Hendrick Hudson High School, Montrose NY

Original Research by School Decision on Hendrick Hudson High School

Hendrick Hudson High School is a regular public school serving grades nine through twelve in Montrose, a small residential hamlet in northwestern Westchester County on the Hudson River's east bank. The school enrolls roughly a few hundred students across four grades, distributed fairly evenly among ninth through twelfth grade, plus a small number of students classified as other grades. The student body is about evenly split between white students and Hispanic students, with smaller shares of Black, Asian, and multiracial students. Free-or-reduced-price lunch eligibility data was not available, and no state assessment results or graduation rate were available for the school, which means a reader cannot compare its academic performance to county peers or evaluate college-completion trajectories from the provided data.

Montrose itself is unincorporated and historically settled, with no municipal government, though residents established an improvement district decades ago to fund local water and fire services. The hamlet sits along the Albany Post Road corridor and has seen population growth that drew it into the New York metropolitan area. Its main commercial cluster gathers around a crossroads near the Montrose Deli and post office. A major institutional presence is the Hudson Valley VA Health Care System campus, a large multi-building facility that employs many residents and serves veterans across the Lower Hudson Valley. The Hendrick Hudson Central School District, headquartered in Montrose, is another significant employer. A public library, George's Island Park with Hudson River views and wooded trails, and the nearby Cortlandt Metro-North station providing regular service to New York City anchor community life.

The district itself faces a singular structural challenge that shapes school finances and program offerings. The April 2021 closure of the Indian Point nuclear power plant eliminated roughly a quarter of the district's annual revenue, creating an ongoing fiscal crisis. While the state provided a cessation mitigation fund to soften the blow, that aid is set to phase out, leaving the district with a permanent revenue gap. As a result, school tax levies have risen sharply and are expected to remain elevated for years. The 2026-27 school budget reflected substantial tax increases, and publicly reported discussions cite risk to advanced placement courses, specialized arts and music programs, and athletic offerings. Any family considering a move to the area should plan for significantly higher school property taxes than they may encounter elsewhere, with no relief in sight as state aid declines.

The housing market in the Montrose area reflects broader Westchester County conditions. Homes are valued well above the state median, and inventory has been gradually building while median listing prices have moderated slightly over the past year. A relatively new affordable housing development, Roundtop at Montrose, added roughly a few dozen units of one- and two-bedroom homes for lower-income households near the train station, helping address Westchester County's affordable housing obligations. The town has also pursued hamlet revitalization through sidewalk reconstruction, decorative lighting, and a New York Forward grant application aimed at improving the walkability and character of the Montrose downtown corridor, which has historically been fragmented and difficult to navigate on foot.

State testing data, detailed academic comparisons to other Westchester County high schools, and the school's graduation rate were not provided in the available records, limiting what a parent can assess about academic outcomes relative to peers. The school is a standard public high school with no charter or magnet status. Prospective families should plan to contact the school directly for information about course offerings, college placement, and how the district's ongoing budget pressures are affecting program breadth and availability.

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Academic performance

How students graduate and prepare for what comes next.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

95.0%Cohort of 214 students · Class of 2021

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

1,253 schools plotted. 14 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Advanced Placement & IB

23 subjects offered · 2023-24

Each card is one AP or IB subject. The headline number is the share of students scoring 3 or higher on the exam — the threshold for college credit at most universities. The bar below each rate shows the underlying distribution across performance levels.

Score:12· no credit345· extremely well qualified

Math and Computer Science

Calculus AB

27 tested

85.2%

scored 3 or higher

Calculus BC

17 tested

100.0%

scored 3 or higher

Computer Science Principles

6 tested

83.3%

scored 3 or higher

Statistics

12 tested

66.7%

scored 3 or higher

Sciences

Biology

14 tested

78.6%

scored 3 or higher

Chemistry

17 tested

76.5%

scored 3 or higher

Environmental Science

13 tested

46.2%

scored 3 or higher

Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism

11 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Physics C: Mechanics

11 tested

27.3%

scored 3 or higher

English

Seminar

6 tested · Grade 10

66.7%

scored 3 or higher

History and Social Sciences

European History

9 tested

55.6%

scored 3 or higher

Macroeconomics

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Microeconomics

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Psychology

58 tested

74.1%

scored 3 or higher

U.S. History

53 tested

86.8%

scored 3 or higher

World Languages and Cultures

French Language and Culture

6 tested

66.7%

scored 3 or higher

Italian Language and Culture

13 tested

84.6%

scored 3 or higher

Spanish Language and Culture

27 tested

92.6%

scored 3 or higher

Arts

Music Theory

6 tested · Grade 10

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Other

Language and Comp

42 tested

78.6%

scored 3 or higher

Literature and Comp

36 tested

88.9%

scored 3 or higher

Studio Art 2d Design

9 tested

44.4%

scored 3 or higher

World History

31 tested · Grade 10

90.3%

scored 3 or higher

New York Regents Exams

3 courses reported · 2024-25

End-of-course exams required for a New York Regents diploma. Each row shows the cohort size and the share of students scoring at the proficient level or higher.

Course	Students tested	% proficient
Social Studies	187	83.0%
Ela	165	80.0%
Science	87	77.0%

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.