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What's something BROADALBIN-PERTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
879
Elementary
DISTRICT 818 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROADALBIN-PERTH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360000504421
BROADALBIN-PERTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1870 COUNTY HWY 107, AMSTERDAM, NY 12010 · (518) 954-2700 · Fulton County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL879 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of New York public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
11.6:1
76 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
358 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 72 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 104 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 128 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 141 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 126 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 129 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 95 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (104) is 9% larger than its 6th grade class (95).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
BROADALBIN-PERTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→BROADALBIN-PERTH JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within BROADALBIN-PERTH 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
45.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
47.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
41.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 BROADALBIN-PERTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BROADALBIN-PERTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (41.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROADALBIN-PERTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 879 | 40.7% | 41.3% |
| QUEENSBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL QUEENSBURY | 952 | 35.5% | 47.2% |
| MIDLAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLIFTON SPRINGS | 761 | 46.1% | 33.6% |
| CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DEPEW | 846 | 42.2% | 48.3% |
| CHENANGO FORKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BINGHAMTON | 605 | 41.5% | 47.4% |
| HOMER BRINK SCHOOL ENDWELL | 731 | 31.5% | 63.8% |
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 BROADALBIN-PERTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #1,556 of 2,335 | #4 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #1,554 of 2,342 ▲ 104 | #4 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #1,532 of 2,343 ▼ 27 | #5 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 879 | #91 of 2,585 | #1 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #1,093 of 2,338 | #6 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.3% | #2,252 of 2,388 | #6 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.7% | #1,668 of 2,534 | #8 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +121.4% | #13 of 606 | N/A |
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
879
-25 (-3%) vs 2020
+171% since 1990-91, when it was 324
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 879 | 76 | 11.6:1 | 41% (358) |
| 2023-24 | 888 | 74.4 | 11.9:1 | 39% (347) |
| 2022-23 | 897 | 75.3 | 11.9:1 | 39% (349) |
| 2020-21 | 904 | 65 | 13.9:1 | 36% (327) |
| 2017-18 | 397 | 27 | 14.7:1 | 48% (190) |
| 2015-16 | 386 | 27 | 14.3:1 | 44% (169) |
| 2010-11 | 386 | 26 | 14.8:1 | 30% (114) |
| 2000-01 | 467 | 27 | 17.3:1 | 23% (107) |
| 1990-91 | 324 | 26 | 12.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BROADALBIN-PERTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About BROADALBIN-PERTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BROADALBIN-PERTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a large elementary school in AMSTERDAM, New York, under BROADALBIN-PERTH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school enrolls 879 students, from pre-K through 6. An average school in this group (elementary schools in New York) has about 443 students.
BROADALBIN-PERTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of a district of 2 schools: BROADALBIN-PERTH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 1,635 students.
At BROADALBIN-PERTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, White students make up 94% of the student body. It is also 4% Hispanic. By the diversity index, BROADALBIN-PERTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 12%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 11.6:1, with 76 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in New York, the typical ratio is 12.8:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at BROADALBIN-PERTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 41%. That rate is below the 55% average among public schools in Fulton County.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, BROADALBIN-PERTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for BROADALBIN-PERTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is -18.7 points: 41.3% actual, 60.0% predicted.
Fulton County has about 52,487 residents, and median household income is about $66,533, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Federal data list 17 public schools in Fulton County, with a combined enrollment of about 7,173.
The shortest distance from BROADALBIN-PERTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL to another public school is about 2.5 miles, to BROADALBIN-PERTH JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. A five-mile radius around the school includes 5 other public schools. On state test proficiency, BROADALBIN-PERTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd in a group of 8 nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.
The number of students dropped from 904 to 879 over 4 years. The number of students per teacher fell from 13.9 to 11.6 over 4 years.
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Fulton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
52,487
Census ACS
Median income
$66,533
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
7,173 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BROADALBIN-PERTH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- BROADALBIN-PERTH JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 756 students
Other schools in AMSTERDAM
- AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,192 students
- WILBUR H LYNCH LITERACY ACADEMYMiddle · 772 students
- RAPHAEL J MCNULTY ACADEMY FOR INTERN STUDIES & LITERACYElementary · 503 students
- WILLIAM B TECLER ARTS IN EDUCATIONElementary · 465 students
- MARIE CURIE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND COMMUNICATIONElementary · 446 students
- WILLIAM H BARKLEY MICROSOCIETYElementary · 285 students
Nearby schools
- BROADALBIN-PERTH JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.5 mi · 756
- AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOL3.8 mi · 1,192
- WILLIAM B TECLER ARTS IN EDUCATION4.3 mi · 465
- RAPHAEL J MCNULTY ACADEMY FOR INTERN STUDIES & LITERACY4.8 mi · 503
- WILBUR H LYNCH LITERACY ACADEMY4.9 mi · 772
- MARIE CURIE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND COMMUNICATION5.5 mi · 446
Frequently asked questions
About BROADALBIN-PERTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at BROADALBIN-PERTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BROADALBIN-PERTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 879 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does BROADALBIN-PERTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
BROADALBIN-PERTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BROADALBIN-PERTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BROADALBIN-PERTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 11.6:1 (76 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at BROADALBIN-PERTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at BROADALBIN-PERTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 94% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is BROADALBIN-PERTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
BROADALBIN-PERTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of BROADALBIN-PERTH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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