BERLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 53 SCHOOL ST, in BERLIN, New York, BERLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school that instructs 256 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by BERLIN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 42% leaner than typical.

BERLIN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 579 students; BERLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, BERLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 5% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BERLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.7%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Rensselaer County indicate median household income runs about $87,915, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. BERLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 42 public schools in Rensselaer County (combined enrollment of about 19,274 students).

The closest other public school is BERLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL/HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 3.6 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BERLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 4th of 4; the average score across the group is 56.1%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 6%: 273 students in 2018 compared to 256 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 98% to 92% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 8.0:1 in 2018 to 6.7:1 today.

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