Is Valley Central High School a good school?

Valley Central High School ranks 311 th of 1242 New York high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Valley Central High School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,346 students attended Valley Central High School.

What is the racial makeup of Valley Central High School?

Students at Valley Central High School are 56% White, 29% Hispanic, 9% African American, 4% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

Valley Central High School

Summary:

Valley Central High School is a public high school located in Montgomery, New York, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 1,346 students. The school is part of the Valley Central School District, which is ranked 444 out of 865 school districts in New York and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Valley Central High School consistently ranks in the top 25% of New York high schools, with a current ranking of 311 out of 1,242 schools. The school's performance on Regents/Common Core exams is significantly higher than the state average across various subjects, including Algebra II (93.84% vs. 74.04%), Chemistry (88.02% vs. 65.41%), and U.S. History and Government (89.24% vs. 78.47%). Additionally, the school's graduation rate of 88.6% in 2022-2023 is higher than the state average, and its dropout rate of 6.1% is lower than the state average. Valley Central High School's Asian and African American student subgroups perform exceptionally well, ranking 16th and 113th out of all New York high schools, respectively.

While Valley Central High School is a strong-performing school, it should continue to focus on supporting its English Language Learner (ELL) and Multi-racial student populations to ensure equitable outcomes for all. The school's relatively high percentage of free and reduced-lunch recipients (38.56%) suggests a diverse student population with varying socioeconomic backgrounds, which the school should address through targeted programs and resources. By analyzing its data and identifying areas for growth, such as improving its chronic absenteeism rate, Valley Central High School can further enhance its already impressive achievements and serve as a model for other high schools in the region, including nearby schools like Cornwall Central High School and Wallkill Senior High School.

Detail:

Public 9-12

1175 State Rt 17k
Montgomery, NY 12549-2210

(845) 457-2400

District: Valley Central School District (Montgomery)

SchoolDigger Rank:
311^th of 1,242 New York High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $18,743

Student/teacher ratio: 11.8

Number of students: 1,346

Racial breakdown:

White:

55.6%

Hispanic:

29.3%

African American:

8.9%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 38.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Valley Central High School ranks better than 75% of high schools in New York. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 71.92. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Valley Central High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.

The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (55.6%), Hispanic (29.3%), African American (8.9%). (See more...)

Compare Details 38.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Valley Central High School is 11.8. (See more...)

Compare Valley Central High School employs 113.3 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Valley Central High School is $18,743.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Valley Central High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Valley Central High School 311^th of 1242 New York public high schools. (See Valley Central High School in the ranking list.)

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Valley Central School District (Montgomery):

SchoolDigger ranks Valley Central School District (Montgomery) 444^th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Valley Central High School

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Rank History for all students at Valley Central High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2005	68.31	216^th	935	76.9%
2006	69.07	215^th	986	78.2%
2007	68.96	216^th	1002	78.4%
2008	69.27	240^th	1027	76.6%
2009	71.20	190^th	1086	82.5%
2010	67.37	293^rd	1117	73.8%
2011	64.57	378^th	1165	67.6%
2012	68.79	341^st	1198	71.5%
2013	69.30	357^th	1217	70.7%
2014	67.24	323^rd	1237	73.9%
2015	57.46	522^nd	1255	58.4%
2016	48.15	674^th	1255	46.3%
2017	59.70	470^th	1221	61.5%
2018	66.13	398^th	1210	67.1%
2019	71.50	301^st	1207	75.1%
2021	66.35	184^th	519	64.5%
2022	72.29	264^th	1190	77.8%
2023	71.60	304^th	1228	75.2%
2024	71.92	311^th	1242	75.0%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Valley Central High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	61.32	65^th	157	58.6%
2019	75.95	27^th	165	83.6%
2022	45.54	126^th	212	40.6%
2023	62.09	104^th	272	61.8%
2024	57.33	118^th	306	61.4%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Valley Central High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2019	57.87	186^th	565	67.1%
2023	41.91	326^th	583	44.1%
2024	29.76	498^th	637	21.8%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Valley Central High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	64.07	313^th	1095	71.4%
2019	68.47	272^nd	1132	76.0%
2022	67.81	247^th	1038	76.2%
2023	68.34	250^th	1130	77.9%
2024	62.23	327^th	1144	71.4%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Valley Central High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	61.25	372^nd	1154	67.8%
2019	68.38	254^th	1179	78.5%
2022	65.83	273^rd	1101	75.2%
2023	62.91	333^rd	1155	71.2%
2024	62.26	346^th	1170	70.4%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Valley Central High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	71.01	84^th	498	83.1%
2019	72.05	78^th	493	84.2%
2023	47.51	240^th	531	54.8%
2024	54.76	187^th	564	66.8%

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Rank History for Female students at Valley Central High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	64.99	410^th	1176	65.1%
2019	70.96	313^th	1193	73.8%
2022	72.74	248^th	1155	78.5%
2023	72.80	280^th	1197	76.6%
2024	74.43	244^th	1219	80.0%

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Rank History for Foster Care students at Valley Central High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	72.73	2^nd	6	66.7%

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Rank History for Male students at Valley Central High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	66.14	379^th	1176	67.8%
2019	70.20	308^th	1190	74.1%
2022	70.08	289^th	1154	75.0%
2023	67.28	350^th	1191	70.6%
2024	68.70	339^th	1211	72.0%

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Rank History for Asian students at Valley Central High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	81.34	5^th	426	98.8%
2019	79.74	4^th	447	99.1%
2023	75.87	67^th	424	84.2%
2024	80.90	16^th	426	96.2%

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Rank History for African American students at Valley Central High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	68.96	150^th	679	77.9%
2019	75.89	95^th	686	86.2%
2022	80.49	65^th	593	89.0%
2023	74.69	108^th	671	83.9%
2024	75.40	113^th	690	83.6%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Valley Central High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	71.37	174^th	791	78.0%
2019	77.23	122^nd	815	85.0%
2022	79.57	96^th	760	87.4%
2023	76.81	135^th	851	84.1%
2024	75.67	143^rd	865	83.5%

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Rank History for White students at Valley Central High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	55.84	343^rd	765	55.2%
2019	61.76	264^th	793	66.7%
2022	61.07	249^th	738	66.3%
2023	62.16	247^th	776	68.2%
2024	65.25	227^th	781	70.9%

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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 Valley Central High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	1122	20	15	25	0	n/a	n/a	0	1182
1990	1074	28	17	38	0	n/a	n/a	0	1157
1991	1056	18	19	45	0	n/a	n/a	0	1138
1992	1067	31	19	45	1	n/a	n/a	0	1163
1993	1116	33	17	59	5	n/a	n/a	0	1230
1994	1136	30	14	74	7	n/a	n/a	0	1261
1995	1168	45	16	92	5	n/a	n/a	0	1326
1996	1168	45	16	92	5	n/a	n/a	0	1326
1997	1163	43	15	102	2	n/a	n/a	0	1325
1998	1218	54	12	105	3	n/a	n/a	0	1392
1999	1289	54	16	109	6	n/a	n/a	0	1474
2000	1204	60	15	97	5	n/a	n/a	0	1381
2001	1307	90	21	107	9	n/a	n/a	0	1534
2002	1412	94	26	138	14	n/a	n/a	0	1684
2003	1412	94	26	138	14	n/a	n/a	0	1684
2004	1452	86	16	153	0	n/a	n/a	0	1707
2005	1429	125	32	168	12	n/a	n/a	0	1766
2006	1413	129	25	191	9	n/a	n/a	0	1767
2007	1363	146	24	214	3	n/a	n/a	0	1750
2008	1291	144	20	221	2	n/a	n/a	0	1678
2009	1198	159	17	232	6	n/a	n/a	0	1612
2010	1175	170	25	209	1	n/a	n/a	0	1580
2011	1159	169	26	238	2	0	1	0	1595
2012	1113	171	31	228	2	0	4	0	1549
2013	1080	174	38	251	4	1	4	0	1552
2014	1010	168	44	257	3	0	6	0	1488
2015	1006	180	36	278	4	0	11	0	1515
2016	966	156	29	288	5	0	14	0	1458
2017	953	160	21	281	4	1	17	0	1437
2018	930	146	20	282	3	2	24	0	1407
2019	881	153	26	285	3	1	21	0	1370
2020	850	172	22	313	3	1	22	0	1383
2021	826	154	20	329	3	1	31	0	1364
2022	772	149	21	380	3	0	41	0	1366
2023	749	120	21	394	1	0	60	1	1346

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 Valley Central High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	1182	76.5	15.4	n/a
1990	1157	73.9	15.6	n/a
1991	1138	74.8	15.2	n/a
1992	1163	73.0	15.9	n/a
1993	1230	71.1	17.3	n/a
1994	1261	78.9	16.0	7.1
1995	1326	83.4	15.9	15.3
1996	1326	83.4	15.9	15.3
1997	1325	83.4	15.9	10
1998	1392	88.0	15.8	14.7
1999	1474	88.2	16.7	14.6
2000	1381	93.2	14.8	11.7
2001	1534	98.3	15.6	15.6
2002	1684	102.3	16.5	21.9
2003	1684	102.3	16.5	21.9
2004	1707	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	1766	107.2	16.5	16.8
2006	1767	105.0	16.8	16
2007	1750	110.5	15.8	19.1
2008	1678	110.6	15.2	21.9
2009	1612	110.0	14.7	21.7
2010	1580	111.5	14.1	18.7
2011	1595	109.6	14.5	19.9
2012	1549	102.1	15.1	21.3
2013	1552	95.5	16.2	26.7
2014	1488	89.0	16.7	28.6
2015	1515	96.0	15.7	32.2
2016	1458	106.0	13.7	34.4
2017	1437	110.6	12.9	37.1
2018	1407	113.0	12.4	37.6
2019	1370	110.2	12.4	36.1
2020	1383	125.6	11.0	35.2
2021	1364	112.8	12.0	32.2
2022	1366	112.3	12.1	36.2
2023	1346	113.3	11.8	38.6

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 Valley Central High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	1182	76.5	15.4	n/a
1990	1157	73.9	15.6	n/a
1991	1138	74.8	15.2	n/a
1992	1163	73.0	15.9	n/a
1993	1230	71.1	17.3	n/a
1994	1261	78.9	16.0	7.1
1995	1326	83.4	15.9	15.3
1996	1326	83.4	15.9	15.3
1997	1325	83.4	15.9	10
1998	1392	88.0	15.8	14.7
1999	1474	88.2	16.7	14.6
2000	1381	93.2	14.8	11.7
2001	1534	98.3	15.6	15.6
2002	1684	102.3	16.5	21.9
2003	1684	102.3	16.5	21.9
2004	1707	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	1766	107.2	16.5	16.8
2006	1767	105.0	16.8	16
2007	1750	110.5	15.8	19.1
2008	1678	110.6	15.2	21.9
2009	1612	110.0	14.7	21.7
2010	1580	111.5	14.1	18.7
2011	1595	109.6	14.5	19.9
2012	1549	102.1	15.1	21.3
2013	1552	95.5	16.2	26.7
2014	1488	89.0	16.7	28.6
2015	1515	96.0	15.7	32.2
2016	1458	106.0	13.7	34.4
2017	1437	110.6	12.9	37.1
2018	1407	113.0	12.4	37.6
2019	1370	110.2	12.4	36.1
2020	1383	125.6	11.0	35.2
2021	1364	112.8	12.0	32.2
2022	1366	112.3	12.1	36.2
2023	1346	113.3	11.8	38.6

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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