Ellenville High School
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Ellenville High School is a co-ed high school in Ellenville, New York
. The school is in the Ellenville Central School District, which serves Ellenville, the town of Wawarsing
and the hamlet of Cragsmoor
.
The building was renovated in 1996 and features a highly advanced distance learning classroom, as well as a state-of-the-art digital security
system. It also was one of the first fifteen participants in a statewide anti-school violence program started by then-Attorney General
Elliot Spitzer.
In 2007 the New York Foundation for Educational Reform and Accountability identified the school as one of upstate New York
's fifteen "dropout
factories", based on data from a Johns Hopkins
study that it claimed showed 60 percent or less of its graduating senior classes had been at Ellenville as ninth graders.
Ellenville, New York
Ellenville is a village in Ulster County, New York, United States. The population was 4,135 at the 2010 census. The postal ZIP code is 12428. The telephone exchange is predominantly 647 and an overlaid 210 in the 845 area code.- Geography :...
. The school is in the Ellenville Central School District, which serves Ellenville, the town of Wawarsing
Wawarsing, New York
Wawarsing is a town in Ulster County, New York, United States. The population was 13,157 at the 2010 census. The name means "a place where the stream bends" in the Warwarsink language and refers to the geography of the land; particularly the joining of the Ver Nooy Kill and the Rondout Creek. The...
and the hamlet of Cragsmoor
Cragsmoor, New York
Cragsmoor is a hamlet in Ulster County, New York, United States. The population was 449 at the 2000 census.Cragsmoor is located atop the Shawangunk Ridge, in the south part of the Town of Wawarsing...
.
The building was renovated in 1996 and features a highly advanced distance learning classroom, as well as a state-of-the-art digital security
Security
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system. It also was one of the first fifteen participants in a statewide anti-school violence program started by then-Attorney General
New York State Attorney General
The New York State Attorney General is the chief legal officer of the State of New York. The office has been in existence in some form since 1626, under the Dutch colonial government of New York.The current Attorney General is Eric Schneiderman...
Elliot Spitzer.
In 2007 the New York Foundation for Educational Reform and Accountability identified the school as one of upstate New York
Upstate New York
Upstate New York is the region of the U.S. state of New York that is located north of the core of the New York metropolitan area.-Definition:There is no clear or official boundary between Upstate New York and Downstate New York...
's fifteen "dropout
Dropping out
Dropping out means leaving a group for either practical reasons, necessities or disillusionment with the system from which the individual in question leaves....
factories", based on data from a Johns Hopkins
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
study that it claimed showed 60 percent or less of its graduating senior classes had been at Ellenville as ninth graders.