Jefferson Heights’s public schools score below 56% of New York districts
The public schools Jefferson Heights’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 56% of New York’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
The short version on Jefferson Heights’s schools
Holds up better next to similar towns
Against all New York districts, Jefferson Heights beats only 44%. Against the 1,091 towns with similar household incomes, it beats 68%. Part of the low grade reflects local incomes rather than the schools alone. How it compares ↓
Jefferson Heights shares its schools with neighboring towns
Every school on Jefferson Heights’s path is shared: Catskill Elementary School, Catskill Middle School and Catskill Senior High School. Catskill sends its kids to all the same schools. The high school earns the best grade on the path (A); the middle school earns the lowest (D). See the path ↓
Graduation holds up better than test scores
Test scores run well below the state, but 92% of students still graduate on time. That’s 9 points over the state average of 84%.
This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution.
How Jefferson Heights compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on New York’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of New York only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so 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.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Jefferson Heights.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Well below the state in reading
Every school in Jefferson Heights
0 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Jefferson Heights families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Jefferson Heights
There’s no college in Jefferson Heights, but 9 are within 30 miles. The closest is Columbia-Greene Community College in Greenport, 3.2 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Jefferson Heights. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within New York. Stars are from neighbors.