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Schools in Halcott

Halcott’s public schools

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

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/1schools above New York’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% 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
47%
2021–22
Math proficiency
37%
2021–22
Graduate on time
70%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$37.4K
▲ 8% vs NY $34.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
7.0
NY 11.2 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
301 students on the public path
In brief

Halcott’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Halcott’s 1 district schools with test results score above the middle of New York’s 4,095 public schools. Margaretville Central School places highest (better than 36%); Margaretville Central School lowest (36%). 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 Halcott, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–12Margaretville Central Schoolin MargaretvilleC+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Margaretville 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.

Margaretville Central School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 1 schools · 301 students, down 9% since 2020–21 · 7.0 per teacher (NY 11.2)
$37,444NY $34,607 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading47%
State average 48.9% · 177 students tested
Math37%
State average 46.5% · 185 students tested

Halcott vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Halcott—Margaretville Central
Lexington—Hunter-Tannersville Central PK–12 · Onteora Central K–12
MiddletownC+Margaretville Central
RoxburyB+Roxbury Central

Every school in Halcott

1 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 Halcottin other towns
Margaretville Central School
Grades PK–12 · Margaretville
C+
301 students7:1Rate it →

Questions about Halcott’s schools

Are Halcott’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Halcott. Margaretville Central School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Halcott. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 1 district schools with test results score above the middle of New York’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Halcott in?

Margaretville Central School District.

Where do Halcott kids go to high school?

Margaretville Central School.

Parents talk

What Halcott 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.