGH SCHOOL scores 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 10.1:1. The school has 53 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for high schools in New York is 11.0:1. In all, 28% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 40% average for public schools in Dutchess County is 12 points higher.
SPACKENKILL HIGH SCHOOL beats its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 25.1 points (89.7% versus 64.6%), a top-10% result in New York on BeatsExpectations.
In Dutchess County, home to about 298,220 people, median household income comes to about $99,478, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. There are 76 public schools in the county, enrolling about 36,885, SPACKENKILL HIGH SCHOOL among them.
Among nearby public schools, HAGAN SCHOOL is closest at about 0.4 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, SPACKENKILL HIGH SCHOOL ranks 1st in a group of 7 nearby schools.
SPACKENKILL HIGH SCHOOL falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment rose 10% from 2017-18 to 2024-25. Over that span, the White share moved 15 points, to 47%.
This page is set up for the SPACKENKILL HIGH SCHOOL community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Dutchess County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
298,220
Census ACS
Median income
$99,478
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
36,885 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SPACKENKILL UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ORVILLE A TODD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 385 students
- HAGAN SCHOOLElementary · 342 students
- NASSAU SCHOOLElementary · 292 students
Other schools in POUGHKEEPSIE
- POUGHKEEPSIE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,151 students
- POUGHKEEPSIE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 871 students
- ARTHUR S MAY SCHOOLElementary · 496 students
- OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 455 students
- S F B MORSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 432 students
- TITUSVILLE INTERMEDIATEElementary · 425 students
Nearby schools
- HAGAN SCHOOL0.4 mi · 342
- ORVILLE A TODD MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 385
- NASSAU SCHOOL1.3 mi · 292
- OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 455
- G W KRIEGER SCHOOL1.8 mi · 419
- KINRY ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 368
Frequently asked questions
About SPACKENKILL HIGH SCHOOLHow large is SPACKENKILL HIGH SCHOOL?
SPACKENKILL HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 537 students in grades 09-12.
Is SPACKENKILL HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SPACKENKILL HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at SPACKENKILL HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.1:1 students per teacher at SPACKENKILL HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SPACKENKILL HIGH SCHOOL?
At SPACKENKILL HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 47% White, 20% Hispanic, 15% Black, 13% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is SPACKENKILL HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
SPACKENKILL HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SPACKENKILL UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.