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Wappingers Central School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for New Hackensack. Each school below is shown with its own results.
Tests spring 2022, when 85% 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
New Hackensack’s schools, in brief
School by school
5 of New Hackensack’s 12 district schools with test results score above the middle of New York’s 4,095 public schools. John Jay Senior High School places highest (better than 98%); Wappingers Junior High School lowest (27%). See the path ↓
Which school depends on your street
Nine elementary schools serve New Hackensack, graded from C to B, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools and two high schools: John Jay Senior High School and Roy C Ketcham Senior High School. 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 New Hackensack, with each school’s own grade.
Pre-K in New Hackensack · depends on your address
Fishkill Plains Elementary School
Grades PK–6 · 602 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Wappingers Falls
Fishkill Elementary School
Grades PK–6 · 334 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Fishkill
Vassar Road Elementary School
Grades PK–2 · 294 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Poughkeepsie
7th grade in New Hackensack · depends on your address
Van Wyck Junior High School
Grades 7–8 · 878 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Wappingers Falls
Wappingers Junior High School
Grades 7–8 · 764 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Wappingers Falls
8th grade in New Hackensack · depends on your address
Van Wyck Junior High School
Grades 7–8 · 878 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Wappingers Falls
Wappingers Junior High School
Grades 7–8 · 764 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Wappingers Falls
9th grade in New Hackensack · depends on your address
John Jay Senior High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,768 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Hopewell Junction
Roy C Ketcham Senior High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,557 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Wappingers Falls
10th grade in New Hackensack · depends on your address
John Jay Senior High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,768 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Hopewell Junction
Roy C Ketcham Senior High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,557 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Wappingers Falls
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Wappingers 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.
Well above the state in reading
New Hackensack vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the New York towns that share New Hackensack’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| New Hackensack | — | Wappingers Central |
| East Fishkill | B+ | Wappingers Central |
| Wappinger | B+ | Wappingers Central |
All 2 neighbors share Wappingers Central with New Hackensack, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.
Every school in New Hackensack
13 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).
Questions about New Hackensack’s schools
Are New Hackensack’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for New Hackensack. Wappingers Central School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for New Hackensack. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 5 of its 12 district schools with test results score above the middle of New York’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is New Hackensack in?
Wappingers Central School District.
Where do New Hackensack kids go to high school?
One of two high schools, depending on your address: John Jay Senior High School and Roy C Ketcham Senior High School.
Parents talk
What New Hackensack families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near New Hackensack → They have their own page.
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.