Mountain Dale’s public schools score below 98% of New York districts
The public schools Mountain Dale’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 98% of New York’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
How Mountain Dale 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 Mountain Dale.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Well below the state in reading
Mountain Dale vs. its neighbors
Mountain Dale’s schools rank 3rd of 3 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among New York districts.
Every school in Mountain Dale
0 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Mountain Dale families are saying about school.
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Colleges near Mountain Dale
There’s no college in Mountain Dale, but 9 are within 30 miles. The closest is Yeshiva of Ocean in Wawarsing, 3 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Mountain Dale. 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.