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Schools in MacDonnell Heights · Arlington Central School District

MacDonnell Heights’s public schools beat 75% of New York districts

The public schools MacDonnell Heights’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 75% of New York’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

58%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
65%
▲ 3 pts vs NY 62%
2020–21
Math proficiency
77%
▲ 21 pts vs NY 56%
2020–21
Graduate on time
88%
▲ 5 pts vs NY 84%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$29.7K
▼ 14% vs NY $34.6K
FY2024
Schools
0
The School Grade

How MacDonnell Heights compares

A− Test scoresB− Graduation
New York school districts we grade (781)Better than 75%
Lower resultsHigher results
New York towns with similar household incomes (427)Better than 58%
High confidence. Built on 963 tested students and a graduating class of 706; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change it.
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 MacDonnell Heights.

6 schools teach K in MacDonnell Heights’s district. Which one depends on your address: Vail Farm Elementary School, Arthur S May School, Overlook Primary School and Beekman School and more.
The path, start to finish
K–56 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
56 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–12Arlington High Schoolin Lagrangeville

The district

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

Arlington Central School DistrictGrades K–12 · 11 schools · 7,644 students
$29,678NY $34,607
A−
Test scores · 2020–21

Above the state in reading

Reading65%
State average 62.4%
Math77%
State average 55.9%

MacDonnell Heights vs. its neighbors

MacDonnell Heights’s schools rank 1st of 3 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among New York districts.

MacDonnell HeightsA−LaGrangeA−PoughkeepsieB+

Every school in MacDonnell Heights

0 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.

Also serving MacDonnell Heights · in other towns
Vail Farm Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Lagrangeville
B
653 students11:1Rate it →
Arthur S May School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Poughkeepsie
A−
496 students11:1Rate it →
Overlook Primary School
Elementary · Grades K–2 · Poughkeepsie
394 students13:1Rate it →
Beekman School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Poughquag
B−
351 students11:1Rate it →
Noxon Road Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Poughkeepsie
B+
348 students11:1Rate it →
Traver Road Primary School
Elementary · Grades K–2 · Pleasant Valley
344 students12:1Rate it →
Titusville Intermediate
Elementary · Grades 3–5 · Poughkeepsie
C
425 students13:1Rate it →
West Road/D'Aquannis Intermediate School
Elementary · Grades 3–5 · Pleasant Valley
C+
354 students11:1Rate it →
Union Vale Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Lagrangeville
B+
990 students10:1Rate it →
Lagrange Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Lagrangeville
B−
817 students10:1Rate it →
Arlington High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Lagrangeville
A−
2,472 students14:1Rate it →

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Within reach

Colleges near MacDonnell Heights

There’s no college in MacDonnell Heights, but 10 are within 30 miles. The closest is Dutchess Community College in Poughkeepsie, 2.3 miles away.

Colleges →
Dutchess Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Poughkeepsie
2.3 mi5,448 students
Vassar CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Poughkeepsie
2.7 mi2,456 students
Marist UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Poughkeepsie
3.9 mi5,951 students
Culinary Institute of AmericaUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Hyde Park
4.3 mi3,015 students
State University of New York at New PaltzUniversity or college · Public · New Paltz
11.5 mi7,050 students
Mount Saint Mary CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Newburgh
16.1 mi2,190 students
Ulster County Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Marbletown
16.7 mi2,717 students
Yeshiva Ohr NaftoliUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · New Windsor
20.3 mi43 students
Bard CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Red Hook
21.1 mi2,818 students
United States Military AcademyUniversity or college · Public · Highlands
23.2 mi4,508 students

Straight-line distance from the center of MacDonnell 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.

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