These Are the Top 3 Public School Districts in Each Hudson Valley County

Plus, how our private and public schools stack up across New York State.

Top Public School Districts

New York State has a total of 732 school districts and 4,433 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

Bethlehem Central School District, 49^th
North Colonie Central School District, 54^th
Guilderland Central School District, 111^th

Columbia

Chatham Central School District, 256^th
Kinderhook Central School District, 282^nd
Berkshire Union Free School District, 295^th

Dutchess

Spackenkill Union Free School District, 53^rd
Arlington Central School District, 94^th
Rhinebeck Central School District, 115^th

Greene

Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central School District, 323^rd
Coxsackie-Athens Central School District, 332^nd
Greenville Central School District, 375^th

Orange

Monroe-Woodbury Central School District, 77^th
Cornwall Central School District, 92^nd
Warwick Valley Central School District, 123^rd

Putnam

Carmel Central School District, 97^th
Haldane Central School District, 137^th
Putnam Valley Central School District, 151^st

Rensselaer

East Greenbush Central School District, 131^st
Schodack Central School District, 147^th
Averill Park Central School District, 179^th

Rockland

Suffern Central School District, 40^th
South Orangetown Central School District, 41^st
Clarkstown Central School District, 60^th

Ulster

New Paltz Central School District, 130^th
Onteora Central School District, 188^th
Highland Central School District, 268^th

Westchester

Scarsdale Union Free School District, 4^th
Bronxville Union Free School District, 8^th
Chappaqua Central School District, 13^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
11 – Hackley School, Tarrytown
13 – French-American School of New York, Mamaroneck
16 – Emma Willard School, Troy
29 – The Masters School, Dobbs Ferry
45 – School of the Holy Child, Rye
55 – The Storm King School, Cornwall-on-Hudson
57 – The Leffell School, Hartsdale
59 – The Albany Academies, Albany
62 – Millbrook School, Millbrook
68 – Iona Preparatory School, New Rochelle
70 – Trinity-Pawling School, Pawling
72 – The Ursuline School, New Rochelle
75 – Thornton-Donovan School, New Rochelle
78 – EF Academy New York, Thornwood
79 – Oakwood Friends School, Poughkeepsie
81 – The Doane Stuart School, Rensselaer
85 – The Darrow School, New Lebanon
90 – Green Meadow Waldorf School, Chestnut Ridge
96 – The Montfort Academy, Mount Vernon