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

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Plus, find out how the Hudson Valley’s private and public school districts stack up across New York State, according to Niche’s 2022 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

Bethlehem Central School District, 30^th
North Colonie Central School District, 37^th
Voorheesville Central School District, 81^st

Columbia

Kinderhook Central School District, 206^th
Chatham Central School District, 223^rd
Germantown Central School District, 400+

Dutchess

Spackenkill Union Free School District, 71^st
Rhinebeck Central School District, 100^th
Arlington Central School District, 140^th

Greene

Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central School District, 344^th
Catskill Central School District, 356^th
Coxsackie-Athens Central School District, 359^th

Orange

Cornwall Central School District, 56^th
Monroe-Woodbury Central School District, 91^st
Cornwall Central School District, 98^th

Putnam

Haldane Central School District, 83^rd
Carmel Central School District, 135^th
Mahopac Central School District, 149^th

Rensselaer

East Greenbush Central School District, 73^rd
Averill Park Central School District, 153^rd 
Schodack Central School District, 234^th

Rockland

South Orangetown Central School District, 47^th
Suffern Central School District, 54^th
Nanuet Free School District, 68^th

Ulster

New Paltz Central School District, 130^th
Onteora Central School District, 197^th
Marlboro Central School District, 253^rd

Westchester

Scarsdale Union Free School District, 4^th
Bronxville Union Free School District, 8^th
Pelham Union Free School District, 15^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
13 – Hackley School, Tarrytown
16 – French-American School of New York, Mamaroneck
18 – Emma Willard School, Troy
26 – The Masters School, Dobbs Ferry
42 – The Storm King School, Cornwall-on-Hudson
59 – Trinity-Pawling School, Pawling
60 – School of the Holy Child, Rye
61 – The Leffell School, Hartsdale
62 – Millbrook School, Millbrook
65 – EF Academy New York, Thornwood
66 – The Albany Academies, Albany
67 – The Darrow School, New Lebanon
70 – Iona Preparatory School, New Rochelle
76 – Poughkeepsie Day School, Poughkeepsie
79 – Hoosac School, Hoosick
85 – Oakwood Friends School, Poughkeepsie
86 – The Montfort Academy, Mount Vernon
88 – The Ursuline School, New Rochelle
95 – Northern Academy of the Arts, Middletown
96 – The Doane Stuart School, Rensselaer
97 – New York Military Academy, Cornwall-on-Hudson

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