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Enrollment
576
Elementary
DISTRICT 420 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH COLONIE CSD·NCES 362100002980
BOGHT HILLS SCHOOL
38 DUNSBACH FERRY RD, COHOES, NY 12047 · (518) 785-0222 · Albany County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL576 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% 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.
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
12.5:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
134 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 | 77 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (104).
Student demographics
63%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
66.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
79.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 79.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.0% | 78.0% |
% 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
69.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 BOGHT HILLS SCHOOL
BOGHT HILLS SCHOOL's state test result (69.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOGHT HILLS SCHOOL this school | 576 | 23.3% | 69.7% |
| EAST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROSLYN HEIGHTS | 552 | 20.8% | 80.0% |
| RIVER SCHOOL (THE) NEW YORK | 499 | 22.0% | 79.8% |
| GUILDERLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GUILDERLAND | 470 | 25.1% | 67.0% |
| PARKWAY SCHOOL EAST MEADOW | 570 | 27.7% | 75.2% |
| COUNTRY PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILLIAMSVILLE | 566 | 14.8% | 80.2% |
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 BOGHT HILLS SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Albany County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.7% | #413 of 2,335 | #8 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #387 of 2,342 ▼ 34 | #5 of 46 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #696 of 2,343 ▼ 227 | #20 of 46 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 576 | #546 of 2,585 | #4 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #1,445 of 2,338 | #26 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.4% | #540 of 2,388 | #17 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.3% | #2,143 of 2,534 | #36 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.5% | #363 of 606 | #9 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
576
-25 (-4%) vs 2020
+109% since 1990-91, when it was 275
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 576 | 46.1 | 12.5:1 | 23% (134) |
| 2023-24 | 547 | 42.8 | 12.8:1 | 22% (119) |
| 2022-23 | 548 | 43.4 | 12.6:1 | 18% (99) |
| 2020-21 | 601 | 40 | 15.0:1 | 15% (92) |
| 2017-18 | 541 | 33.6 | 16.1:1 | 12% (66) |
| 2015-16 | 537 | 32 | 16.8:1 | 14% (76) |
| 2000-01 | 445 | 23 | 19.4:1 | 13% (60) |
| 1990-91 | 275 | 11 | 25.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BOGHT HILLS SCHOOL.
About BOGHT HILLS SCHOOL
Located in COHOES, New York, BOGHT HILLS SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school. The school reports 576 students in kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 30% above the 443 average for elementary schools in New York.
BOGHT HILLS SCHOOL belongs to NORTH COLONIE CSD, a district of 8 schools and 6,145 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at BOGHT HILLS SCHOOL. The largest is White students, at 48%. Other students are 35% Asian, 6% Black, 5% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. That is lower than the 69% White share among all Albany County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 63% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at BOGHT HILLS SCHOOL is 46.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 12.5:1. That matches the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York fairly closely. About 23% of students, or 134, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 45% average for public schools in Albany County.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, BOGHT HILLS SCHOOL receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In New York, BOGHT HILLS SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 69.7% actual against a predicted 66.4%.
Among Albany County residents, the median household income is $85,333, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. BOGHT HILLS SCHOOL is one of 75 public schools in the county.
The school nearest to BOGHT HILLS SCHOOL is FORTS FERRY SCHOOL, at a distance of about 1.3 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, BOGHT HILLS SCHOOL is 1st among 9 schools close by.
Under the NCES locale system, BOGHT HILLS SCHOOL is Suburb: Large.
BOGHT HILLS SCHOOL's enrollment declined from 601 in 2020-21 to 576 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 15.0:1 to 12.5:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at BOGHT HILLS SCHOOL. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- BLUE CREEK SCHOOLElementary · 450 students
- LATHAM RIDGE SCHOOLElementary · 433 students
- FORTS FERRY SCHOOLElementary · 423 students
- SOUTHGATE SCHOOLElementary · 369 students
Other schools in COHOES
- COHOES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 607 students
- COHOES MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 427 students
- HARMONY HILL SCHOOLElementary · 384 students
- ABRAM LANSING SCHOOLElementary · 305 students
- VAN SCHAICK ISLAND SCHOOLElementary · 124 students
Nearby schools
- FORTS FERRY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 423
- LATHAM RIDGE SCHOOL1.7 mi · 433
- HARMONY HILL SCHOOL1.8 mi · 384
- COHOES HIGH SCHOOL1.9 mi · 607
- COHOES MIDDLE SCHOOL2.4 mi · 427
- BLUE CREEK SCHOOL2.4 mi · 450
Frequently asked questions
About BOGHT HILLS SCHOOLHow large is BOGHT HILLS SCHOOL?
BOGHT HILLS SCHOOL enrolls approximately 576 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does BOGHT HILLS SCHOOL serve?
BOGHT HILLS SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at BOGHT HILLS SCHOOL?
Approximately 12.5:1 students per teacher at BOGHT HILLS SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at BOGHT HILLS SCHOOL?
At BOGHT HILLS SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 48% White, 5% Hispanic, 6% Black, 35% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees BOGHT HILLS SCHOOL?
BOGHT HILLS SCHOOL is overseen by NORTH COLONIE CSD in Albany County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.