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Enrollment
478
Elementary
DISTRICT 482 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UTICA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362937003946
ALBANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1151 ALBANY ST, UTICA, NY 13501 · (315) 368-6500 · Oneida County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL478 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% 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.
- CBeats 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
12.3:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
327 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 71 | 15% |
| Ungraded | 5 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (71).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 78% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
47.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
44.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 38.0% |
% 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
38.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 ALBANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ALBANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (38.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALBANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 478 | 68.4% | 38.9% |
| VAN RENSSELAER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RENSSELAER | 487 | 67.1% | 31.2% |
| JOHNSON CITY ELEMENTARY/INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL JOHNSON CITY | 509 | 71.5% | 31.8% |
| CHARLES F JOHNSON JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ENDICOTT | 413 | 72.4% | 29.4% |
| JOHNSON CITY ELEMENTARY/PRIMARY SCHOOL JOHNSON CITY | 560 | 69.3% | N/A |
| MARYVALE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL CHEEKTOWAGA | 490 | 65.5% | 42.0% |
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 ALBANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Oneida County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #1,676 of 2,335 | #23 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #1,708 of 2,342 ▲ 67 | #23 of 37 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #1,480 of 2,343 ▲ 160 | #15 of 37 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 478 | #930 of 2,585 | #11 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #1,403 of 2,338 | #24 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.6% | #151 of 2,388 | #10 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.4% | #1,003 of 2,534 | #11 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.0% | #517 of 1,757 | #6 of 25 |
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
478
-90 (-16%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 525
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 478 | 38.8 | 12.3:1 | 68% (327) |
| 2023-24 | 475 | 37.8 | 12.6:1 | 72% (343) |
| 2022-23 | 513 | 39.8 | 12.9:1 | 75% (387) |
| 2020-21 | 568 | 38 | 14.9:1 | 71% (404) |
| 2017-18 | 621 | 34 | 18.3:1 | 79% (490) |
| 2015-16 | 632 | 29 | 21.8:1 | 81% (513) |
| 2010-11 | 526 | 39 | 13.5:1 | 79% (415) |
| 2000-01 | 536 | 31 | 17.3:1 | 60% (322) |
| 1990-91 | 525 | 40 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ALBANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About ALBANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ALBANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in UTICA, New York. Enrollment stands at 478 students, covering kindergarten through 6.
UTICA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT serves 9,075 students across 13 schools.
No group is above 50% at ALBANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; the largest is White, at 44%. The school is also 18% Black, 17% Hispanic, 14% Asian, and 6% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 80%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, ALBANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 72%.
On staff are 38.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.3:1. The ratio is within a point of the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. About 68% of students at ALBANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Oneida County is 47%.
ALBANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 29% of New York public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 49.8% at ALBANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 38.9%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Oneida County show that the median household earns about $70,154 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Across Oneida County, 72 public schools serve about 32,265 students.
THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 39.8% on proficiency, and ALBANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is below that at 38.9%.
The school's locale code, City: Small, means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school's enrollment decreased 16% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 14.9:1 to 12.3:1.
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Oneida County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
229,124
Census ACS
Median income
$70,154
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
72
32,265 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in UTICA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,820 students
- SENATOR JAMES H DONOVAN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 749 students
- JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 687 students
- GENERAL HERKIMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 634 students
- CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 618 students
- WATSON WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 590 students
Other schools in UTICA
- THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,820 students
- SENATOR JAMES H DONOVAN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 749 students
- JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 687 students
- GENERAL HERKIMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 634 students
- CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 618 students
- WATSON WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 590 students
Other Albany Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Albany Elementary. ALBANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Albany Elementary SchoolAlbany, KY · 486 students
- ALBANY ELEMENTARYALBANY, MN · 380 students
- Albany Elementary SchoolAlbany, IN · 267 students
- Albany ElementaryAlbany, WI · 159 students
Nearby schools
- THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 2,820
- ROSCOE CONKLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 503
- CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 618
- MARTIN LUTHER KING JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 303
- WATSON WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 590
- UTICA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL2.1 mi · 997
Frequently asked questions
About ALBANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend ALBANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ALBANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 478 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does ALBANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
ALBANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ALBANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ALBANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 12.3:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ALBANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At ALBANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 44% White, 17% Hispanic, 18% Black, 14% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is ALBANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
ALBANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by UTICA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.