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POUGHKEEPSIE · NY · DUTCHESS BOCES · Public · K-12 combined

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📋 At a glance

Programs & features
Academic signals
  • 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How DUTCHESS BOCES compares for families

What families should know about DUTCHESS BOCES.

  • LocallyNY sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: POUGHKEEPSIE HIGH SCHOOL, Abilities First, Tabernacle Christian Academy and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21
SAT/ACT test-takers
0
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test
Test-taking intensity
0.0
takers per 100 students in grades 9-12

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

👩‍🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC

Teacher experience & reliability

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)
20.0%
Typical mix. Watch the trend — high turnover can compound.
% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)
55.0%
Elevated. Teacher absence directly affects classroom continuity and student outcomes.

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +1.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 325 students:

2025
331
2027
344
2029
357

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Nearby high schools — the local competition

The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
POUGHKEEPSIE HIGH SCHOOL
POUGHKEEPSIE
Public 4.1 1,136 -4.2%
Abilities First
Poughkeepsie
Private 4.5 105
Tabernacle Christian Academy
Poughkeepsie
Private 4.6 107 -20.1%
Poughkeepsie Day School
Poughkeepsie
Private 5.9 29
ARLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL
LAGRANGEVILLE
Public 6.0 2,446 -5.5%
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
HYDE PARK
Public 6.1 1,107 -1.4%
HIGHLAND RESIDENTIAL CENTER
HIGHLAND
Public 6.1 76
SPACKENKILL HIGH SCHOOL
POUGHKEEPSIE
Public 6.3 536 +6.3%

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