Is Horizon-On-The-Hudson School a good school?

Horizon-On-The-Hudson School ranks in the bottom 8.6% of New York elementary schools.

How many students attend Horizon-On-The-Hudson School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 455 students attended Horizon-On-The-Hudson School.

What is the racial makeup of Horizon-On-The-Hudson School?

Students at Horizon-On-The-Hudson School are 50% Hispanic, 29% African American, 11% White, 9% Two or more races.

Horizon-On-The-Hudson School

Summary:

Horizon-On-The-Hudson School is an elementary school located in Newburgh, NY, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 455 students. Unfortunately, this school has consistently underperformed compared to the rest of the Newburgh City School District and the state of New York, ranking in the bottom 10% of elementary schools in the state.

Horizon-On-The-Hudson School struggles with low academic performance, with only 23.64% of 3rd graders, 19.05% of 4th graders, and 25.45% of 5th graders proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to district averages of 22.93%, 35.46%, and 29.91%, respectively. The school also performs poorly in Math, with subgroups like Female, Male, African American, Hispanic, and English Language Learner students all ranking in the bottom 30% of New York elementary schools. Additionally, the school has a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 56.98% to 64.82% over the past three years, indicating a high concentration of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds.

When comparing Horizon-On-The-Hudson School to other elementary schools within the Newburgh City School District, it consistently underperforms. For example, Vails Gate Steam Academy, Gardnertown Leadership Academy Elementary School, and Temple Hill School all have higher ELA and Math proficiency rates, as well as higher overall state rankings. The performance gap widens even further when comparing Horizon-On-The-Hudson School to elementary schools in the neighboring Beacon City School District, where schools like J.V. Forrestal Elementary, South Avenue School, and Sargent School all have significantly higher proficiency rates and state rankings.

Detail:

Public, Magnet PK, KG-5

137 Montgomery St
Newburgh, NY 12550

(845) 563-3725

District: Newburgh City School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
2235^th of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $17,866

Student/teacher ratio: 10.1

Number of students: 455

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

50.1%

African American:

29.0%

White:

11.2%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 57.4%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Horizon-On-The-Hudson School ranks worse than 91.4% of elementary schools in New York. It also ranks last among 9 ranked elementary schools in the Newburgh City School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 14.24. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (50.1%), African American (29%), White (11.2%). (See more...)

Compare Details 57.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Horizon-On-The-Hudson School is 10.1, which is the 3^rd best among 9 elementary schools in the Newburgh City School District. (See more...)

Compare Horizon-On-The-Hudson School employs 45 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Horizon-On-The-Hudson School is $17,866, which is the 2^nd highest among 9 elementary schools in the Newburgh City School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Horizon-On-The-Hudson School:

SchoolDigger ranks Horizon-On-The-Hudson School 2235^th of 2445 New York public elementary schools. (See Horizon-On-The-Hudson School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Newburgh City School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Newburgh City School District 728^th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Horizon-On-The-Hudson School

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Rank History for all students at Horizon-On-The-Hudson School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	11.59	2034^th	2206	7.8%
2007	15.58	1946^th	2219	12.3%
2008	19.22	1924^th	2227	13.6%
2009	17.16	2019^th	2257	10.5%
2010	16.67	2000^th	2263	11.6%
2011	18.59	1953^rd	2286	14.6%
2012	18.71	1982^nd	2320	14.6%
2013	32.37	1655^th	2325	28.8%
2014	24.88	1857^th	2345	20.8%
2015	20.89	1918^th	2352	18.5%
2016	19.76	2001^st	2366	15.4%
2017	14.48	2155^th	2386	9.7%
2018	9.90	2258^th	2395	5.7%
2019	7.81	2333^rd	2413	3.3%
2021	12.69	2007^th	2201	8.8%
2022	11.02	2291^st	2434	5.9%
2023	12.48	2258^th	2439	7.4%
2024	14.24	2235^th	2445	8.6%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Horizon-On-The-Hudson School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	33.88	179^th	289	38.1%
2023	24.50	160^th	223	28.3%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Horizon-On-The-Hudson School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	23.45	846^th	938	9.8%
2019	21.00	816^th	860	5.1%
2022	11.83	1027^th	1027	0.0%
2023	28.79	805^th	1001	19.6%
2024	27.80	900^th	1066	15.6%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Horizon-On-The-Hudson School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	26.69	1628^th	1941	16.1%
2019	22.31	1677^th	1859	9.8%
2021	12.61	1032^nd	1044	1.1%
2022	20.02	1925^th	2031	5.2%
2023	18.17	1926^th	2016	4.5%
2024	19.53	1977^th	2110	6.3%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Horizon-On-The-Hudson School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	5.76	2036^th	2045	0.4%
2019	8.36	2009^th	2032	1.1%
2021	10.18	1627^th	1678	3.0%
2022	9.58	2047^th	2099	2.5%
2023	8.68	2004^th	2041	1.8%
2024	13.03	1979^th	2078	4.8%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Horizon-On-The-Hudson School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	13.35	708^th	730	3.0%
2019	13.97	553^rd	570	3.0%
2022	12.26	610^th	622	1.9%
2023	9.72	634^th	637	0.5%
2024	17.32	716^th	766	6.5%

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Rank History for Female students at Horizon-On-The-Hudson School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	13.04	2166^th	2338	7.4%
2019	10.44	2250^th	2357	4.5%
2021	16.22	1733^rd	1955	11.4%
2022	12.11	2258^th	2401	6.0%
2023	10.33	2291^st	2403	4.7%
2024	9.50	2325^th	2413	3.6%

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Rank History for Male students at Horizon-On-The-Hudson School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	8.65	2275^th	2340	2.8%
2019	7.64	2305^th	2358	2.2%
2021	10.86	1835^th	1961	6.4%
2022	12.09	2254^th	2400	6.1%
2023	17.18	2114^th	2400	11.9%
2024	21.99	2011^th	2411	16.6%

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Rank History for African American students at Horizon-On-The-Hudson School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	15.28	893^rd	948	5.8%
2019	12.79	863^rd	891	3.1%
2021	20.02	354^th	427	17.1%
2022	16.32	860^th	936	8.1%
2023	16.95	760^th	857	11.3%
2024	22.27	789^th	927	14.9%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Horizon-On-The-Hudson School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	18.72	1251^st	1392	10.1%
2019	16.57	1212^th	1315	7.8%
2021	23.64	687^th	818	16.0%
2022	19.42	1352^nd	1503	10.0%
2023	24.98	1155^th	1429	19.2%
2024	27.34	1199^th	1531	21.7%

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Rank History for White students at Horizon-On-The-Hudson School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2019	45.54	746^th	1338	44.2%
2021	37.08	829^th	1224	32.3%
2022	60.58	533^rd	1399	61.9%
2023	28.93	1006^th	1337	24.8%
2024	50.60	687^th	1392	50.6%

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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

Review counts

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Reviews:

by a parent
Wednesday, June 26, 2019

The school is one of the best, the security is good, the teachers are good and they help their students to understand the subjects and above all they teach them the respect Close Quote

Enrollment information for Horizon-On-The-Hudson School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1989	289	207	9	42	0	n/a	n/a	547
1990	288	197	9	38	0	n/a	n/a	532
1991	276	209	11	36	0	n/a	n/a	532
1992	295	256	16	42	0	n/a	n/a	609
1993	298	244	14	41	0	n/a	n/a	597
1994	301	235	14	54	0	n/a	n/a	604
1995	287	232	11	76	0	n/a	n/a	606
1996	287	232	11	76	0	n/a	n/a	606
1997	246	214	9	86	0	n/a	n/a	555
1998	246	196	13	91	0	n/a	n/a	546
1999	265	218	13	103	0	n/a	n/a	599
2000	247	244	11	105	0	n/a	n/a	607
2001	230	262	8	116	0	n/a	n/a	616
2002	197	267	13	130	0	n/a	n/a	607
2003	197	267	13	130	0	n/a	n/a	607
2004	163	280	5	161	16	n/a	n/a	625
2005	135	257	6	172	3	n/a	n/a	573
2006	83	234	9	174	0	n/a	n/a	500
2007	79	198	23	167	0	n/a	n/a	467
2008	86	192	28	150	0	n/a	n/a	456
2009	95	187	25	122	1	n/a	n/a	430
2010	103	174	26	138	1	n/a	n/a	442
2011	102	189	24	133	1	0	3	452
2012	94	195	14	195	1	1	7	507
2013	67	198	13	219	1	1	11	510
2014	69	169	12	262	1	0	21	534
2015	87	215	15	322	2	0	38	679
2016	85	206	15	357	1	0	39	703
2017	57	186	11	220	0	2	36	512
2018	43	184	7	241	0	0	36	511
2019	42	169	9	233	0	0	35	488
2020	43	152	11	234	0	0	38	478
2021	46	141	7	224	0	0	34	452
2022	40	144	2	226	0	0	32	444
2023	51	132	2	228	1	0	41	455

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 Horizon-On-The-Hudson School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	547	35.0	15.6	n/a
1990	532	35.0	15.2	n/a
1991	532	35.9	14.8	n/a
1992	609	35.9	16.9	n/a
1993	597	36.1	16.5	n/a
1994	604	35.1	17.2	34.3
1995	606	38.1	15.9	42.1
1996	606	38.1	15.9	42.1
1997	555	37.2	14.9	43.8
1998	546	38.3	14.3	41.8
1999	599	39.3	15.2	46.2
2000	607	40.3	15.1	63.8
2001	616	42.1	14.6	62.7
2002	607	40.0	15.2	65.7
2003	607	40.0	15.2	65.7
2004	625	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	573	42.0	13.6	81.2
2006	500	40.0	12.5	82.6
2007	467	40.0	11.7	84.2
2008	456	39.0	11.7	81.1
2009	430	38.0	11.3	82.3
2010	442	37.0	11.9	79.6
2011	452	34.9	12.9	75
2012	507	37.0	13.6	80.7
2013	510	36.0	14.1	81.2
2014	534	35.0	15.2	58.1
2015	679	46.0	14.7	72.6
2016	703	49.0	14.3	72
2017	512	39.0	13.1	74.2
2018	511	38.0	13.4	61.1
2019	488	42.0	11.6	65.8
2020	478	41.0	11.6	60.9
2021	452	40.6	11.1	64.8
2022	444	41.6	10.6	57
2023	455	45.0	10.1	57.4

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 Horizon-On-The-Hudson School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	547	35.0	15.6	n/a
1990	532	35.0	15.2	n/a
1991	532	35.9	14.8	n/a
1992	609	35.9	16.9	n/a
1993	597	36.1	16.5	n/a
1994	604	35.1	17.2	34.3
1995	606	38.1	15.9	42.1
1996	606	38.1	15.9	42.1
1997	555	37.2	14.9	43.8
1998	546	38.3	14.3	41.8
1999	599	39.3	15.2	46.2
2000	607	40.3	15.1	63.8
2001	616	42.1	14.6	62.7
2002	607	40.0	15.2	65.7
2003	607	40.0	15.2	65.7
2004	625	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	573	42.0	13.6	81.2
2006	500	40.0	12.5	82.6
2007	467	40.0	11.7	84.2
2008	456	39.0	11.7	81.1
2009	430	38.0	11.3	82.3
2010	442	37.0	11.9	79.6
2011	452	34.9	12.9	75
2012	507	37.0	13.6	80.7
2013	510	36.0	14.1	81.2
2014	534	35.0	15.2	58.1
2015	679	46.0	14.7	72.6
2016	703	49.0	14.3	72
2017	512	39.0	13.1	74.2
2018	511	38.0	13.4	61.1
2019	488	42.0	11.6	65.8
2020	478	41.0	11.6	60.9
2021	452	40.6	11.1	64.8
2022	444	41.6	10.6	57
2023	455	45.0	10.1	57.4

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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