Schools in New Hackensack · Wappingers Central School District
New Hackensack’s public schools beat 59% of New York districts
The public schools New Hackensack’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 59% of New York’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
30%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
65%
▲ 3 pts vs NY 62%
2020–21
Math proficiency
53%
▼ 3 pts vs NY 56%
2020–21
Graduate on time
90%
▲ 7 pts vs NY 84%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$25.7K
▼ 26% vs NY $34.6K
FY2024
Schools
0
The School Grade
How New Hackensack compares
B Test scoresB− Graduation
New York school districts we grade (781)Better than 59%
Lower resultsHigher results
New York towns with similar household incomes (394)Better than 30%
High confidence. Built on 3,721 tested students and a graduating class of 961; 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 New Hackensack.
9 schools teach K in New Hackensack’s district. Which one depends on your address: Myers Corners School, Gayhead School, Sheafe Road Elementary School and Fishkill Plains Elementary School and more.
9 schools teach 1st grade in New Hackensack’s district. Which one depends on your address: Myers Corners School, Gayhead School, Sheafe Road Elementary School and Fishkill Plains Elementary School and more.
10 schools teach 2nd grade in New Hackensack’s district. Which one depends on your address: Myers Corners School, Gayhead School, Sheafe Road Elementary School and Fishkill Plains Elementary School and more.
9 schools teach 3rd grade in New Hackensack’s district. Which one depends on your address: Myers Corners School, Gayhead School, Sheafe Road Elementary School and Fishkill Plains Elementary School and more.
9 schools teach 4th grade in New Hackensack’s district. Which one depends on your address: Myers Corners School, Gayhead School, Sheafe Road Elementary School and Fishkill Plains Elementary School and more.
9 schools teach 5th grade in New Hackensack’s district. Which one depends on your address: Myers Corners School, Gayhead School, Sheafe Road Elementary School and Fishkill Plains Elementary School and more.
9 schools teach 6th grade in New Hackensack’s district. Which one depends on your address: Myers Corners School, Gayhead School, Sheafe Road Elementary School and Fishkill Plains Elementary School and more.
The path, start to finish
PK–69 schoolsDepends on your address
69 middle schoolsDepends on your address
7–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your address
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Test scores · 2020–21
Above the state in reading
Reading65%
State average 62.4%
Math53%
State average 55.9%
New Hackensack vs. its neighbors
New Hackensack’s schools rank 1st of 3 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among New York districts.
Every school in New Hackensack
0 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.
Also serving New Hackensack · in other towns
Myers Corners School
B−836 students14:1Rate it →
Gayhead School
B831 students14:1Rate it →
Sheafe Road Elementary School
C612 students14:1Rate it →
Fishkill Plains Elementary School
B602 students16:1Rate it →
Brinckerhoff Elementary School
B545 students15:1Rate it →
Oak Grove Elementary School
B−455 students16:1Rate it →
Fishkill Elementary School
B−334 students15:1Rate it →
James S Evans Elementary School
C+297 students14:1Rate it →
Vassar Road Elementary School
294 students15:1Rate it →
Kinry Road Elementary School
C368 students13:1Rate it →
Van Wyck Junior High School
C+878 students12:1Rate it →
Wappingers Junior High School
C764 students12:1Rate it →
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Within reach
Colleges →Colleges near New Hackensack
There’s no college in New Hackensack, but 15 are within 30 miles. The closest is Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, 5 miles away.
Vassar CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Poughkeepsie
5 mi2,456 students
Dutchess Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Poughkeepsie
7.6 mi5,448 students
Marist UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Poughkeepsie
8 mi5,951 students
Culinary Institute of AmericaUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Hyde Park
9.5 mi3,015 students
Mount Saint Mary CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Newburgh
10.8 mi2,190 students
State University of New York at New PaltzUniversity or college · Public · New Paltz
14.2 mi7,050 students
Yeshiva Ohr NaftoliUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · New Windsor
14.8 mi43 students
United States Military AcademyUniversity or college · Public · Highlands
16.7 mi4,508 students
Ulster County Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Marbletown
21.2 mi2,717 students
Ohr Hameir Theological SeminaryUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Cortlandt
24.3 mi94 students
Straight-line distance from the center of New Hackensack. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS. 5 more within 30 miles.
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.