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Schools in Cambridge

Cambridge’s public schools

Cambridge Central School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Cambridge. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/2schools above New York’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 86% of students in New York’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
48%
2021–22
Math proficiency
43%
2021–22
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$29.3K
▼ 15% vs NY $34.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
9.3
NY 11.2 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
780 students on the public path
In brief

Cambridge’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Cambridge’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of New York’s 4,095 public schools. Cambridge Junior-Senior High School places highest (better than 59%); Cambridge Elementary School lowest (29%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Cambridge, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Cambridge Elementary SchoolCambridge Central School DistrictC
7–12Cambridge Junior-Senior High SchoolCambridge Central School DistrictB

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Cambridge Central School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Cambridge Central School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 780 students · 9.3 per teacher (NY 11.2)
$29,318NY $34,607 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading48%
State average 48.9% · 357 students tested
Math43%
State average 46.5% · 374 students tested

Cambridge vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the New York towns that share Cambridge’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Cambridge—Cambridge Central
White CreekC+Cambridge Central PK–12 · Hoosick Falls Central PK–12
JacksonB−Cambridge Central PK–12 · Salem Central PK–12
EastonBGreenwich Central
HoosickCHoosick Falls Central
PittstownB−Brunswick Central PK–12 · Hoosic Valley Central K–12
SchaghticokeB−Hoosic Valley Central
Cambridge (village)BCambridge Central

3 of the 7 neighbors share Cambridge Central with Cambridge, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Cambridge

2 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with New York’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Cambridgein other towns
Cambridge Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6
C
435 students10:1Rate it →
Cambridge Junior-Senior High School
High · Grades 7–12
B
345 students8:1Rate it →

Questions about Cambridge’s schools

Are Cambridge’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Cambridge. Cambridge Central School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Cambridge. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of New York’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Cambridge in?

Cambridge Central School District.

Where do Cambridge kids go to high school?

Cambridge Junior-Senior High School.

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What Cambridge families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.