Photo: Jondude11 · CC BY-SA 4.0Valley Cottage’s public schools
Nyack Union Free School District and Clarkstown Central School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Valley Cottage. Each school below is shown with its own results.
Tests spring 2022, when 68% 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
Valley Cottage’s schools, in brief
School by school
16 of Valley Cottage’s 19 district schools with test results score above the middle of New York’s 4,095 public schools. Clarkstown South Senior High School places highest (better than 96%); Liberty Elementary School lowest (36%). See the path ↓
Which school depends on your street
12 elementary schools serve Valley Cottage, graded from C+ to A, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then four middle schools and three high schools: Clarkstown South Senior High School, Clarkstown North Senior High School and Nyack 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 Valley Cottage, with each school’s own grade.
9th grade in Valley Cottage · depends on your address
Clarkstown South Senior High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,386 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in West Nyack
Clarkstown North Senior High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,209 students · 10:1 students per teacher · in New City
Nyack Senior High School
Grades 9–12 · 945 students · 10:1 students per teacher · in Nyack
10th grade in Valley Cottage · depends on your address
Clarkstown South Senior High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,386 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in West Nyack
Clarkstown North Senior High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,209 students · 10:1 students per teacher · in New City
Nyack Senior High School
Grades 9–12 · 945 students · 10:1 students per teacher · in Nyack
11th grade in Valley Cottage · depends on your address
Clarkstown South Senior High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,386 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in West Nyack
Clarkstown North Senior High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,209 students · 10:1 students per teacher · in New City
Nyack Senior High School
Grades 9–12 · 945 students · 10:1 students per teacher · in Nyack
12th grade in Valley Cottage · depends on your address
Clarkstown South Senior High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,386 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in West Nyack
Clarkstown North Senior High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,209 students · 10:1 students per teacher · in New City
Nyack Senior High School
Grades 9–12 · 945 students · 10:1 students per teacher · in Nyack
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Nyack Union Free School District.
Two districts serve Valley Cottage
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
Valley Cottage vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the New York towns that share Valley Cottage’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Valley Cottage | — | Nyack Union Free K–12 · Clarkstown Central K–12 |
| Upper Nyack | A− | Nyack Union Free |
| Nyack | A− | Nyack Union Free |
All 2 neighbors share Nyack Union Free with Valley Cottage for grades K–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.
Every school in Valley Cottage
19 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 Valley Cottage’s schools
Are Valley Cottage’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Valley Cottage. Nyack Union Free School District and Clarkstown Central School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Valley Cottage. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 16 of its 19 district schools with test results score above the middle of New York’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is Valley Cottage in?
Nyack Union Free School District and Clarkstown Central School District.
Where do Valley Cottage kids go to high school?
One of three high schools, depending on your address: Clarkstown South Senior High School, Clarkstown North Senior High School and Nyack Senior High School.
Parents talk
What Valley Cottage 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 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.