Wappingers Central School District

School district in New York, United States

Wappingers Central School District

Address

25 Corporate Park Drive

Hopewell Junction

, New York, 12533
United States
District information
Type| Public
Grades| K–12[1]
NCES District ID| 3629880[1]
Students and staff
Students| 10,436[1]
Teachers| 732.07[1]
Staff| 960.91[1]
Student–teacher ratio| 14.26[1]
Other information
Website| www.wappingersschools.org

Wappingers Central School District (WCSD) is a school district headquartered in the town of East Fishkill, New York, on Corporate Park Drive.

## History

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On November 30, 1937, in the southern portion of Dutchess County, New York, there was a meeting held to determine the consolidation of area school districts. The district was created after a September 1938 vote within all or portions of several communities in Dutchess and Putnam counties, including Wappinger, East Fishkill, Fishkill Town, and Poughkeepsie Town in Dutchess County and Kent and Philipstown in Putnam County, approved the establishment of the WCSD. Upon opening the district had attained 11 schools. In the 1950s the East Fishkill Number 6, Gayhead, Old Hopewell, Shenendoah, and Stormville school districts were consolidated into the Wappingers district.[2]

## District boundary

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Most of the district is in Dutchess County. Towns in the school district include Fishkill, Poughkeepsie, and Wappinger. Villages in the school district include East Fishkill, Fishkill, and Wappingers Falls. Census-designated places (hamlets) in the district include Brinckerhoff, Hillside Lake, Hopewell Junction, Merritt Park, Myers Corner, New Hackensack, New Hamburg, and portions of Crown Heights, Red Oaks Mill, and Spackenkill.[3]

The district extends into Putnam County, with sections in Kent and Philipstown.[4]

## Schools

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### High schools

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* Roy C. Ketcham High School (Wappinger)
* John Jay High School (Hopewell Junction)

### Junior high schools

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* Van Wyck Junior High School (East Fishkill)
* Wappingers Junior High School(Wappinger)

### Elementary schools

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* Brinckerhoff (Fishkill)
* James S. Evans (Wappinger)
* Fishkill (Fishkill)
* Fishkill Plains (East Fishkill)
* Gayhead (Hopewell Junction)
* Kinry Road Elementary School (Poughkeepsie)
* Myers Corners Elementary School (Wappinger)
* Oak Grove Elementary School (Poughkeepsie)
* Sheafe Road Elementary School (Poughkeepsie)
* Vassar Road Elementary School (Poughkeepsie)

### Alternative schools

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* Orchard View Alternative High School (Hopewell Junction)

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for WAPPINGERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
2. ^ "Welcome to WCSD." (Archive) Wappingers Central School District. Retrieved on April 10, 2014. In archive version, the page will appear blank, but in fact it is black text on a black background. Highlight it and it will appear.
3. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Dutchess County, NY" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. pp. 3, 5-6 (PDF pp. 4, 6-7/7). Retrieved December 17, 2023. "UNI 29880*"
4. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Putnam County, NY" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved December 17, 2023. "UNI 29880*"

## External links

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* Official website

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Education in Putnam County, New York

Central and Union Free school districts are authorized to operate high schools, though not all do, while common school districts may not operate high schools.

School
districts|

* Brewster CSD
* Carmel CSD
* Garrison UFSD
* Haldane CSD
* Lakeland CSD
* Mahopac CSD
* North Salem CSD
* Pawling CSD
* Putnam Valley CSD
* Wappingers CSD

Private|

* Saint Basil Academy (had its own school until 1997; now is a boarding facility that contracts education elsewhere)

Note that Garrison UFSD sends high school students to Highland Falls-Fort Montgomery Central School District, which is outside of Putnam County.

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Education in Dutchess County, New York

Central and Union Free school districts are authorized to operate high schools, though not all do, while common school districts may not operate high schools.

School
districts|

* Arlington CSD
* Beacon City SD
* Carmel CSD
* Dover UFSD
* Haldane CSD
* Hyde Park CSD
* Millbrook CSD
* Northeast CSD
* Pawling CSD
* Pine Plains CSD
* Poughkeepsie City SD
* Red Hook CSD
* Rhinebeck CSD
* Spackenkill UFSD
* Taconic Hills CSD
* Wappingers CSD

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* United States

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