Enrollment
376
Elementary
DISTRICT 376 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NISKAYUNA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362088000276
BIRCHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
897 BIRCHWOOD LN, SCHENECTADY, NY 12309 · (518) 344-2910 · Schenectady County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL376 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 78% of New York public elementary schools
- ATest 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
11.0:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
58 students
DISTRICT 20% · 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 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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 NISKAYUNA 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
76.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +13.0pp since 2023
Math
83.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.0% | 83.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 79.0% |
% 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
71.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 BIRCHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BIRCHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (71.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIRCHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 376 | 15.4% | 71.8% |
| CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 377 | 17.2% | 60.0% |
| GLEN HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GLEN HEAD | 379 | 18.2% | 85.0% |
| ROSENDALE SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 376 | 17.6% | 74.5% |
| EAST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-PS 267 NEW YORK | 353 | 17.3% | 88.6% |
| PS 290 MANHATTAN NEW SCHOOL NEW YORK | 444 | 12.8% | 88.4% |
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 BIRCHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Schenectady County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.8% | #341 of 2,335 | #2 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #282 of 2,342 ▲ 53 | #1 of 24 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #356 of 2,343 ▲ 90 | #2 of 24 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 376 | #1,515 of 2,585 | #13 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #837 of 2,338 | #9 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.2% | #995 of 2,388 | #13 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.4% | #2,336 of 2,534 | #25 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.6% | #194 of 606 | #2 of 7 |
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
376
-14 (-4%) vs 2020
+31% since 2000-01, when it was 287
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 376 | 34.1 | 11.0:1 | 15% (58) |
| 2023-24 | 388 | 34.8 | 11.1:1 | 17% (65) |
| 2022-23 | 398 | 35.1 | 11.3:1 | 20% (80) |
| 2020-21 | 390 | 29 | 13.4:1 | 18% (69) |
| 2017-18 | 328 | 22 | 14.9:1 | 10% (32) |
| 2015-16 | 293 | 19 | 15.4:1 | 10% (28) |
| 2010-11 | 281 | 20 | 14.1:1 | 10% (27) |
| 2000-01 | 287 | 18 | 15.9:1 | 4% (12) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BIRCHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About BIRCHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BIRCHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school in SCHENECTADY, New York, reachable at (518) 344-2910. It enrolls 376 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 5.
NISKAYUNA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT counts 8 schools and 4,315 students, including BIRCHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
White students are 63% of those enrolled at BIRCHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The rest of enrollment is 19% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 55, compared with 70 nationally.
The school's 34.1 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.0:1. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Income data for the school show 15% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 50% for public schools in Schenectady County.
BIRCHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 78% of New York public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, BIRCHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 2.4 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New York schools.
In Schenectady County, median household income comes to about $79,623, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Schenectady County counts 40 public schools with about 21,555 students.
VEEDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 1.7 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of BIRCHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, BIRCHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd of 8 on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 14 students, from 390 to 376. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 11.0:1, from 13.4:1.
People who know BIRCHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Schenectady County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
160,369
Census ACS
Median income
$79,623
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
40
21,555 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NISKAYUNA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,379 students
- IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 614 students
- VAN ANTWERP MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 442 students
- HILLSIDE SCHOOLElementary · 383 students
- CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 377 students
- ROSENDALE SCHOOLElementary · 376 students
Other schools in SCHENECTADY
- SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,885 students
- NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,379 students
- MOHONASEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 924 students
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 671 students
- ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 657 students
- DRAPER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 655 students
Other Birchwood Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Birchwood Elementary. BIRCHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 4.
- Birchwood Elementary SchoolBellingham, WA · 335 students
- Birchwood Elementary SchoolDOVER, NJ · 314 students
- Birchwood ElementaryBirchwood, WI · 86 students
Nearby schools
- VEEDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 503
- LISHA KILL MIDDLE SCHOOL1.9 mi · 640
- IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOL2.1 mi · 614
- ROSENDALE SCHOOL2.2 mi · 376
- ALBANY-SCHOHARIE-SCHENECTADY-SARATOGA BOCES2.6 mi · 294
- SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.9 mi · 351
Frequently asked questions
About BIRCHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend BIRCHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BIRCHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 376 students in grades KG-05.
Is BIRCHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
BIRCHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does BIRCHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
BIRCHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.0:1.
How diverse is BIRCHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BIRCHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 63% White, 7% Hispanic, 3% Black, 19% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees BIRCHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BIRCHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by NISKAYUNA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Schenectady County.
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