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What's the most underrated thing about CASTLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
443
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCHODACK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362607003594
CASTLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
80 SCOTT AVE, CASTLETON, NY 12033 · (518) 732-7755 · Rensselaer County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL443 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of New York public elementary schools
- B+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.
- ·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
14.0:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
99 students
DISTRICT 23% · 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 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 70 | 16% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (70).
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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
CASTLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→MAPLE HILL JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within SCHODACK 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
62.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +13.0pp since 2023
Math
64.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 64.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 64.0% |
% 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
60.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 CASTLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CASTLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (60.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CASTLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 443 | 22.3% | 60.8% |
| K C HEFFERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MARCELLUS | 471 | 20.8% | 75.8% |
| HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILLIAMSVILLE | 452 | 22.1% | 68.5% |
| QUEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HILTON | 459 | 20.7% | 54.1% |
| PASHLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCOTIA | 470 | 20.6% | 64.3% |
| BURTON STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAZENOVIA | 484 | 25.4% | 50.8% |
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 CASTLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Rensselaer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.8% | #725 of 2,335 | #6 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #941 of 2,342 ▼ 159 | #9 of 21 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #867 of 2,343 ▲ 62 | #9 of 21 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 443 | #1,111 of 2,585 | #8 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #1,868 of 2,338 | #16 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.5% | #2,251 of 2,388 | #20 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.3% | #2,169 of 2,534 | #18 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.8% | #327 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
443
-38 (-8%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 467
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 443 | 31.7 | 14.0:1 | 22% (99) |
| 2023-24 | 442 | 35.1 | 12.6:1 | 24% (104) |
| 2022-23 | 467 | 33 | 14.1:1 | 23% (108) |
| 2020-21 | 481 | 39 | 12.3:1 | 24% (115) |
| 2017-18 | 411 | 30.4 | 13.5:1 | 17% (70) |
| 2015-16 | 406 | 28 | 14.5:1 | 19% (78) |
| 2010-11 | 424 | 38 | 11.2:1 | 15% (64) |
| 2000-01 | 394 | 22 | 17.9:1 | 10% (41) |
| 1990-91 | 467 | 26 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CASTLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CASTLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CASTLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school serving families in CASTLETON, New York. It enrolled 443 students in kindergarten through 6 for the 2024-25 school year.
CASTLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is run by SCHODACK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, whose 2 schools enroll 842 students.
White students make up 93% of enrollment at CASTLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The next largest groups are 3% Hispanic. In Rensselaer County overall, about 80% of residents are White. The school's diversity index is 13%, meaning two students picked at random have a 13% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 31.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 14.0 students per teacher. That is 1.1 students per teacher above the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 22% of students. Compared with the 46% average for public schools in Rensselaer County, the school's rate is lower.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, CASTLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, CASTLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 6.0 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New York schools.
In Rensselaer County (population about 160,332), the median household income is $87,915, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. CASTLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 42 public schools in the county.
The shortest distance from CASTLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL to another public school is about 1.9 miles, to MAPLE HILL JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, CASTLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 5th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 443, an 8% decrease from 481 in 2020-21. The ratio was 12.3:1 in 2020-21 and 14.0:1 in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at CASTLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Rensselaer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
160,332
Census ACS
Median income
$87,915
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
19,274 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SCHODACK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MAPLE HILL JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 399 students
Other schools in CASTLETON
- RENSSELAER-COLUMBIA-GREENE BOCESCombined · 506 students
- MAPLE HILL JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 399 students
- GREEN MEADOW SCHOOLElementary · 345 students
Other Castleton Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Castleton Elementary. CASTLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Castleton Elementary SchoolCastleton, VT · 216 students
Nearby schools
- MAPLE HILL JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.9 mi · 399
- ALBERTUS W BECKER SCHOOL3.5 mi · 389
- GREEN MEADOW SCHOOL3.8 mi · 345
- HOWARD L GOFF SCHOOL4.4 mi · 948
- RAVENA-COEYMANS-SELKIRK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL4.5 mi · 514
- RAVENA-COEYMANS-SELKIRK MIDDLE SCHOOL4.5 mi · 375
Frequently asked questions
About CASTLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is CASTLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CASTLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 443 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does CASTLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CASTLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at CASTLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at CASTLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at CASTLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At CASTLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 93% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is CASTLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
CASTLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SCHODACK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.