Newburgh Enlarged City School District

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Newburgh Enlarged City School District
Address
124 Grand Street
Newburgh
, New York, 12550
United States
District information
TypePublic
GradesPreK–12 [1]
NCES District ID 3620700 [1]
Students and staff
Students11,243 (2020–2021) [1]
Teachers913.74 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Staff742.26 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Student–teacher ratio12.3:1 [1]
Other information
Website www.newburghschools.org

The Newburgh Enlarged City School District (NECSD) is a public school district located in Newburgh, New York. It encompasses all of the City of Newburgh, most of the towns of Newburgh and New Windsor, [2] and small sections of the towns of Cornwall and Walkill. [3] The enrollment is 12,791 students in 13 schools in grades K-12.

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In addition to Newburgh, it includes the following census-designated places: Balmville, Gardnertown, and Vails Gate, as well as most of the New Windsor CDP and portions of the Orange Lake CDP. [2]

It is a separate governmental body from the city government of Newburgh, and as such the city government does not have power over the school district. [4]

History

As was the case with most rural upstate towns in New York, a series of schoolhouses (in most cases, one room) sprang up throughout Newburgh in the 19th century, in response to the state laws of 1812 and 1814 requiring the establishment of such schools and school districts. The number of these rural school districts in New York peaked statewide at 11,750 in 1865. [5]

New York state legislation required that the administration of schools would be in the hands of school districts — not the counties or towns, as is the case in 20 other states. This system of school districts totally independent of municipal or county governments remains in place throughout all of New York (except for New York City) today. [6]

From 1925 on, New York encouraged school districts to consolidate and approved legislation, featuring the incentive of state financial aid, to facilitate this. [5] However, as late as 1960, there were still nine elementary school districts, and nine elementary schools, in the town. [7] (The missing district numbers on the following chart are those of school districts previously consolidated with neighboring districts.)

The following are the nine school districts as they existed in 1960:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for NEWBURGH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  2. 1 2 "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Orange County, NY" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved December 7, 2024. - Text list
  3. ↑ "General District Information". Newburgh Free Academy. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Local Form of Government". City of Newburgh. Retrieved December 7, 2024. The Newburgh Enlarged City School District (NECSD) is a separate and distinct [...] nor has any financial responsibility for school district operations.
  5. 1 2 The Encyclopedia of New YorkState (2005), Syracuse University Press, page 1341.
  6. ↑ The Encyclopedia of New YorkState (2005), Syracuse University Press, pages 1370-1271.
  7. ↑ Maps and records on file in the office to the Town Assessor of Real Property, Town Hall, 1496 Route 300, Town of Newburgh.
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