ALTAMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

ALTAMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a tight-knit primary school in ALTAMONT, New York, run under GUILDERLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, hosts 295 students, covering grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 33% leaner than the state mean of about 443.

GUILDERLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 4,822 students; ALTAMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, ALTAMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 80% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 9% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 22% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Albany County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, ALTAMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.8%; this one delivers 71.0%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Albany County indicate median household earnings sit near $85,333, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Albany County's 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 39,946 students), ALTAMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: GUILDERLAND HIGH SCHOOL, around 3.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around ALTAMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ALTAMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 68.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. ALTAMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 294 (now 295). White enrollment moved from 86% to 80% across the same window.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.