Is New Paltz Senior High School a good school?

New Paltz Senior High School ranks 228 th of 1242 New York high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend New Paltz Senior High School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 668 students attended New Paltz Senior High School.

What is the racial makeup of New Paltz Senior High School?

Students at New Paltz Senior High School are 73% White, 15% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races, 4% African American, 3% Asian.

What schools feed into New Paltz Senior High School?

New Paltz Senior High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Duzine School Elementary : Lenape Elementary School Middle : New Paltz Middle School

New Paltz Senior High School

Summary:

New Paltz Senior High School is a public high school located in New Paltz, NY, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 668 students. The school is part of the New Paltz Central School District, which is ranked 283 out of 865 school districts in New York and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

New Paltz Senior High School consistently ranks among the top high schools in New York, ranking 228 out of 1,242 schools in the 2023-2024 school year and receiving a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's performance on Regents/Common Core exams is particularly impressive, with significantly higher proficiency rates compared to the state and district averages across various subjects. Additionally, the school performs exceptionally well across different student subgroups, ranking in the top quartile for male students, Hispanic students, and multi-racial students. The school has maintained a high 4-year graduation rate, ranging from 84.3% to 93.8% over the past few years, which is above the state average, and a correspondingly low dropout rate ranging from 1.1% to 10.0%.

When compared to nearby high schools, such as Kingston High School, Wallkill Senior High School, and Poughkeepsie High School, New Paltz Senior High School stands out as a top performer, outperforming these schools on various academic measures, including Regents/Common Core exam proficiency rates and graduation/dropout rates. The school also has a relatively high per-student spending, ranging from $17,481 to $23,265 over the past few years, and a favorable student-teacher ratio, ranging from 10.7 to 12.4, which likely contribute to its success.

Detail:

Public 9-12

134 S Putt Corners Rd
New Paltz, NY 12561-1200

(845) 256-4100

District: New Paltz Central School District

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

Per Pupil Expenditures: $22,530

Feeder schools for New Paltz Senior High School:

Elementary:	Duzine School
	Lenape Elementary School
Middle:	New Paltz Middle School

Student/teacher ratio: 11.3

Number of students: 668

Racial breakdown:

White:

72.6%

Hispanic:

15.1%

Two or more races:

5.2%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 26.9%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details New Paltz Senior High School ranks better than 81.6% of high schools in New York. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 75.35. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at New Paltz Senior 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 (72.6%), Hispanic (15.1%), two or more races (5.2%). (See more...)

Compare Details 26.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at New Paltz Senior High School is 11.3. (See more...)

Compare New Paltz Senior High School employs 58.9 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at New Paltz Senior High School is $22,530.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

New Paltz Senior High School:

SchoolDigger ranks New Paltz Senior High School 228^th of 1242 New York public high schools. (See New Paltz Senior High School in the ranking list.)

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New Paltz Central School District:

SchoolDigger ranks New Paltz Central School District 283^rd of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for New Paltz Senior High School

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Rank History for all students at New Paltz Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2005	66.90	246^th	935	73.7%
2006	69.71	200^th	986	79.7%
2007	71.38	155^th	1002	84.5%
2008	60.73	458^th	1027	55.4%
2009	63.22	391^st	1086	64.0%
2010	61.55	434^th	1117	61.1%
2011	65.45	364^th	1165	68.8%
2012	73.70	223^rd	1198	81.4%
2013	77.01	148^th	1217	87.8%
2014	71.04	231^st	1237	81.3%
2015	69.06	247^th	1255	80.3%
2016	71.33	212^th	1255	83.1%
2017	69.70	272^nd	1221	77.7%
2018	72.42	266^th	1210	78.0%
2019	73.87	248^th	1207	79.5%
2022	72.97	254^th	1190	78.7%
2023	76.29	207^th	1228	83.1%
2024	75.35	228^th	1242	81.6%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at New Paltz Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2022	73.82	38^th	212	82.1%
2023	75.29	43^rd	272	84.2%
2024	80.40	31^st	306	89.9%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at New Paltz Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	73.79	75^th	583	87.1%

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Rank History for Special Education students at New Paltz Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	65.37	289^th	1095	73.6%
2019	71.80	246^th	1132	78.3%
2022	70.41	219^th	1038	78.9%
2023	82.16	113^th	1130	90.0%
2024	82.61	118^th	1144	89.7%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at New Paltz Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	51.84	558^th	1154	51.6%
2019	61.07	404^th	1179	65.7%
2022	65.55	276^th	1101	74.9%
2023	70.71	201^st	1155	82.6%
2024	67.65	253^rd	1170	78.4%

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Rank History for Female students at New Paltz Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	70.85	292^nd	1176	75.2%
2019	73.49	261^st	1193	78.1%
2022	70.39	301^st	1155	73.9%
2023	71.96	302^nd	1197	74.8%
2024	72.38	286^th	1219	76.5%

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Rank History for Male students at New Paltz Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	72.21	248^th	1176	78.9%
2019	72.76	243^rd	1190	79.6%
2022	73.78	213^th	1154	81.5%
2023	79.98	109^th	1191	90.8%
2024	77.18	176^th	1211	85.5%

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Rank History for Asian students at New Paltz Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2019	67.65	152^nd	447	66.0%
2022	62.50	156^th	386	59.6%
2023	51.33	227^th	424	46.5%

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Rank History for African American students at New Paltz Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	66.26	169^th	679	75.1%
2019	74.53	103^rd	686	85.0%
2022	72.14	122^nd	593	79.4%
2023	56.75	227^th	671	66.2%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at New Paltz Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	69.41	194^th	791	75.5%
2019	74.82	152^nd	815	81.3%
2022	77.95	108^th	760	85.8%
2023	78.22	118^th	851	86.1%
2024	65.36	232^nd	865	73.2%

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Rank History for White students at New Paltz Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	65.09	217^th	765	71.6%
2019	66.16	207^th	793	73.9%
2022	61.31	241^st	738	67.3%
2023	68.26	172^nd	776	77.8%
2024	68.92	175^th	781	77.6%

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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 New Paltz Senior High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	549	37	8	13	1	n/a	n/a	0	608
1990	535	28	7	19	0	n/a	n/a	0	589
1991	519	47	13	34	0	n/a	n/a	0	613
1992	516	35	24	24	0	n/a	n/a	0	599
1993	487	39	22	48	0	n/a	n/a	0	596
1994	508	38	21	48	2	n/a	n/a	0	617
1995	528	37	10	46	2	n/a	n/a	0	623
1996	528	37	10	46	2	n/a	n/a	0	623
1997	572	38	6	36	0	n/a	n/a	0	652
1998	588	37	10	41	0	n/a	n/a	0	676
1999	573	40	16	43	3	n/a	n/a	0	675
2000	578	46	18	45	3	n/a	n/a	0	690
2001	588	50	23	47	4	n/a	n/a	0	712
2002	631	46	19	37	2	n/a	n/a	0	735
2003	631	46	19	37	2	n/a	n/a	0	735
2004	640	48	22	44	6	n/a	n/a	0	760
2005	662	42	23	51	6	n/a	n/a	0	784
2006	650	42	20	48	4	n/a	n/a	0	764
2007	675	52	24	49	3	n/a	n/a	0	803
2008	678	58	21	46	0	n/a	n/a	0	803
2009	656	57	28	49	1	n/a	n/a	3	794
2010	646	46	24	54	1	n/a	n/a	10	781
2011	602	48	30	53	1	0	7	0	741
2012	592	54	25	52	0	1	6	0	730
2013	603	47	23	50	1	2	7	0	733
2014	587	51	29	68	2	0	7	0	744
2015	611	42	29	79	3	0	7	0	771
2016	591	37	29	83	3	0	7	0	750
2017	598	45	26	94	2	2	6	0	773
2018	624	45	31	90	1	1	7	0	799
2019	585	45	31	86	3	0	11	0	761
2020	588	38	29	81	2	0	13	0	751
2021	581	30	25	79	2	0	16	0	733
2022	486	25	22	89	1	0	25	3	651
2023	485	26	21	101	0	0	35	0	668

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 New Paltz Senior High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	608	39.9	15.2	n/a
1990	589	45.9	12.8	n/a
1991	613	44.9	13.6	n/a
1992	599	48.3	12.4	n/a
1993	596	41.0	14.5	n/a
1994	617	44.9	13.7	9.4
1995	623	41.2	15.1	6.7
1996	623	41.2	15.1	6.7
1997	652	41.4	15.7	8
1998	676	43.4	15.6	7.4
1999	675	44.8	15.1	8.7
2000	690	46.5	14.8	16.5
2001	712	45.6	15.6	10
2002	735	50.0	14.7	13.2
2003	735	50.0	14.7	13.2
2004	760	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	784	55.4	14.2	14.3
2006	764	56.0	13.6	25.7
2007	803	55.9	14.4	23.5
2008	803	59.3	13.5	14.2
2009	794	61.3	13.0	15.4
2010	781	59.5	13.1	16.7
2011	741	57.3	12.9	16.7
2012	730	55.8	13.0	18.6
2013	733	53.1	13.7	19.2
2014	744	53.7	13.8	15.2
2015	771	55.0	14.0	20.4
2016	750	56.0	13.3	19.7
2017	773	56.0	13.7	22.5
2018	799	56.5	14.1	22.8
2019	761	54.0	14.0	23.8
2020	751	60.0	12.5	24.9
2021	733	58.8	12.4	23.6
2022	651	60.7	10.7	26.3
2023	668	58.9	11.3	26.9

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 New Paltz Senior High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	608	39.9	15.2	n/a
1990	589	45.9	12.8	n/a
1991	613	44.9	13.6	n/a
1992	599	48.3	12.4	n/a
1993	596	41.0	14.5	n/a
1994	617	44.9	13.7	9.4
1995	623	41.2	15.1	6.7
1996	623	41.2	15.1	6.7
1997	652	41.4	15.7	8
1998	676	43.4	15.6	7.4
1999	675	44.8	15.1	8.7
2000	690	46.5	14.8	16.5
2001	712	45.6	15.6	10
2002	735	50.0	14.7	13.2
2003	735	50.0	14.7	13.2
2004	760	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	784	55.4	14.2	14.3
2006	764	56.0	13.6	25.7
2007	803	55.9	14.4	23.5
2008	803	59.3	13.5	14.2
2009	794	61.3	13.0	15.4
2010	781	59.5	13.1	16.7
2011	741	57.3	12.9	16.7
2012	730	55.8	13.0	18.6
2013	733	53.1	13.7	19.2
2014	744	53.7	13.8	15.2
2015	771	55.0	14.0	20.4
2016	750	56.0	13.3	19.7
2017	773	56.0	13.7	22.5
2018	799	56.5	14.1	22.8
2019	761	54.0	14.0	23.8
2020	751	60.0	12.5	24.9
2021	733	58.8	12.4	23.6
2022	651	60.7	10.7	26.3
2023	668	58.9	11.3	26.9

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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