CARROLL HILL SCHOOL

Located at 112 DELAWARE AVE, in TROY, New York, CARROLL HILL SCHOOL is a tight-knit primary school that enrolls 325 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by TROY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. That puts it 27% smaller than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

TROY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,522 students; CARROLL HILL SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, CARROLL HILL SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White at 33%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 24% Black, 23% Hispanic, 20% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Rensselaer County (around 46%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, CARROLL HILL SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.7%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Rensselaer County put the typical household earns roughly $87,915 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Rensselaer County's 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,274 students), CARROLL HILL SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

KIPP TROY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CARROLL HILL SCHOOL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 50.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CARROLL HILL SCHOOL has held roughly steady, going from 329 students in 2018 to 325 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment contracted from 29% to 24% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 10.3:1 in 2018 to 7.0:1 today.

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