NCES CCD 2024-25 9 schools NY

Best-Resourced Schools in Newburgh, NY

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9 public K-12 schools in Newburgh from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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9
Schools
8,470
Students
32.6/100
Avg Resource Index
11.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Newburgh has more public-school enrollment than 76% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Newburgh Free Academy enrolls 41.9% of Newburgh's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

4 of Newburgh's 9 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Newburgh lists only 9 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 339 to 3,550 students, a 10-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 24%
School count
Top 46%
Resource Index average
18th percentile
Teacher staffing
93rd percentile

Newburgh Free Academy accounts for 41.9% of all Newburgh public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Newburgh-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Newburgh school enrollment varies 10× across entities

Newburgh school enrollment ranges from 339 students (lowest) to 3,550 students (highest), a spread of 3,211 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Newburgh reports 53.2% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Newburgh student-teacher ratio is 11.2:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. East Coldenham Elementary School 48
2. Newburgh Free Academy 43
3. South Middle School 39
4. Horizon-on-the-Hudson Magnet School 35
5. Balmville School 31
6. Gardnertown Leadership Academy Elementary School 27
7. Fostertown Etc Magnet School 27
8. Meadow Hill Global Explorations Magnet School 22
9. Gams High Tech Magnet School 21

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Newburgh

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Horizon-on-the-Hudson Magnet School 63.5/100
  2. 2 Balmville School 61.8/100
  3. 3 Gardnertown Leadership Academy Elementary School 58.0/100
  4. 4 Newburgh Free Academy 57.6/100
  5. 5 East Coldenham Elementary School 57.5/100

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Which Newburgh school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

East Coldenham Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Newburgh schools in this federal-data comparison at 48/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Newburgh, NY? ▼

Newburgh has 9 public schools with a total enrollment of 8,470 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 11.2:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.