Summary:
The Catskill Central School District in New York contains only one elementary school, Catskill Elementary School, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through 5th grade. The school's performance has declined in recent years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 1586 out of 2439 New York elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 2028 out of 2445 in 2024-2025.
Catskill Elementary School's academic performance is generally below the state average. In the 2024-2025 school year, the percentage of students proficient or better in English Language Arts ranged from 34.62% to 37.21%, compared to the state average of 54.07% to 56.61%. In Math, the school's proficiency rates ranged from 36.59% to 48.86%, while the state average was 54.16% to 59.7%. The school's performance on the 5th grade Science assessment is also significantly below the state average, with only 27.38% of students proficient or better compared to the state average of 45.02%.
The school serves a relatively disadvantaged population, with 40.92% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year. The Catskill Central School District as a whole is ranked 640 out of 874 in New York and is rated 1 out of 5 stars by SchoolDigger, indicating that there may be systemic challenges that need to be addressed at the district level.
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