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Kinderhook Central School District

Public school districtGrades K–12Regional · 5 towns

Serves Kinderhook, Stockport, Stuyvesant, Valatie and Kinderhook, and parts of Schodack, Ghent and Chatham.

Kinderhook’s School Grade B+ better than 73% of New York school districts

Students
1,679
Schools
3
Spent per student
$27,246
NY $34,607
Students per teacher
10:1
Free or reduced lunch
35%
Debt
$23.9M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Kinderhook Central School District

  • Its letter, B+: results better than 73% of New York districts
  • Reading proficiency 5 pts above the state
  • Graduation rate 10 pts above the state
  • Spends 21% less per student than the NY average
  • 10 students per teacher
  • Debt of $23.9M, about $14,238 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

B+: better than 73% of the 1,013 New York school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math above the state, 2021–22
B
GraduationFour-year graduation well above the state, class of 2023
A
The towns it serves, and their School Grades
B+Kinderhook 8,091C+Stockport 2,562B+Stuyvesant 1,882B+Valatie 1,705B+Kinderhook 1,134

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Kinderhook. Grade by grade →

K–3Ichabod Crane Elementary SchoolThis district
4–8Ichabod Crane Middle SchoolThis district
9–12Ichabod Crane Senior High SchoolThis district

Test scores vs. NY

2021–22 · class of 2023
Math proficiency49%
State average 46.5% · 731 students tested
Reading / language arts54%
State average 48.9% · 680 students tested
Graduation rate (4-year)95–100%
State average 87.2% · 144 in the class

80% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$27,246 per student · 21% below NY
Spending
Classroom instruction 63%Support & administration 34%Other 2%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 52%State 43%Federal 5%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
1,620’20
1,662’21
1,691’22
1,671’23
1,679’24

Up 3.6% since 2020–21.

Students
White 78%Hispanic 16%Two or more races 4%Black 1%Asian <1%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

Schools in the district

3 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with New York’s other public schools.

Ichabod Crane Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–3 · Valatie
B
475 students11:1
Ichabod Crane Middle School
Middle · Grades 4–8 · Valatie
C
647 students9:1
Ichabod Crane Senior High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Valatie
A−
557 students11:1

Nearby districts

Compare spending and schools next door.

Coxsackie-Athens Central School DistrictAthens, Coxsackie, Coxsackie
$30,047per student
Taconic Hills Central School DistrictAusterlitz, Claverack, Hillsdale
$33,424per student
East Greenbush Central School DistrictEast Greenbush, Nassau, Nassau
$23,791per student
Averill Park Central School DistrictNassau, Sand Lake
$23,693per student

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within New York.