Schools · Cold Spring

Cold Spring, NY schools

Cold Spring’s public schools score well above New York’s averages: 83% of students are proficient in reading against 62.4% statewide, and 97% of high schoolers graduate on time against 83.5%. Kids attend Haldane Elementary School through grade 5, then Haldane Middle School and Haldane High School.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

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Cold Spring’s School Grade: A

The public schools Cold Spring’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 86% of New York’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

A-Test scoresAGraduation
New York school districts we grade (781)Better than 86%
Lower resultsHigher results
New York towns with similar household incomes (619)Better than 95%
Good confidence. Built on 368 tested students and a graduating class of 89; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
  • Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on New York’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
  • The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
  • Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of New York only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
  • Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in New York with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
  • What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
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Where Cold Spring kids go to school

Grades K–5
BHaldane Elementary School 293 students · Cold Spring Haldane Central School District
Grades 6–8
B+Haldane Middle School 163 students · Cold Spring Haldane Central School District
Grades 9–12
A+Haldane High School 318 students · Cold Spring Haldane Central School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading (grades K–12, Haldane Central)83%
State average 62.4%
Math (grades K–12, Haldane Central)65%
State average 55.9%
Graduation · class of 2020

97% graduate on time

Graduation rate
97%
NY: 83.5%
Graduating class
89
students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

The district serving Cold Spring

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

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Colleges near Cold Spring

There’s no college in Cold Spring, but 38 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is United States Military Academy in Highlands, 2.1 miles away.

28 more within 30 miles.

Straight-line distance from the center of Cold Spring. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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