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B+

Red Hook Central School District

Public school districtGrades PK–12Regional · 5 towns

Serves Red Hook, Milan, Clermont, Red Hook and Tivoli, and parts of Rhinebeck and Livingston.

Red Hook’s School Grade B+ better than 72% of New York school districts

Students
1,575
Schools
3
Spent per student
$35,498
NY $34,607
Students per teacher
10:1
Free or reduced lunch
26%
Debt
$8.1M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Red Hook Central School District

  • Its letter, B+: results better than 72% of New York districts
  • Math proficiency 12 pts above the state
  • Reading proficiency 6 pts above the state
  • 10 students per teacher
  • Enrollment up 15.8% since 2020–21
  • Debt of $8.1M, about $5,146 per student
  • Only 59% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

B+: better than 72% 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 well above the state, 2021–22
B+
GraduationFour-year graduation above the state, class of 2023
B−
The towns it serves, and their School Grades
B+Red Hook 11,129BMilan 2,328B+Clermont 2,022B+Red Hook 1,956B+Tivoli 1,019

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Red Hook. Grade by grade →

PK–5Mill Road-Elementary SchoolThis district
6–9Linden Avenue Middle SchoolThis district
10–12Red Hook Senior High SchoolThis district

Test scores vs. NY

2021–22 · class of 2023
Math proficiency58%
State average 46.5% · 539 students tested
Reading / language arts55%
State average 48.9% · 472 students tested
Graduation rate (4-year)90–94%
State average 87.2% · 163 in the class

59% 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
$35,498 per student · 3% above NY
Spending
Classroom instruction 65%Support & administration 34%Other 2%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 66%State 31%Federal 3%

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

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

Enrollment over time
1,360’20
1,337’21
1,276’22
1,278’23
1,575’24

Up 15.8% since 2020–21.

Students
White 78%Hispanic 14%Two or more races 3%Asian 3%Black 2%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <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.

Mill Road-Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Red Hook
C
636 students9:1
Linden Avenue Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–9 · Red Hook
C
390 students10:1
Red Hook Senior High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Red Hook
A
549 students10:1

Nearby districts

Compare spending and schools next door.

Germantown Central School DistrictGallatin, Germantown
$33,251per student
Pine Plains Central School DistrictGallatin, Pine Plains, Stanford
$41,085per student
Kingston City School DistrictEsopus, Kingston, Ulster
$33,964per student
Hudson City School DistrictClaverack, Greenport, Taghkanic
$31,878per 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.