These Are the Top Public and Private School Districts in the Hudson Valley

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Plus, find out how our private and public school districts stack up across New York State according to Niche’s 2021 report.

Top Public School Districts

New York State has a total of 732 school districts and 4,422 public schools. Here is a look at the top three school districts in each Hudson Valley county, and how they stack up statewide, according to the Niche website.

Albany

North Colonie Central School District, 36^th
Bethlehem Central School District, 43^rd
Voorheesville Central School District, 87^th

Columbia

Kinderhook Central School District, 216^th
Chatham Central School District, 248^th
Germantown Central School District, 417^th

Dutchess

Spackenkill Union Free School District, 67^th
Arlington Central School District, 110^th
Rhinebeck Central School District, 131^st

Greene

Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central School District, 294^th
Greenville Central School District, 314^th
Coxsackie-Athens Central School District, 400th

Orange

Monroe-Woodbury Central School District, 86^th
Cornwall Central School District, 88^th
Warwick Valley Central School District, 102^nd

Putnam

Carmel Central School District, 99^th
Haldane Central School District, 127^th
Putnam Valley Central School District, 140^th

Rensselaer

East Greenbush Central School District, 76^th
Schodack Central School District, 192^nd
Averill Park Central School District, 199^th

Rockland

Clarkstown Central School District, 46^th
South Orangetown Central School District, 49^th
Suffern Central School District, 53^rd

Ulster

New Paltz Central School District, 130^th
Onteora Central School District, 213^th
Marlboro Central School District, 235^th

Westchester

Scarsdale Union Free School District, 3^rd
Byram Hills Central School District, 8^th
Bronxville Union Free School District, 9^th

For methodology, go to www.niche.com/about/methodology/best-school-districts/.

Emma Willard School in Troy / Photo by Erin Schaff

Top Private High Schools

The following schools are in the Top 100 on Niche’s list of Best Private High Schools in New York.

7 – Rye Country Day School, Rye
12 – Hackley School, Tarrytown
18 – French-American School of New York, Mamaroneck
19 – Emma Willard School, Troy
31 – The Masters School, Dobbs Ferry
44 – School of the Holy Child, Rye
47 – The Storm King School, Cornwall-on-Hudson
57 – Trinity-Pawling School, Pawling
58 – The Leffell School, Hartsdale
63 – The Albany Academies, Albany
66 – Millbrook School, Millbrook
69 – Iona Preparatory School, New Rochelle
74 – EF Academy New York, Thornwood
77 – The Ursuline School, New Rochelle
79 – The Darrow School, New Lebanon
84 – The Doane Stuart School, Rensselaer
85 – The Harvey School, Katonah
96 – Oakwood Friends School, Poughkeepsie
98 – The Montfort Academy, Mount Vernon
99 – Green Meadow Waldorf School, Chestnut Ridge