Summary:
The city of Monticello, New York is home to 4 schools serving students from elementary through high school, including 2 elementary schools, 1 middle school, and 1 high school. Based on the available data, the schools in the Monticello Central School District appear to be consistently underperforming compared to state-level metrics across a range of key indicators.
None of the Monticello schools stand out as high-performing, with all of them ranking in the bottom 10-40% of their respective grade levels statewide according to SchoolDigger. Monticello High School has a 2-star rating and a graduation rate of 84.3%, which is below the state average. The two elementary schools, George L Cooke School and Kenneth L Rutherford School, as well as Robert J Kaiser Middle School, all rank in the bottom 10% of their grade levels in New York.
Proficiency rates on state assessments and Regents exams are significantly below state averages across all grade levels and subject areas, with only 15.26% of Monticello High School students proficient in Algebra I, compared to the state average of 56.07%. Additionally, the schools serve a predominantly low-income student population, with free/reduced-price lunch rates ranging from 59.67% to 77.99%. Despite the relatively high per-student spending, the schools are not achieving strong academic outcomes, suggesting a need for significant, sustained interventions to address the systemic challenges facing the Monticello Central School District.
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