Education

Ellenville is served by Ellenville Central School, a grades Pre-K to

12 school. Many students continue their education at SUNY Ulster,

a two-year community college located roughly 20 miles north of the village in Stone Ridge.

Ellenville Elementary School

Ellenville's Middle School

Ellenville Middle School educates students in grades 5 through 8. It is located between the district's elementary and high schools behind the district offices off Maple Street in the village. Like the other two buildings, it was rebuilt in 1996. A 69,500-square foot 

addition was built at that time.

It is connected to the high school via an enclosed walkway from the southwestern corner. All students in the school are assigned to one of three "academies" within it, for all grades: Lincoln, Jefferson or Washington.

In 2002, the school experimented with a partial return to single-sex education, offering some subjects in all-male or all-female classes, an experiment which the principal supported as it had, he believed, worked well when it had been done in the nearby Liberty school district. Parents had the opportunity to opt their children out, but only 15-20% did so. The three-year pilot program was ended in 2005, although the district claimed it had seen improvements in attendance and discipline during the first year.

Ellenville's High School

Ellenville High School is a co-ed high school. The building was renovated in 1996 and features a highly advanced distance learning classroom, as well as a state-of-the-art digital securitysystem.

It also was one of the first fifteen participants in a statewide anti-school violence program.

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