Clarkstown Central School District is located in Rockland County, approximately 25 miles northwest of New York City. Consistently rated one of the safest cities in America in the annual Morgan Quinto Safest Cities survey, Clarkstown is an upper middle class suburban community with a population of about 70,000 residents. A large district serving more than 9,600 students from a 31 square mile area, Clarkstown prides itself on fostering a small school climate, community involvement and a focus on the individual in its ten elementary schools, three middle schools, two high schools, and K-12 alternative education center. The district has recently completed the final year of a multi-year plan to implement a $15 million technology program and is in the process of a multi-year plan to implement an approved $33 million building program. It is also in the middle of a multi-year plan worth over $44 million to expand and modernize facilities, as well as improve energy performance. The district works in close partnership with the Clarkstown community, a population that highly values and is exceptionally supportive of public education.