Is Montgomery C Smith Elementary School a good school?

Montgomery C Smith Elementary School ranks in the bottom 12.1% of New York elementary schools.

How many students attend Montgomery C Smith Elementary School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 723 students attended Montgomery C Smith Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Montgomery C Smith Elementary School?

Students at Montgomery C Smith Elementary School are 42% White, 18% Hispanic, 17% African American, 14% Two or more races, 9% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Montgomery C Smith Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Montgomery C Smith Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Hudson Junior High School High : Hudson High School

Montgomery C Smith Elementary School

Summary:

Montgomery C Smith Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Hudson, New York, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 723 students. The school is part of the Coxsackie-Athens Central School District, which is ranked 783 out of 866 districts in New York and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Montgomery C Smith has a more diverse student population compared to the nearby schools, with a higher percentage of non-white students. However, the school consistently ranks in the bottom quartile of New York elementary schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Math are significantly lower than the state averages and the nearby schools, such as Cahill School, Pieter B Coeymans School, and Ichabod Crane Elementary School. Additionally, Montgomery C Smith has a high percentage of students from low-income families, with 65.01% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, which is significantly higher than the nearby schools.

Despite the relatively high per-student spending at Montgomery C Smith ($21,132 in 2022-2023), the school's academic outcomes remain poor, indicating that simply increasing funding may not be the sole solution to improving student performance. The school's declining rankings and low proficiency rates, coupled with the high percentage of students from low-income families, suggest the need for a comprehensive, data-driven approach to improving educational outcomes. Addressing the achievement gaps between different student subgroups and learning from the successes of nearby schools could be valuable strategies for the school and district to consider.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

102 Harry Howard Ave
Hudson, NY 12534-1698

(518) 828-4350

District: Hudson City School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
2145^th of 2,439 New York Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $21,132

Students who attend Montgomery C Smith Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Hudson Junior High School
High:	Hudson High School

Student/teacher ratio: 10.8

Number of students: 723

Racial breakdown:

White:

41.8%

Hispanic:

18.3%

African American:

17.0%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 65%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Montgomery C Smith Elementary School ranks worse than 87.9% of elementary schools in New York. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 16.13. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Student population at Montgomery C Smith Elementary School is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (41.8%), Hispanic (18.3%), African American (17%). (See more...)

Compare Details 65% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Montgomery C Smith Elementary School is 10.8. (See more...)

Compare Montgomery C Smith Elementary School employs 66.8 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Montgomery C Smith Elementary School is $21,132.

Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Montgomery C Smith Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Montgomery C Smith Elementary School 2145^th of 2439 New York public elementary schools. (See Montgomery C Smith Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Hudson City School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Hudson City School District 783^rd of 866 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Montgomery C Smith Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Montgomery C Smith Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	21.74	1864^th	2206	15.5%
2007	25.21	1780^th	2219	19.8%
2008	31.88	1725^th	2227	22.5%
2009	24.02	1917^th	2257	15.1%
2010	26.67	1812^th	2263	19.9%
2011	26.32	1820^th	2286	20.4%
2012	23.34	1896^th	2320	18.3%
2013	18.77	2006^th	2325	13.7%
2014	18.19	2001^st	2345	14.7%
2015	23.65	1843^rd	2352	21.6%
2016	19.10	2018^th	2366	14.7%
2017	14.81	2146^th	2386	10.1%
2018	20.23	2037^th	2395	14.9%
2019	19.27	2016^th	2413	16.5%
2021	30.58	1596^th	2201	27.5%
2022	14.40	2209^th	2434	9.2%
2023	16.13	2145^th	2439	12.1%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Montgomery C Smith Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	22.80	173^rd	202	14.4%
2019	17.45	156^th	180	13.3%
2022	22.31	235^th	289	18.7%
2023	18.27	190^th	223	14.8%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Montgomery C Smith Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	42.07	517^th	938	44.9%
2019	31.96	633^rd	860	26.4%
2021	24.30	369^th	454	18.7%
2022	25.63	877^th	1027	14.6%
2023	42.57	505^th	1001	49.6%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Montgomery C Smith Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	24.16	1735^th	1941	10.6%
2019	30.59	1324^th	1859	28.8%
2021	24.48	886^th	1044	15.1%
2022	18.09	1981^st	2031	2.5%
2023	16.40	1967^th	2016	2.4%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Montgomery C Smith Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	23.11	1753^rd	2045	14.3%
2019	20.60	1772^nd	2032	12.8%
2021	30.00	1278^th	1678	23.8%
2022	17.66	1927^th	2099	8.2%
2023	15.48	1887^th	2041	7.5%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Montgomery C Smith Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	20.53	670^th	730	8.2%
2019	26.19	489^th	570	14.2%
2022	30.93	468^th	622	24.8%
2023	24.55	532^nd	637	16.5%

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Rank History for Female students at Montgomery C Smith Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	25.48	1876^th	2338	19.8%
2019	25.11	1848^th	2357	21.6%
2021	26.70	1526^th	1955	21.9%
2022	15.36	2177^th	2401	9.3%
2023	22.59	1971^st	2403	18.0%

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Rank History for Male students at Montgomery C Smith Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	17.89	2061^st	2340	11.9%
2019	15.37	2115^th	2358	10.3%
2021	31.31	1422^nd	1961	27.5%
2022	15.66	2163^rd	2400	9.9%
2023	13.30	2218^th	2400	7.6%

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Rank History for Asian students at Montgomery C Smith Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	16.02	541^st	601	10.0%
2019	10.22	517^th	548	5.7%
2022	7.11	638^th	671	4.9%
2023	10.32	561^st	605	7.3%

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Rank History for African American students at Montgomery C Smith Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	24.96	774^th	948	18.4%
2019	23.79	732^nd	891	17.8%
2021	38.69	251^st	427	41.2%
2022	29.47	685^th	936	26.8%
2023	22.66	695^th	857	18.9%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Montgomery C Smith Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	24.84	1142^nd	1392	18.0%
2019	14.84	1230^th	1315	6.5%
2021	25.28	663^rd	818	18.9%
2022	11.51	1449^th	1503	3.6%
2023	8.72	1391^st	1429	2.7%

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Rank History for White students at Montgomery C Smith Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	14.59	1300^th	1408	7.7%
2019	23.20	1112^th	1338	16.9%
2021	37.37	823^rd	1224	32.8%
2022	10.41	1320^th	1399	5.6%
2023	17.10	1173^rd	1337	12.3%

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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: NY State Education Department

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Enrollment information for Montgomery C Smith Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	417	100	4	12	1	n/a	n/a	0	534
1990	401	87	7	15	9	n/a	n/a	0	519
1991	423	117	8	18	0	n/a	n/a	0	566
1992	406	111	10	13	0	n/a	n/a	0	540
1993	435	105	9	18	2	n/a	n/a	0	569
1994	467	99	10	21	1	n/a	n/a	0	598
1995	494	108	9	27	1	n/a	n/a	0	639
1996	494	108	9	27	1	n/a	n/a	0	639
1997	158	40	5	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	208
1998	633	121	17	43	2	n/a	n/a	0	816
1999	615	150	25	48	0	n/a	n/a	0	838
2000	597	150	25	43	0	n/a	n/a	0	815
2001	569	179	23	38	0	n/a	n/a	0	809
2002	427	216	21	47	0	n/a	n/a	0	711
2003	427	216	21	47	0	n/a	n/a	0	711
2004	452	210	24	49	0	n/a	n/a	0	735
2005	436	214	28	47	0	n/a	n/a	0	725
2006	401	177	28	45	0	n/a	n/a	0	651
2007	415	168	27	55	0	n/a	n/a	2	667
2008	374	164	37	60	0	n/a	n/a	0	635
2009	326	166	43	48	0	n/a	n/a	0	583
2010	274	182	56	56	0	n/a	n/a	0	568
2011	279	173	49	77	0	0	4	0	582
2012	258	157	60	66	0	0	16	0	557
2013	261	147	58	64	0	2	21	0	553
2014	259	123	52	61	0	0	27	0	522
2015	234	114	56	64	1	0	41	0	510
2016	253	104	51	90	1	0	44	0	543
2017	186	76	50	77	1	0	44	0	434
2018	255	98	51	94	0	0	69	0	567
2019	333	145	89	155	1	0	122	0	845
2020	321	149	85	132	1	0	113	0	801
2021	309	125	81	143	1	0	118	0	777
2022	308	132	73	136	0	0	107	0	756
2023	302	123	62	132	1	0	103	0	723

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Montgomery C Smith Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	534	38.3	13.9	n/a
1990	519	39.3	13.2	n/a
1991	566	40.3	14.0	n/a
1992	540	37.5	14.4	n/a
1993	569	40.6	14.0	n/a
1994	598	43.6	13.7	30.8
1995	639	46.2	13.8	41.6
1996	639	46.2	13.8	41.6
1997	208	14.0	14.9	32.7
1998	816	57.2	14.3	40.1
1999	838	62.6	13.4	40.6
2000	815	62.8	13.0	42.3
2001	809	63.3	12.8	48.1
2002	711	68.6	10.4	48.4
2003	711	68.6	10.4	48.4
2004	735	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	725	72.2	10.0	57
2006	651	67.0	9.7	53.3
2007	667	63.0	10.6	55.2
2008	635	60.8	10.4	53.2
2009	583	62.6	9.3	56.8
2010	568	55.7	10.1	65.5
2011	582	55.4	10.5	66.2
2012	557	47.7	11.6	66.8
2013	553	45.4	12.1	66.4
2014	522	40.4	12.9	64.8
2015	510	42.0	12.1	68.6
2016	543	44.0	12.3	70.7
2017	434	29.0	14.9	74.7
2018	567	52.0	10.9	73.2
2019	845	72.1	11.7	72.2
2020	801	62.3	12.8	68.2
2021	777	79.6	9.7	66.8
2022	756	62.4	12.0	63.6
2023	723	66.8	10.8	65

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Montgomery C Smith Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	534	38.3	13.9	n/a
1990	519	39.3	13.2	n/a
1991	566	40.3	14.0	n/a
1992	540	37.5	14.4	n/a
1993	569	40.6	14.0	n/a
1994	598	43.6	13.7	30.8
1995	639	46.2	13.8	41.6
1996	639	46.2	13.8	41.6
1997	208	14.0	14.9	32.7
1998	816	57.2	14.3	40.1
1999	838	62.6	13.4	40.6
2000	815	62.8	13.0	42.3
2001	809	63.3	12.8	48.1
2002	711	68.6	10.4	48.4
2003	711	68.6	10.4	48.4
2004	735	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	725	72.2	10.0	57
2006	651	67.0	9.7	53.3
2007	667	63.0	10.6	55.2
2008	635	60.8	10.4	53.2
2009	583	62.6	9.3	56.8
2010	568	55.7	10.1	65.5
2011	582	55.4	10.5	66.2
2012	557	47.7	11.6	66.8
2013	553	45.4	12.1	66.4
2014	522	40.4	12.9	64.8
2015	510	42.0	12.1	68.6
2016	543	44.0	12.3	70.7
2017	434	29.0	14.9	74.7
2018	567	52.0	10.9	73.2
2019	845	72.1	11.7	72.2
2020	801	62.3	12.8	68.2
2021	777	79.6	9.7	66.8
2022	756	62.4	12.0	63.6
2023	723	66.8	10.8	65

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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