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NEW PALTZ · NY · ULSTER BOCES · Public · K-12 combined

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Programs & features
  • ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
Academic signals
  • 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 22% of US high schools
  • 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 1% by test-taker volume

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

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How ULSTER BOCES compares for families

What families should know about 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: NEW PALTZ SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL, HIGHLAND RESIDENTIAL CENTER and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

Bottom 1% by test-taker volume

50th 90th
SAT/ACT test-takers
1
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test
Test-taking intensity
0.5
takers per 100 students in grades 9-12
Compared against
18,426
US high schools reporting SAT/ACT participation

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)
15.7%
Typical mix. Watch the trend — high turnover can compound.
% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)
42.9%
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
92:1
Below the ASCA 250:1 recommendation — strong capacity for college planning, course selection, and student supports.
Counselor FTE
4.0
Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.
Teacher FTE
99
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

Grade 12 went from 77 in 2021 to 66 in 2024 — over 3 years.
-14.3%

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

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +7.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 369 students:

2025
397
2027
460
2029
533

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
NEW PALTZ SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
NEW PALTZ
Public 2.6 620 -4.3%
HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL
HIGHLAND
Public 4.4 508 -1.2%
HIGHLAND RESIDENTIAL CENTER
HIGHLAND
Public 5.1 76
RONDOUT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL
ACCORD
Public 6.6 528 -7.5%
The Mount Academy
Esopus
Private 8.3 135
Tabernacle Christian Academy
Poughkeepsie
Private 9.2 107 -20.1%
POUGHKEEPSIE HIGH SCHOOL
POUGHKEEPSIE
Public 9.8 1,136 -4.2%
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
HYDE PARK
Public 10.3 1,107 -1.4%

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