Enrollment
305
Elementary
DISTRICT 271 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COHOES CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360798000568
ABRAM LANSING SCHOOL
26 JAMES ST, COHOES, NY 12047 · (518) 237-5044 · Albany County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL305 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 35% of New York public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
256 students
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 14% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 17% larger than its 5th grade class (42).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within COHOES CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
46.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +16.0pp since 2023
Math
46.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +13.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 30.0% | 33.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
38.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like ABRAM LANSING SCHOOL
ABRAM LANSING SCHOOL's state test result (38.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRAM LANSING SCHOOL this school | 305 | 83.9% | 38.7% |
| THOMAS K BEECHER SCHOOL ELMIRA | 338 | 86.1% | 13.3% |
| FASSETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ELMIRA | 295 | 84.7% | N/A |
| GENESEE STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AUBURN | 369 | 85.1% | 25.2% |
| HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL 2 BROOKLYN | 335 | 83.3% | 55.8% |
| CALVIN COOLIDGE SCHOOL BINGHAMTON | 281 | 78.3% | 33.0% |
Matched among New York elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where ABRAM LANSING SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Albany County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #1,685 of 2,335 | #35 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,606 of 2,342 ▲ 305 | #34 of 46 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,510 of 2,343 ▲ 251 | #35 of 46 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 305 | #1,963 of 2,585 | #34 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #332 of 2,338 | #4 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.6% | #484 of 2,388 | #14 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.9% | #648 of 2,534 | #7 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.4% | #498 of 1,757 | #7 of 31 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
305
-50 (-14%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 484
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 11.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 305 | 31.7 | 9.6:1 | 84% (256) |
| 2023-24 | 320 | 23.2 | 13.8:1 | 76% (244) |
| 2022-23 | 326 | 28.5 | 11.5:1 | 81% (263) |
| 2020-21 | 355 | 31 | 11.4:1 | 73% (260) |
| 2017-18 | 398 | 30 | 13.3:1 | 61% (243) |
| 2015-16 | 347 | 28 | 12.4:1 | 70% (242) |
| 2010-11 | 407 | 33 | 12.3:1 | 73% (299) |
| 2000-01 | 395 | 32 | 12.3:1 | 66% (261) |
| 1990-91 | 484 | 24 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ABRAM LANSING SCHOOL.
About ABRAM LANSING SCHOOL
ABRAM LANSING SCHOOL operates as a small elementary school in COHOES, New York. It enrolled 305 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average about 443 students each.
Besides ABRAM LANSING SCHOOL, COHOES CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 4 other schools. The district enrolls 1,847 students.
White students make up a majority at ABRAM LANSING SCHOOL, at 53%. The remaining shares are 18% Hispanic, 17% Black, and 11% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Albany County's population at about 69%. ABRAM LANSING SCHOOL's diversity index is 65%, against a US figure of 70%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 9.6:1, with 31.7 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 3.2 students per teacher below the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 84%. The 45% average for public schools in Albany County is 39 points lower.
The allk12 Grade for ABRAM LANSING SCHOOL is C+. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 35% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
ABRAM LANSING SCHOOL is 5.4 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (38.7% versus 44.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New York.
Within Albany County, the median household income is $85,333, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. In all, Albany County has 75 public schools and roughly 39,946 students.
Of nearby public schools, COHOES MIDDLE SCHOOL is the closest, at about 0.1 miles. ABRAM LANSING SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 43.7% proficiency; ABRAM LANSING SCHOOL posts 38.7%.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment is down 14% from 2020-21, when ABRAM LANSING SCHOOL had 355 students, to 2024-25, when it had 305. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 11.4:1 to 9.6:1.
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Albany County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
317,018
Census ACS
Median income
$85,333
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
75
39,946 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in COHOES CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- COHOES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 607 students
- COHOES MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 427 students
- HARMONY HILL SCHOOLElementary · 384 students
- VAN SCHAICK ISLAND SCHOOLElementary · 124 students
Other schools in COHOES
- COHOES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 607 students
- BOGHT HILLS SCHOOLElementary · 576 students
- COHOES MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 427 students
- HARMONY HILL SCHOOLElementary · 384 students
- VAN SCHAICK ISLAND SCHOOLElementary · 124 students
Nearby schools
- COHOES MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 427
- COHOES HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 607
- HARMONY HILL SCHOOL0.8 mi · 384
- VAN SCHAICK ISLAND SCHOOL1.1 mi · 124
- LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.7 mi · 625
- KNICKERBACKER MIDDLE SCHOOL1.7 mi · 474
Frequently asked questions
About ABRAM LANSING SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at ABRAM LANSING SCHOOL?
ABRAM LANSING SCHOOL enrolls approximately 305 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does ABRAM LANSING SCHOOL serve?
ABRAM LANSING SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ABRAM LANSING SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ABRAM LANSING SCHOOL is approximately 9.6:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ABRAM LANSING SCHOOL?
At ABRAM LANSING SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 53% White, 18% Hispanic, 17% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees ABRAM LANSING SCHOOL?
ABRAM LANSING SCHOOL is overseen by COHOES CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Albany County.
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