ARONGEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

ARONGEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a mid-tier elementary school in CLIFTON PARK, New York, run under SHENENDEHOWA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 589 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so ARONGEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 33% bigger than that benchmark.

SHENENDEHOWA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 9,348 students; ARONGEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, ARONGEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 63% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 14% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 6% Black. By comparison, Saratoga County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, ARONGEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 28% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ARONGEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.9%, the actual is 65.0%, a residual of +0.1 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Saratoga County indicate median household earnings sit near $100,787, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Saratoga County's 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,097 students), ARONGEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: SHATEKON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, ARONGEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 75.2%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ARONGEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has fell 14%, going from 681 students in 2018 to 589 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share ticked up from 2% to 6%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.