Palenville’s public schools score below 56% of New York districts
The public schools Palenville’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 56% of New York’s districts on state tests and graduation.
What Palenville’s schools are like
Palenville shares its schools with neighboring towns
Every school on Palenville’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%.
The strongest schools in the area
Palenville outscores all three towns that border it. The whole area is strong: even the lowest-scoring neighbor, Hunter, earns C. Compare ↓
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 Palenville 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 Palenville.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Well below the state in reading
Palenville vs. its neighbors
Palenville’s schools rank 1st of 4 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among New York districts.
Every school in Palenville
0 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Palenville families are saying about school.
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Colleges near Palenville
There’s no college in Palenville, but 3 are within 30 miles. The closest is Columbia-Greene Community College in Greenport, 11 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Palenville. 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.