Schools in Pine Bush · Pine Bush Central School District
Pine Bush’s public schools score below 66% of New York districts
The public schools Pine Bush’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 66% of New York’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
39%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
45%
▼ 17 pts vs NY 62%
2020–21
Math proficiency
38%
▼ 18 pts vs NY 56%
2020–21
Graduate on time
93%
▲ 10 pts vs NY 84%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$28.0K
▼ 19% vs NY $34.6K
FY2024
Schools
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The School Grade
How Pine Bush compares
C− Test scoresA− Graduation
New York school districts we grade (781)Better than 34%
Lower resultsHigher results
New York towns with similar household incomes (1,089)Better than 39%
High confidence. Built on 1,234 tested students and a graduating class of 464; 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 Pine Bush.
4 schools teach Pre-K in Pine Bush’s district. Which one depends on your address: Pine Bush Elementary School, E J Russell Elementary School, Circleville Elementary School and Pakanasink Elementary School.
4 schools teach K in Pine Bush’s district. Which one depends on your address: Pine Bush Elementary School, E J Russell Elementary School, Circleville Elementary School and Pakanasink Elementary School.
4 schools teach 1st grade in Pine Bush’s district. Which one depends on your address: Pine Bush Elementary School, E J Russell Elementary School, Circleville Elementary School and Pakanasink Elementary School.
4 schools teach 2nd grade in Pine Bush’s district. Which one depends on your address: Pine Bush Elementary School, E J Russell Elementary School, Circleville Elementary School and Pakanasink Elementary School.
4 schools teach 3rd grade in Pine Bush’s district. Which one depends on your address: Pine Bush Elementary School, E J Russell Elementary School, Circleville Elementary School and Pakanasink Elementary School.
4 schools teach 4th grade in Pine Bush’s district. Which one depends on your address: Pine Bush Elementary School, E J Russell Elementary School, Circleville Elementary School and Pakanasink Elementary School.
4 schools teach 5th grade in Pine Bush’s district. Which one depends on your address: Pine Bush Elementary School, E J Russell Elementary School, Circleville Elementary School and Pakanasink Elementary School.
The path, start to finish
PK–54 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–12Pine Bush Senior High SchoolPine Bush Central School District
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading45%
State average 62.4%
Math38%
State average 55.9%
Pine Bush vs. its neighbors
Pine Bush’s schools rank 2nd of 3 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among New York districts.
Every school in Pine Bush
0 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.
Also serving Pine Bush · in other towns
Pine Bush Elementary School
D648 students16:1Rate it →
E J Russell Elementary School
C−524 students15:1Rate it →
Circleville Elementary School
D484 students16:1Rate it →
Pakanasink Elementary School
D412 students15:1Rate it →
Crispell Middle School
C−614 students11:1Rate it →
Circleville Middle School
D466 students10:1Rate it →
Pine Bush Senior High School
A−1,562 students15:1Rate it →
Parents talk
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Within reach
Colleges →Colleges near Pine Bush
There’s no college in Pine Bush, but 15 are within 30 miles. The closest is Orange County Community College in Middletown, 13.6 miles away.
Orange County Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Middletown
13.6 mi4,717 students
Yeshiva of OceanUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Wawarsing
13.6 mi57 students
State University of New York at New PaltzUniversity or college · Public · New Paltz
14.3 mi7,050 students
Mount Saint Mary CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Newburgh
16.1 mi2,190 students
Yeshiva Ohr NaftoliUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · New Windsor
16.7 mi43 students
Yeshiva of Nitra Rabbinical CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Chester
17.8 mi270 students
Yeshivath Zichron MosheUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Fallsburg
18.8 mi222 students
Ulster County Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Marbletown
18.8 mi2,717 students
Marist UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Poughkeepsie
20.2 mi5,951 students
Uta Mesivta of Kiryas JoelUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Monroe
20.3 mi2,729 students
Straight-line distance from the center of Pine Bush. 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.