Kingston City School District Schools

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The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.

1. A+ Kingston High School (High school, exceeds expectations)
2. A+ Robert R Graves School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
3. A Ernest C Myer School (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
4. A E R Crosby Elementary School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
5. B+ Harry L Edson School (Elementary school, meets expectations)
6. B Chambers School (Elementary school, meets expectations)
7. C+ J Watson Bailey Middle School (Middle school, doesn't meet expectations)
8. C George Washington School (Elementary school, doesn't meet expectations)
9. C- M Clifford Miller Middle School (Middle school, doesn't meet expectations)
10. C- John F Kennedy School (Elementary school, underperforms expectations)

All schools, A to Z (10)

• B Chambers School, Kingston
• A E R Crosby Elementary School, Lake Katrine
• A Ernest C Myer School, Hurley
• C George Washington School, Kingston
• B+ Harry L Edson School, Kingston
• C+ J Watson Bailey Middle School, Kingston
• C- John F Kennedy School, Kingston
• A+ Kingston High School, Kingston
• C- M Clifford Miller Middle School, Lake Katrine
• A+ Robert R Graves School, Port Ewen

Cities and towns served (4)

• Kingston (6)
• Lake Katrine (2)
• Hurley (1)
• Port Ewen (1)

• State: Best schools in New York
• County: Ulster County
• Type: regular local school district
• Setting: small city (NCES locale of the district office)
• Enrollment: 6,284 students with 585 full-time-equivalent teachers and 1,145 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
• NCES district ID: 3616290
• Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works

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