Schodack Central School District, NY

Original Research by School Decision on Schodack Central School District

Schodack Central School District serves an enrollment of roughly a thousand students across kindergarten through grade twelve in Rensselaer County, New York. The district operates two buildings: Castleton Elementary School and Maple Hill Junior/Senior High School, serving a community that spans towns including Castleton-on-Hudson, Nassau, Schodack Landing, and Valatie.

The district's student body is predominantly white, with smaller populations of Hispanic, multiracial, and Asian students. Free or reduced-price lunch data was not available in the public record. Special education and English learner enrollment figures were also not reported.

On state math assessments, proficiency runs from the low-to-mid range in early elementary grades and peaks in grade six before declining again in grades seven and eight. In third grade, about half of students meet proficiency. Fourth and fifth grades show modest improvement, with proficiency in the low sixties. Grade six stands at the district's strongest math showing. By eighth grade, proficiency drops noticeably, and participation in that grade's testing was substantially lower than in other grades, which may warrant direct inquiry with the school. Overall math performance across the tested band sits in the top quartile among Rensselaer County's districts.

English language arts proficiency patterns differ somewhat. Third grade proficiency is close to half, and fourth grade dips slightly lower. Fifth grade shows a jump to seventy percent proficiency. Sixth grade reaches the district's peak in ELA at about eighty-three percent. Seventh grade falls to about sixty-five percent, and eighth grade returns to roughly half. Like math, eighth-grade testing showed lower participation rates. Science proficiency was tested in fifth and eighth grades and came in around seventy percent in both years, though eighth-grade participation again was notably lower.

The combination of declining performance and lower test participation in the upper middle grades is a pattern a parent may want to explore directly with the school to understand whether it reflects attendance issues, testing opt-out choices, enrollment shifts, or other factors.

The district's housing market sits in a mid-range for the region, with weighted median home values in the mid-four hundreds of thousands. Rents average around sixteen hundred dollars monthly. Mortgage affordability relative to national household income runs above the national benchmark, though the district itself remains somewhat more affordable than the New York State median. The unemployment rate in the area runs modestly above four percent. Property tax increases have remained at or below New York's state cap in recent budget cycles, and in May 2022 voters approved a capital improvement project designed to fund building upgrades, STEM technology, security enhancements, and facility improvements without adding to the tax burden by using retiring debt as a funding mechanism.

Chronic absenteeism in the district runs above the midpoint compared to other Rensselaer County districts, at roughly seventeen percent. Per-pupil spending sits in the middle to upper-middle range for the county. No high-school graduation rate was reported for the district. Information about specific course offerings, advanced placement access, career pathways, staffing levels, or detailed attendance data was not provided. A parent interested in understanding the high school's academic breadth, extracurricular environment, or support services would benefit from direct conversations with Maple Hill Junior/Senior High School.

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District Context

Officially reported figures, 2024-25.

Enrollment

871

Grades

KG–12

Schools

Student body

Hispanic 3%

Black 1%

White 93%

Asian 1%

Two+ 2%

By economic status

Percent proficient by grade, as reported

Economically disadvantaged

Not disadvantaged

ELA

Gr EOC

89%

—

Gr 3

22%

59%

Gr 4

35%

46%

Gr 5

63%

73%

Gr 6

71%

86%

Gr 7

46%

71%

Gr 8

50%

Math

Gr EOC

—

Gr 3

44%

60%

Gr 4

53%

66%

Gr 5

40%

73%

Gr 6

50%

80%

Gr 7

46%

73%

Gr 8

33%

58%

Science

Gr 5

56%

77%

Gr 8

50%

73%

Social studies

Gr EOC

83%

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Schools in this District

2 schools are officially reported under this district.

CASTLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

MAPLE HILL JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Academic Performance

Percent of students meeting or exceeding state standards, by grade.

Mathematics

6 grades reported

56%

Grade 3

62%

Grade 4

65%

Grade 5

73%

Grade 6

66%

Grade 7

53%

Grade 8

English Language Arts

6 grades reported

49%

Grade 3

42%

Grade 4

70%

Grade 5

83%

Grade 6

65%

Grade 7

50%

Grade 8

Science

2 grades reported

72%

Grade 5

69%

Grade 8

Housing & Real Estate

Data as of April 2026 | District-weighted from constituent ZIP codes

Home Values

Typical home value$389,667

Year-over-year change+7.9%

Range across 4 ZIP codes$321K to $440K

vs. state typical0.76x

vs. national typical1.06x

Home value trend (12 months)

ZIP code home values (4 ZIP codes)

ZIP	City	Value	YoY	Weight
12033	Castleton-on-Hudson	$369K	+7.8%	61.0%
12156	Schodack Landing	$439K	+8.1%	33.0%
12123	Nassau	$321K	+7.3%	5.8%
12184	Valatie	$440K	+3.6%	0.2%

Rental Market

Typical monthly rent$1,600/mo

ZIP code rents (1 ZIP codes)

ZIP	City	Rent/mo	YoY	Weight
12033	Castleton-on-Hudson	$1,600	—	61.0%

Affordability

Est. monthly mortgage (20% down at 6.48%)$1,966/mo

Home price / national median income4.7x

Annual rent / national median income22.9%

Est. mortgage exceeds rent by$366/mo

Comparison

State typical home value$510,449 (+5.0% YoY)

National typical home value$368,198 (+0.6% YoY)

State ZHVI trend (12 months)

National ZHVI trend (12 months)

Economic Context

30-year fixed mortgage rate6.48%

National unemployment rate4.3%

National median household income$83,730

CPI: Rent of shelter (index)447.05

30-year fixed mortgage rate (12 months)

National unemployment rate (12 months)

National median household income (12 months)

CPI: Rent of shelter (index) (12 months)

Sources: Zillow Home Value Index and Zillow Observed Rent Index (Zillow Group), Realtor.com via Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED)

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Civil Rights Data (CRDC)

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