Enrollment
295
Elementary
DISTRICT 432 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GUILDERLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361308001069
ALTAMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
117 GRAND ST, ALTAMONT, NY 12009 · (518) 861-8528 · Albany County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL295 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 78% of New York public elementary schools
- A-Test 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
9.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
66 students
DISTRICT 25% · 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 | 53 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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 GUILDERLAND CENTRAL 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
73.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
82.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 82.0% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 84.0% |
% 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
71.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 ALTAMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ALTAMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (71.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALTAMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 295 | 22.4% | 71.0% |
| BELL TOP SCHOOL TROY | 304 | 18.4% | 74.1% |
| PS 5 HUGUENOT STATEN ISLAND | 317 | 29.3% | 89.8% |
| MARCY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MARCY | 288 | 20.5% | 63.5% |
| CAROLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SLATERVILLE SPRINGS | 273 | 27.5% | 59.8% |
| LOUDONVILLE SCHOOL LOUDONVILLE | 270 | 17.8% | 68.9% |
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 ALTAMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Albany County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #366 of 2,335 | #4 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #305 of 2,342 ▼ 92 | #2 of 46 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #435 of 2,343 ▼ 30 | #7 of 46 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 295 | #2,021 of 2,585 | #36 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.8:1 | #364 of 2,338 | #6 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.6% | #1,770 of 2,388 | #40 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.4% | #2,168 of 2,534 | #37 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.3% | #602 of 606 | #14 of 14 |
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
295
-8 (-3%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 391
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 10.4:1
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 | 295 | 30.2 | 9.8:1 | 22% (66) |
| 2023-24 | 306 | 32.2 | 9.5:1 | 25% (76) |
| 2022-23 | 310 | 31.5 | 9.8:1 | 25% (78) |
| 2020-21 | 303 | 29 | 10.4:1 | 24% (73) |
| 2017-18 | 294 | 27.5 | 10.7:1 | 30% (88) |
| 2015-16 | 283 | 23 | 12.3:1 | 33% (92) |
| 2010-11 | 303 | 24 | 12.6:1 | 15% (44) |
| 2000-01 | 359 | 23 | 15.6:1 | 12% (44) |
| 1990-91 | 391 | 31 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ALTAMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About ALTAMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
The public elementary school ALTAMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located in ALTAMONT, New York. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend, and enrollment is 295 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in New York is about 443 students.
GUILDERLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT is responsible for 7 schools, ALTAMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL included, with 4,822 students in all.
About 80% of the student body at ALTAMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White. Enrollment also includes 9% Asian, 6% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. In Albany County overall, about 69% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 35% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
ALTAMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's 30.2 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 9.8:1. On average, elementary schools in New York have 12.8:1, compared with 9.8:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 22%. That rate is below the 45% average among public schools in Albany County.
allk12 grades ALTAMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an A-. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The model predicts 66.8% for a school in New York with ALTAMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. ALTAMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 71.0%.
Among Albany County residents, the median household income is $85,333, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Besides ALTAMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Albany County has 74 other public schools.
GUILDERLAND HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.1 miles away. The five-mile area around ALTAMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds 2 other public schools. ALTAMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 71.0% against a local average of 68.8%.
ALTAMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data.
Enrollment is down 3% from 2020-21, when ALTAMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL had 303 students, to 2024-25, when it had 295.
Questions about school safety, transportation, and start times can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 GUILDERLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- GUILDERLAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,476 students
- FARNSWORTH MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,186 students
- WESTMERE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 528 students
- GUILDERLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 470 students
- PINE BUSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 462 students
- LYNNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 405 students
Other Altamont Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Altamont Elementary. ALTAMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Altamont ElementaryMountain House, CA · 616 students
- Altamont ElemAltamont, KS · 208 students
Nearby schools
- GUILDERLAND HIGH SCHOOL3.1 mi · 1,476
- LYNNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.4 mi · 405
- CLAYTON A BOUTON HIGH SCHOOL5.2 mi · 354
- VOORHEESVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL5.2 mi · 320
- PINE BUSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.4 mi · 462
- SCHALMONT MIDDLE SCHOOL5.7 mi · 537
Frequently asked questions
About ALTAMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend ALTAMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ALTAMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 295 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does ALTAMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
ALTAMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ALTAMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ALTAMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 9.8:1 (30 FTE teachers).
How diverse is ALTAMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ALTAMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 80% White, 6% Hispanic, 0% Black, 9% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is ALTAMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
ALTAMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by GUILDERLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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