Photo: The original uploader was Daniel Case at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 3.0Vails Gate’s public schools
Newburgh City School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Vails Gate. Each school below is shown with its own results.
Tests spring 2022, when 87% 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
Vails Gate’s schools, in brief
School by school
1 of Vails Gate’s 12 district schools with test results score above the middle of New York’s 4,095 public schools. Newburgh Free Academy places highest (better than 81%); Gidney Avenue Memorial School lowest (1%). See the path ↓
Which school depends on your street
Nine elementary schools serve Vails Gate, graded from D− to C+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then four middle schools and one high school: Newburgh Free Academy. 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 Vails Gate, with each school’s own grade.
9th grade in Vails Gate
Newburgh Free Academy
Grades 9–12 · 3,550 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Newburgh
10th grade in Vails Gate
Newburgh Free Academy
Grades 9–12 · 3,550 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Newburgh
11th grade in Vails Gate
Newburgh Free Academy
Grades 9–12 · 3,550 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Newburgh
12th grade in Vails Gate
Newburgh Free Academy
Grades 9–12 · 3,550 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Newburgh
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Newburgh City 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 below the state in reading
Vails Gate vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the New York towns that share Vails Gate’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Vails Gate | — | Newburgh City |
| Cornwall | A | Cornwall Central |
| New Windsor | C− | Washingtonville Central PK–12 · Newburgh City PK–12 |
Every school in Vails Gate
12 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 Vails Gate’s schools
Are Vails Gate’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Vails Gate. Newburgh City School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Vails Gate. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 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 Vails Gate in?
Newburgh City School District.
Where do Vails Gate kids go to high school?
Newburgh Free Academy.
Parents talk
What Vails Gate families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Vails Gate → 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.