Poughkeepsie High School

Summary:

Poughkeepsie High School is a public high school serving 1,165 students in grades 9-12 in Poughkeepsie, New York, which is part of the Poughkeepsie City School District. The school faces significant challenges, with a student population that is predominantly African American and Hispanic, low graduation rates, high dropout rates, and poor performance on standardized tests compared to nearby schools.

Poughkeepsie High School's student body is 46.09% African American and 41.29% Hispanic, which is a much higher percentage of minority students than nearby schools like John Jay Senior High School and Marlboro Central High School. The school's 4-year graduation rate is only 52.7%, compared to 95.0% at John Jay Senior High and 94.1% at Marlboro Central High. Poughkeepsie High School also has a high dropout rate of 27.0%, much higher than the 1.2% at John Jay Senior High and 3.2% at Marlboro Central High.

Poughkeepsie High School students perform significantly below state and district averages on Regents exams, with only 25.76% proficient in Algebra I, 6.25% proficient in Chemistry, and 51.59% proficient in English. The school also has a very high chronic absenteeism rate of 45.1%, which is much higher than the state average and nearby schools. These challenges are likely exacerbated by the fact that 74.25% of Poughkeepsie High School students come from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, which research has shown can have a significant impact on educational outcomes.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 70 Forbus St
       Poughkeepsie, NY  12603-3313


(845) 451-4850

District: Poughkeepsie City School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
1063rd of 1,228 New York High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $17,752 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  13.4 Help
Number of students:  1,165

Racial breakdown:

African American:
46.1%
Hispanic:
41.3%
Two or more races:
6.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  74.2% Help


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Compare Details Poughkeepsie High School ranks worse than 86.6% of high schools in New York. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 12.37. (See more...)
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The Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR) measures the percentage of Poughkeepsie High School freshmen who graduate within four years, adjusting for students who transfer in or out.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a high 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
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: African American (46.1%), Hispanic (41.3%), two or more races (6.4%). (See more...)
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Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Poughkeepsie High School is 13.4. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Poughkeepsie High School is $17,752.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Poughkeepsie High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Poughkeepsie High School 1063rd of 1228 New York public high schools. (See Poughkeepsie High School in the ranking list.)

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Poughkeepsie City School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Poughkeepsie City School District 830th of 866 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Poughkeepsie High School

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Rank History for all students at Poughkeepsie High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2005 15.74 813th 935 13.0%
2006 15.45 851st 986 13.7%
2007 19.02 846th 1002 15.6%
2008 20.99 846th 1027 17.6%
2009 20.08 896th 1086 17.5%
2010 15.55 976th 1117 12.6%
2011 16.78 1014th 1165 13.0%
2012 14.21 1015th 1198 15.3%
2013 11.18 1051st 1217 13.6%
2014 17.34 1001st 1237 19.1%
2015 19.78 1020th 1255 18.7%
2016 27.54 930th 1255 25.9%
2017 16.60 972nd 1221 20.4%
2018 9.29 1099th 1210 9.2%
2019 13.24 1035th 1207 14.3%
2021 60.57 231st 519 55.5%
2022 20.56 912th 1190 23.4%
2023 12.37 1063rd 1228 13.4%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Poughkeepsie High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 3.83 271st 272 0.4%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Poughkeepsie High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.38 434th 546 20.5%
2019 31.68 402nd 565 28.8%
2022 43.70 249th 481 48.2%
2023 24.46 504th 583 13.6%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Poughkeepsie High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 13.55 1043rd 1095 4.7%
2019 13.05 1075th 1132 5.0%
2022 16.68 938th 1038 9.6%
2023 11.65 1096th 1130 3.0%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Poughkeepsie High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 10.22 1065th 1154 7.7%
2019 14.60 1012th 1179 14.2%
2022 23.52 851st 1101 22.7%
2023 12.47 1023rd 1155 11.4%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Poughkeepsie High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.12 373rd 498 25.1%
2019 34.88 337th 493 31.6%
2022 22.19 344th 389 11.6%
2023 15.51 503rd 531 5.3%
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Rank History for Female students at Poughkeepsie High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 9.85 1086th 1176 7.7%
2019 14.79 1021st 1193 14.4%
2022 19.44 907th 1155 21.5%
2023 12.56 1043rd 1197 12.9%
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Rank History for Male students at Poughkeepsie High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 9.14 1090th 1176 7.3%
2019 11.74 1049th 1190 11.8%
2022 20.03 900th 1154 22.0%
2023 13.29 1018th 1191 14.5%
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Rank History for African American students at Poughkeepsie High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 17.04 615th 679 9.4%
2019 22.65 561st 686 18.2%
2022 31.91 402nd 593 32.2%
2023 23.58 537th 671 20.0%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Poughkeepsie High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.78 649th 791 18.0%
2019 28.60 584th 815 28.3%
2022 30.54 512th 760 32.6%
2023 23.01 662nd 851 22.2%
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Rank History for White students at Poughkeepsie High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 16.71 701st 765 8.4%
2019 6.13 758th 793 4.4%
2022 48.70 400th 738 45.8%
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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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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.

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Enrollment information for Poughkeepsie High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 343 525 16 4 0 n/a n/a 0 888
1990 309 571 23 13 1 n/a n/a 0 917
1991 290 545 18 9 5 n/a n/a 0 867
1992 295 566 17 20 3 n/a n/a 0 901
1993 293 569 18 25 5 n/a n/a 0 910
1994 295 581 12 25 3 n/a n/a 0 916
1995 281 612 9 43 2 n/a n/a 0 947
1996 281 612 9 43 2 n/a n/a 0 947
1997 276 631 4 44 1 n/a n/a 0 956
1998 254 646 6 56 1 n/a n/a 0 963
1999 256 674 6 66 0 n/a n/a 0 1002
2000 242 670 7 86 1 n/a n/a 0 1006
2001 240 652 12 109 1 n/a n/a 0 1014
2002 300 660 14 142 3 n/a n/a 0 1119
2003 300 660 14 142 3 n/a n/a 0 1119
2004 285 726 19 149 3 n/a n/a 0 1182
2005 262 737 17 168 6 n/a n/a 0 1190
2006 271 791 16 169 1 n/a n/a 0 1248
2007 242 836 21 176 3 n/a n/a 0 1278
2008 228 823 13 188 1 n/a n/a 0 1253
2009 227 827 14 196 0 n/a n/a 0 1264
2010 207 817 13 207 1 n/a n/a 0 1245
2011 176 761 8 228 1 0 3 0 1177
2012 179 753 2 230 1 11 0 0 1176
2013 171 708 3 238 0 11 8 0 1139
2014 144 706 15 272 1 0 8 0 1146
2015 129 691 18 287 1 0 14 0 1140
2016 114 698 19 306 1 0 23 0 1161
2017 101 675 10 347 1 8 22 0 1164
2018 96 645 8 340 1 6 31 0 1127
2019 86 641 9 373 1 6 31 0 1147
2020 72 612 7 413 3 6 40 0 1153
2021 78 625 10 430 1 4 60 0 1208
2022 70 604 9 448 3 5 60 0 1199
2023 60 537 7 481 3 2 75 0 1165

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 Poughkeepsie High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 888 73.3 12.1 n/a
1990 917 76.7 11.9 n/a
1991 867 82.4 10.5 n/a
1992 901 79.0 11.4 n/a
1993 910 68.2 13.3 n/a
1994 916 65.7 13.9 40.1
1995 947 68.7 13.8 35.2
1996 947 68.7 13.8 35.2
1997 956 64.2 14.9 49.6
1998 963 66.7 14.4 50.4
1999 1002 72.8 13.8 47
2000 1006 75.0 13.4 29.5
2001 1014 83.8 12.1 57.9
2002 1119 81.4 13.7 60.7
2003 1119 81.4 13.7 60.7
2004 1182 n/a n/a n/a
2005 1190 82.8 14.4 69
2006 1248 83.0 15.0 69.3
2007 1278 85.7 14.9 72.5
2008 1253 89.2 14.0 60.3
2009 1264 93.0 13.6 60.8
2010 1245 89.2 13.9 69.7
2011 1177 91.1 12.9 53.1
2012 1176 89.6 13.1 73
2013 1139 87.4 13.0 83.9
2014 1146 89.6 12.7 81.2
2015 1140 85.0 13.4 81.1
2016 1161 93.0 12.4 69.6
2017 1164 85.8 13.5 74.1
2018 1127 81.9 13.7 63.9
2019 1147 79.8 14.3 70.9
2020 1153 102.8 11.2 75
2021 1208 87.1 13.8 64.4
2022 1199 88.3 13.5 70.2
2023 1165 86.4 13.4 74.2

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 Poughkeepsie High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 888 73.3 12.1 n/a
1990 917 76.7 11.9 n/a
1991 867 82.4 10.5 n/a
1992 901 79.0 11.4 n/a
1993 910 68.2 13.3 n/a
1994 916 65.7 13.9 40.1
1995 947 68.7 13.8 35.2
1996 947 68.7 13.8 35.2
1997 956 64.2 14.9 49.6
1998 963 66.7 14.4 50.4
1999 1002 72.8 13.8 47
2000 1006 75.0 13.4 29.5
2001 1014 83.8 12.1 57.9
2002 1119 81.4 13.7 60.7
2003 1119 81.4 13.7 60.7
2004 1182 n/a n/a n/a
2005 1190 82.8 14.4 69
2006 1248 83.0 15.0 69.3
2007 1278 85.7 14.9 72.5
2008 1253 89.2 14.0 60.3
2009 1264 93.0 13.6 60.8
2010 1245 89.2 13.9 69.7
2011 1177 91.1 12.9 53.1
2012 1176 89.6 13.1 73
2013 1139 87.4 13.0 83.9
2014 1146 89.6 12.7 81.2
2015 1140 85.0 13.4 81.1
2016 1161 93.0 12.4 69.6
2017 1164 85.8 13.5 74.1
2018 1127 81.9 13.7 63.9
2019 1147 79.8 14.3 70.9
2020 1153 102.8 11.2 75
2021 1208 87.1 13.8 64.4
2022 1199 88.3 13.5 70.2
2023 1165 86.4 13.4 74.2

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.

Immunization Rates

Poughkeepsie High School

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YearCompletely ImmunizedReligious ExemptionMedical ExemptionPolioMeaslesMumpsRubellaDiphtheriaHepatitis BVaricella
201398.5%0.4%0.2%99.3%99.3%99.4%99.4%99.1%98.9%99.1%
201498.9%0.3%0.1%99.5%99.7%99.7%99.7%99.4%99.1%99.7%
201598.8%0.3%0.2%99.1%99.5%99.5%99.5%99.0%99.1%99.5%
201698.4%0.1%0.3%99.6%99.5%99.5%99.5%99.5%99.0%98.8%
201795.3%0.2%0.3%99.3%99.4%99.4%99.4%99.2%98.4%98.9%
201897.7%0.3%0.1%99.4%99.6%99.6%99.6%99.4%99.4%99.6%
201989.2%0.0%0.0%89.8%89.9%89.9%89.9%90.0%89.6%89.7%
202086.1%0.0%86.8%87.8%87.8%87.8%87.2%87.1%87.2%

Data source: New York State Department of Health
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Poughkeepsie High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $631 (3.5%) $17,212 (96.5%) $17,843
2020 $822 (5.4%) $14,406 (94.6%) $15,228
2021 $1,359 (10.3%) $11,828 (89.7%) $13,187
2022 $2,165 (12.8%) $14,726 (87.2%) $16,891
2023 $3,114 (17.5%) $14,637 (82.5%) $17,752

Data source: New York Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Poughkeepsie High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1035th of 1207 High schoolsRanks 1063rd of 1228 High schools
 0.8%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
End of Course Algebra I (Poughkeepsie High School)30.625.8
 4.9%
   End of Course Algebra I (Poughkeepsie City School District)35.330.3
 5%
   End of Course Algebra I (New York)71.164.6
 6.5%
End of Course Chemistry (Poughkeepsie High School)42.46.3
 36.2%
   End of Course Chemistry (Poughkeepsie City School District)42.46.3
 36.2%
   End of Course Chemistry (New York)73.165.2
 7.9%
End of Course Algebra II (Poughkeepsie High School)51.937.5
 14.4%
   End of Course Algebra II (Poughkeepsie City School District)51.937.5
 14.4%
   End of Course Algebra II (New York)82.764.1
 18.5%
End of Course English (Poughkeepsie High School)68.351.6
 16.7%
   End of Course English (Poughkeepsie City School District)68.351.2
 17.1%
   End of Course English (New York)83.976.9
 6.9%
End of Course Geometry (Poughkeepsie High School)30.217.9
 12.3%
   End of Course Geometry (Poughkeepsie City School District)30.217.5
 12.6%
   End of Course Geometry (New York)70.153.2
 17%
End of Course Earth Science (Poughkeepsie High School)48.649.6
 1%
   End of Course Earth Science (Poughkeepsie City School District)47.748.7
 1%
   End of Course Earth Science (New York)68.965
 3.9%
End of Course Living Environment (Poughkeepsie High School)50.237.1
 13.1%
   End of Course Living Environment (Poughkeepsie City School District)55.340.5
 14.8%
   End of Course Living Environment (New York)73.265.7
 7.5%
End of Course Physics (Poughkeepsie High School)10044.4
 55.6%
   End of Course Physics (Poughkeepsie City School District)10044.4
 55.6%
   End of Course Physics (New York)81.661.8
 19.8%
End of Course U.S. History and Government (Poughkeepsie High School)58.255.7
 2.5%
   End of Course U.S. History and Government (Poughkeepsie City School District)58.356.3
 2%
   End of Course U.S. History and Government (New York)76.979.7
 2.8%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students11471165
 1.6%
African American641537
 16.2%
American Indian13
 200%
Asian97
 22.2%
Hispanic373481
 29%
Pacific Islander62
 66.7%
White8660
 30.2%
Two or More Races3175
 141.9%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients70.9%74.2%
 3.4%


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Poughkeepsie High School ranks in the bottom 13.4% of New York high schools.

Students at Poughkeepsie High School are 46% African American, 41% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races, 5% White.

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,165 students attended Poughkeepsie High School.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the WNYC and the New York State Department of Health and the NY State Education Department.

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