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Enrollment
450
Elementary
DISTRICT 420 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH COLONIE CSD·NCES 362100002979
BLUE CREEK SCHOOL
100 CLINTON RD, LATHAM, NY 12110 · (518) 785-7451 · Albany County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL450 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest 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
11.8:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
174 students
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 18% |
| Ungraded | 8 | 2% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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 NORTH COLONIE CSD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
59.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +18.0pp since 2023
Math
67.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 67.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 57.0% |
% 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
54.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 BLUE CREEK SCHOOL
BLUE CREEK SCHOOL's state test result (54.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLUE CREEK SCHOOL this school | 450 | 38.7% | 54.2% |
| FORTS FERRY SCHOOL LATHAM | 423 | 38.1% | 59.0% |
| MONICA B LEARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RUSH | 443 | 40.0% | 70.8% |
| MAPLEMERE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AMHERST | 488 | 44.9% | 57.9% |
| VESTAL HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VESTAL | 388 | 34.3% | 56.6% |
| LATHAM RIDGE SCHOOL LATHAM | 433 | 29.8% | 55.3% |
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 BLUE CREEK SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Albany County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.2% | #992 of 2,335 | #27 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #818 of 2,342 ▲ 225 | #22 of 46 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #997 of 2,343 ▲ 247 | #26 of 46 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 450 | #1,077 of 2,585 | #11 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #1,170 of 2,338 | #20 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.5% | #440 of 2,388 | #12 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.7% | #1,727 of 2,534 | #24 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.8% | #1,165 of 1,757 | #18 of 31 |
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
450
-83 (-16%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 424
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 450 | 38.3 | 11.8:1 | 39% (174) |
| 2023-24 | 439 | 38 | 11.6:1 | 35% (152) |
| 2022-23 | 425 | 35.3 | 12.0:1 | 29% (124) |
| 2020-21 | 533 | 42 | 12.7:1 | 25% (135) |
| 2017-18 | 499 | 38 | 13.1:1 | 26% (132) |
| 2015-16 | 510 | 37 | 13.8:1 | 23% (117) |
| 2000-01 | 499 | 28 | 17.8:1 | 12% (58) |
| 1990-91 | 424 | 26 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BLUE CREEK SCHOOL.
About BLUE CREEK SCHOOL
BLUE CREEK SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school in LATHAM, New York, administered by NORTH COLONIE CSD. It reported 450 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
In NORTH COLONIE CSD, 8 schools enroll a combined 6,145 students.
The student body at BLUE CREEK SCHOOL is 52% White. Smaller groups are 23% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 9% Black, and 7% multiracial. County-wide, 69% of Albany County residents are White. A diversity index of 65% means there is a 65% chance two randomly chosen students at BLUE CREEK SCHOOL are from different groups.
BLUE CREEK SCHOOL reports a ratio of 11.8 students per teacher, from 38.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in New York, the average ratio is 12.8:1. Lunch program data show 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
BLUE CREEK SCHOOL earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 52% of New York public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For BLUE CREEK SCHOOL, the prediction is 60.8% and the result is 54.2%.
Albany County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $85,333, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. There are 75 public schools in the county, enrolling about 39,946, BLUE CREEK SCHOOL among them.
BLUE CREEK SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is SHAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, BLUE CREEK SCHOOL is behind the 57.6% nearby average, ranking 7th of 9.
BLUE CREEK SCHOOL has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 16%, from 533 to 450.
The discussion board for BLUE CREEK SCHOOL is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 NORTH COLONIE CSD
- SHAKER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,138 students
- SHAKER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,486 students
- BOGHT HILLS SCHOOLElementary · 576 students
- LATHAM RIDGE SCHOOLElementary · 433 students
- FORTS FERRY SCHOOLElementary · 423 students
- SOUTHGATE SCHOOLElementary · 369 students
Other schools in LATHAM
- SHAKER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,138 students
- SHAKER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,486 students
- LATHAM RIDGE SCHOOLElementary · 433 students
- FORTS FERRY SCHOOLElementary · 423 students
Other Blue Creek schools
One other US public school is named Blue Creek. BLUE CREEK SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Blue Creek SchoolBillings, MT · 145 students
Nearby schools
- SHAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 1,486
- SHAKER HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 2,138
- LATHAM RIDGE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 433
- WATERVLIET JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.8 mi · 785
- SOUTHGATE SCHOOL1.9 mi · 369
- WATERVLIET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 670
Frequently asked questions
About BLUE CREEK SCHOOLHow large is BLUE CREEK SCHOOL?
BLUE CREEK SCHOOL enrolls approximately 450 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does BLUE CREEK SCHOOL serve?
BLUE CREEK SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at BLUE CREEK SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at BLUE CREEK SCHOOL.
How diverse is BLUE CREEK SCHOOL?
BLUE CREEK SCHOOL reports a student body of 52% White, 9% Hispanic, 9% Black, 23% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is BLUE CREEK SCHOOL public or private?
BLUE CREEK SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NORTH COLONIE CSD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.