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Schools in Putnam

Putnam’s public schools

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

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

Tests spring 2022, when 90% of students in New York’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2020’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
50%
2021–22
Math proficiency
30%
2021–22
Spent per student
$53.5K
▲ 55% vs NY $34.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
3.6
NY 11.2 · smaller classes
Schools in town
1
28 students on the public path
In brief

Putnam’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Putnam’s 1 district schools with test results score above the middle of New York’s 4,095 public schools. Putnam Central School places highest (better than 74%); Putnam Central School lowest (74%). See the path ↓

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

Where will my kid go?

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

The path, start to finish
PK–6Putnam Central SchoolPutnam Central School DistrictB+

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

Putnam Central School DistrictGrades PK–6 · 1 schools · 28 students, down 26% since 2020–21 · 3.6 per teacher (NY 11.2)
$53,526NY $34,607 · FY2024
Test scores · 2021–22

How students score

Reading50%
State average 48.9% · 23 students tested · the state reports 40–59%
Math30%
State average 46.5% · 23 students tested · the state reports 21–39%

Putnam vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Putnam—Putnam Central
Hague—Ticonderoga Central
Dresden—Whitehall Central
TiconderogaC+Ticonderoga Central

Benson, VT and Orwell, VT border Putnam but are graded on their own state’s tests, so they’re left out.

Every school in Putnam

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).

District schools in Putnamby address
Putnam Central School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Putnam Station
B+
28 students4:1Rate it →

Questions about Putnam’s schools

Are Putnam’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Putnam. Putnam Central School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Putnam. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 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 Putnam in?

Putnam Central School District.

Where do Putnam kids go to high school?

Putnam Central School.

Parents talk

What Putnam 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 2020) 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.