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

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Wappingers Central School District
Address
25 Corporate Park Drive
Hopewell Junction
, New York, 12533
United States
District information
TypePublic
GradesK–12[1]
NCES District ID3629880[1]
Students and staff
Students10,436[1]
Teachers732.07[1]
Staff960.91[1]
Student–teacher ratio14.26[1]
Other information
Websitewww.wappingersschools.org
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History

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

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

High schools

Junior high schools

Elementary schools

Alternative schools

References

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