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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 ORANGE-ULSTER BOCES compares for families

What families should know about ORANGE-ULSTER 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: GOSHEN SECURE CENTER, GOSHEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, S S SEWARD INSTITUTE 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)
9.8%
Strong: experienced corps. New teachers rotate through but most have ≥3 years in.
% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)
30.3%
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.

Counselor capacity

Student : Counselor
98:1
Below the ASCA 250:1 recommendation — strong capacity for college planning, course selection, and student supports.
Counselor FTE
11.0
Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.
Teacher FTE
306
Full-time-equivalent classroom teachers.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.

Enrollment trend & projection

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

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +4.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 1,082 students:

2025
1,128
2027
1,226
2029
1,332

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
GOSHEN SECURE CENTER
GOSHEN
Public 2.2 51
GOSHEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
GOSHEN
Public 2.8 977 -1.3%
S S SEWARD INSTITUTE
FLORIDA
Public 3.5 203 -11.0%
CHESTER ACADEMY-MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL
CHESTER
Public 4.0 323 -11.0%
MIDDLETOWN HIGH SCHOOL
MIDDLETOWN
Public 5.2 2,480 +2.8%
Northern Academy Of The Arts
Middletown
Private 6.6 120 +36.4%
The Arc Greater Hudson Valley Ny
New Windsor
Private 7.1 42
Cedarwood Christian School
Warwick
Private 7.8 3

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