ALBERTUS W BECKER SCHOOL

As a reasonably sized elementary school in SELKIRK, New York, ALBERTUS W BECKER SCHOOL enrolls 389 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by RAVENA-COEYMANS-SELKIRK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.

RAVENA-COEYMANS-SELKIRK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,724 students; ALBERTUS W BECKER SCHOOL is among them.

On the student-mix side, ALBERTUS W BECKER SCHOOL lists that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 39% of students at ALBERTUS W BECKER SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ALBERTUS W BECKER SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.4%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Albany County put median household income runs about $85,333, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Albany County's 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 39,946 students), ALBERTUS W BECKER SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: CASTLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 3.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ALBERTUS W BECKER SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, ALBERTUS W BECKER SCHOOL comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 68.1%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 9%: 429 students in 2018 compared to 389 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 8.6:1 today.

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