School district · New York

Poughkeepsie City School District

Poughkeepsie City School District in New York: 7 public schools with 3,724 students and 12.0 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $33,487 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 7
Students: 3,724
Students per teacher: 12.0; NY 11.3 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $33,487; NY $34.3K · US $17.6K

Staff

Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.

Teachers (FTE): 310
Counselors (FTE): 10.9
Students per counselor: 342; NY 281 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 5.0; Librarians (FTE): 5.0

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on New York's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

New York: 53%

28%proficient

+5.1 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 95% of school districts in New York

Median 48% · 707 school districts compared

1,258 students tested, grades 3–8 · NYSTP; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

New York: 55%

22%proficient

−0.7 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 98% of school districts in New York

Median 53% · 707 school districts compared

1,190 students tested, grades 3–8 · NYSTP; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Money

Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.

Spending per student, 2015–2024

$21.0K15

$21.2K16

$20.9K17

$22.7K18

$23.8K19

$24.2K20

$22.7K21

$26.7K22

$30.4K23

$33.5K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 13% · $19.5M
State: 63% · $97.9M
Local: 24% · $37.5M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $21,538
Support services: $11,219
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $27.6M
Long-term debt: $39.9M

Schools

Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.

Elementary schools: 5Middle schools: 1High schools: 1

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math	City or town
Charles B Warring Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	1–5	286	11.0	51%	60%	Poughkeepsie
G W Krieger SchoolFree meals for all	K–5	419	12.6	28%	24%	Poughkeepsie
Gov George Clinton SchoolFree meals for all	K–5	237	11.7	33%	27%	Poughkeepsie
S F B Morse Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	K–6	432	10.8	26%	21%	Poughkeepsie
Smith Early Learning CenterFree meals for all	Pre-K–1	328	19.3	—	—	Poughkeepsie
Poughkeepsie Middle SchoolFree meals for all	5–8	871	11.6	23%	8.5%	Poughkeepsie
Poughkeepsie High SchoolFree meals for all	9–12	1,151	11.6	—	—	Poughkeepsie

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Address: 18 S Perry St, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Phone: (845)451-4950

Website

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.