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Beacon City Schools

Beacon City School District is located at 10 Education Drive Beacon, NY. This public school system services the education needs of Beacon City, FishKill, and Wappingers in the county of Dutchess in New York State. The City of Beacon is located in the southwest corner of Dutchess County, in the fast growing Mid-Hudson Region. It sits just over an hour north of New York City, about 59 miles, in its northern suburbs. It is also located approximately 90 miles south of Albany.

The district has four elementary schools, a middle school, a high school, and the administration building. Students attend this school system for educations in grades PK through 12. The School Boards plan is to enable all children to meet high and challenging educational standards through quality programs and support services which promote the intellectual, physical and cultural well-being of diverse students and families in the local community.

Beacon Schools are classified by the state as a high need district for building aid purposes. So they are receiving additional funding from the Excel Program. It is a new state program established specifically to provide districts with additional funding for certain types of school construction/renovation projects.

The district has set benchmarks for teachers to meet such as incorporating student learning experiences designed to achieve the following cross-curricular learning standards, as they are enabling performance standards in any discipline. Teachers will plan lessons designed to achieve this goal and will assess student improvement in literacy throughout the year.

Beacon City School District Information

Beacon City School District

10 Education Drive

Beacon, NY 12508

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Dutchess County, New York

845-838-6900

Serving grades PK-12, US

Quartironi.a@beaconk12.org

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Students: 3633

Student / Teacher Ratio: 14.9

Schools in this District: 6

Beacon City School District

Student Enrollment Information

Pre-K Kindergarten
(Full Day)
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th Ungraded
Secondary
101 220 250 244 264 261 258 284 292 284 277 319 294 276 9
Total Students:
3633
Attendance Rate:
93%
Suspensions:
276
Year Statistics Compiled:
2005
District teacher data and statistics
Superintendent:Fern Aefsky
» 845-838-6900 ext 2010
 Full TimePart Time
Principals60
Assistant Principals50
Teachers2433
Other Professional Staff180
*Staff data was compiled in 2006
District Administrative Salaries
Title
Salary
Benefits
Other
Total Compensation
Superintendent Of Schools
$152,000
$49,982
$62,000
$263,982
Asst Sup Of Instruction
$108,000
$24,206
$0
$132,206
Asst Sup For Business
$82,000
$26,627
$0
$108,627
Principal
$114,650
$0
$0
$114,650
Principal
$106,650
$0
$0
$106,650
Note: Data from the 2004-05 school year. It is a requirement that districts report the salaries of the superintendent; the deputy, assistant or associate superintendents; and other administrators or supervisors paid in excess of $113,000.

Adequate Yearly Progress Decisions

Sub-Group Names
Satisfactory
School Year
Subject:Elementary / Middle School English Language Arts
All Students
Yes
2006
Black Or African American
Yes
2006
Hispanic Or Latino
Yes
2006
Asian Or Pacific Islander
Yes
2006
White
Yes
2006
Students With Disabilities
No
2006
Limited English Proficient
Yes
2006
Economically Disadvantaged
Yes
2006
Subject:Elementary / Middle School Math
All Students
Yes
2006
Black Or African American
Yes
2006
Hispanic Or Latino
Yes
2006
Asian Or Pacific Islander
Yes
2006
White
Yes
2006
Students With Disabilities
No
2006
Limited English Proficient
Yes
2006
Economically Disadvantaged
Yes
2006
Subject:Elementary / Middle School Science
All Students
Yes
2006
Subject:High School English Language Arts
All Students
Yes
2006
Black Or African American
No
2006
Hispanic Or Latino
Yes
2006
White
Yes
2006
Economically Disadvantaged
Yes
2006
Subject:High School Graduation Rate
All Students
Yes
2006
Black Or African American
Yes
2006
Hispanic Or Latino
Yes
2006
White
Yes
2006
Economically Disadvantaged
Yes
2006
Subject:High School Math
All Students
Yes
2006
Black Or African American
Yes
2006
Hispanic Or Latino
Yes
2006
White
Yes
2006
Economically Disadvantaged
Yes
2006

Regents Results

Subject
Year
# Tested
Percent Passing
 
Earth Science
2006
122
77.0%
English
2006
277
87.4%
French
2006
21
81.0%
Global Hist & Geography
2006
329
69.6%
Living Environment
2006
303
79.5%
Math A
2006
238
85.7%
Math B
2006
129
72.1%
Chemistry
2006
102
67.6%
Physics
2006
33
78.8%
Spanish
2006
134
91.0%
US History and Govt
2006
269
73.6%

Graduation Info

Group
High School Graduate
Regents Diplomas
Advanced Regents Diplomas
IEP / Local Certificates
Year
All Students
249
239 (95%)
0 (0%)
5
2006
All Students
182
139 (76%)
4 (02%)
11
2005
All Students
177
88 (49%)
0 (0%)
4
2004
General Education
239
230 (96%)
0 (0%)
0
2006
General Education
176
136 (77%)
4 (02%)
0
2005
General Education
165
86 (52%)
0 (0%)
0
2004
Students With Disabilities
10
9 (9%)
0 (0%)
5
2006
Students With Disabilities
6
3 (5%)
0 (0%)
11
2005
Students With Disabilities
12
2 (16%)
0 (0%)
4
2004

Student Post-Graduation Plans

Number of high school students planning to attend 4 year colleges In New York State
61 (24%)
Number of high school students planning to attend 4 year colleges Outside of New York State
28 (11%)
Number of high school students planning to attend 2 year colleges In New York State
128 (51%)
Number of high school students planning to attend 2 year colleges Outside of New York State
2 (00%)
Number of high school students planning to attend Post Secondary institutions In New York State
3 (01%)
Number of high school students planning to attend Post Secondary institutions Outside of New York State
1 (00%)
Number of high school graduates who plan to enroll in the Military
3 (01%)
Number of high school graduates who plan to pursue employment
21 (01%)
Number of high school graduates with disabilities who plan to attend vocational rehabilitation programs.
0 (0%)
Number of high school graduates with a known plan not specified above.
0 (0%)
Number of high school graduates whose plans do not fit the above categories or are unknown.
2 (00%)
2005/06 District Expenditure & Revenue Information
  • Unreserved Fund Balance:
    1,229,682
  • State AID Revenue:
    19,599,498
  • Star Revenue:
    3,525,764
  • Total State Revenue (State Aid + Star):
    23,125,262
  • Local Revenue:
    27,986,097
  • Federal Revenue:
    3,108,355
  • Total Revenue (state + local + federal revenues):
    54,219,714
  • Central Administration:
    656,527
  • Board of Education:
    217,972
  • Teacher Salaries:
    14,645,335
  • Pupil Personnel Services Instructional Salaries:
    1,095,410
  • Curriculum Development and Support Instructional Salaries:
    1,556,380
  • Boces Instructional Expenditures:
    2,874,279
  • Tuition Paid to other districts (excluding special act districts):
    0
  • Tuition Not Included in Tuition Above:
    1,309,345
  • Other Instructional Salaries:
    2,920,353
  • Other Instructional Expenses:
    3,272,462
  • Community Service:
    88,294
  • Operations and Maintenance:
    2,638,402
  • Teacher Retirement:
    1,609,672
  • Health:
    3,965,658
  • Other Employee Benefits:
    2,571,050
  • Other Undistributed:
    800,856
  • Other:
    49,454
  • SubTotal (total exp minus debt service expenditures (principal & interest) and transportation):
    40,271,449
  • Transportation:
    2,213,564
  • Debt Service-Principle:
    1,385,000
  • Debt Service-Interest:
    2,388,815
  • Total Expenditure:
    46,258,828
  • Duplicated Combined Adjusted Average Daily Membership:
    3,497
  • Revenue Per Pupil:
    15,505
  • Expenditure Per Pupil:
    13,228
  • Actual Value Per Total Wealth Unit (Property Wealth Per Pupil):
    271,521
  • Income Per Total Wealth Pupil Unit:
    101,156
  • Combined Wealth Ratio:
    0.817
  • IE 1 (Instructional Expenditures Excluding Fringe Benefits) as Percent of Total Expenditures:
    59.82%
  • Percent that fringe (employee) benefits for the instructional program are of total expenditures:
    15.29%
  • Instructional Expenditures (Including Fringe Benefits) as a percent of total expenditures:
    75.11%
  • Instructional Expense as a percent of Adjusted Total Expense:
    86.28%
  • Local Revenue Effort Rate (Local Revenues Divided by Property Value):
    19.48

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Beacon City School District, Dutchess County, New York