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Enrollment
550
Elementary
DISTRICT 403 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CATSKILL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360672005040
CATSKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
770 EMBOUGHT RD, CATSKILL, NY 12414 · (518) 943-0574 · Greene County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL550 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
299 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 17 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (96).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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 CATSKILL 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
36.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
43.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.0% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 25.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
33.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 55% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 CATSKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CATSKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (33.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CATSKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 550 | 54.4% | 33.0% |
| JOHN KENNEDY SCHOOL BATAVIA | 499 | 57.7% | 54.9% |
| LOUIS V DENTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROME | 598 | 58.5% | 19.8% |
| INDIAN RIVER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL PHILADELPHIA | 565 | 50.1% | 45.1% |
| WILLIAM H SEWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AUBURN | 491 | 58.9% | 37.5% |
| BARCLAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BROCKPORT | 527 | 48.4% | 37.5% |
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 CATSKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Greene County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #1,916 of 2,335 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,730 of 2,342 ▲ 117 | #5 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #1,951 of 2,343 ▲ 57 | #6 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 550 | #635 of 2,585 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #498 of 2,338 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.6% | #1,122 of 2,388 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.4% | #1,287 of 2,534 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.6% | #633 of 1,757 | #3 of 6 |
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
550
-50 (-8%) vs 2020
-30% since 2010-11, when it was 788
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 550 | 54 | 10.2:1 | 54% (299) |
| 2023-24 | 584 | 56 | 10.4:1 | 41% (239) |
| 2022-23 | 574 | 58 | 9.9:1 | 41% (237) |
| 2020-21 | 600 | 52 | 11.5:1 | 43% (260) |
| 2017-18 | 684 | 61 | 11.2:1 | 54% (370) |
| 2015-16 | 809 | 60 | 13.5:1 | 56% (456) |
| 2010-11 | 788 | 63 | 12.5:1 | 37% (293) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CATSKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CATSKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Families in CATSKILL, New York, are served by CATSKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a medium-sized elementary school. Enrolled students number 550 students, in pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average about 443 students each.
CATSKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 3 schools in CATSKILL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which enrolls 1,208 students in total.
CATSKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment is 66% White. Enrollment also includes 15% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 6% Black. Among people living in Greene County, the White share is about 85%. The chance that two students picked at random at CATSKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 53%.
Teachers at CATSKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL total 54 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 10.2:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 54%.
CATSKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 33.0%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in New York are predicted to post 55.0%, so the school is 22.0 points behind and in the state's bottom 10%.
Federal survey data for Greene County show that median household income is about $77,945, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CATSKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among the 16 public schools in Greene County.
The shortest distance from CATSKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL to another public school is about 0.9 miles, to CATSKILL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. The five-mile area around CATSKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds 3 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 48.6%, higher than CATSKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's 33.0%.
The school is in a town close to an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Fringe).
Enrollment was 600 in 2020-21 and 550 in 2024-25, a decrease of 50 students. Federal data show the ratio falling from 11.5:1 to 10.2:1.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Greene County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
47,409
Census ACS
Median income
$77,945
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
5,042 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CATSKILL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CATSKILL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 394 students
- CATSKILL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 264 students
Other schools in CATSKILL
- CATSKILL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 394 students
- CATSKILL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 264 students
Nearby schools
- CATSKILL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 394
- CATSKILL MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 264
- EDWARD J ARTHUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.8 mi · 177
- GERMANTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.2 mi · 282
- GERMANTOWN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL5.2 mi · 170
- MONTGOMERY C SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.9 mi · 689
Frequently asked questions
About CATSKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at CATSKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CATSKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 550 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does CATSKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CATSKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CATSKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CATSKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 10.2:1 (54 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at CATSKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At CATSKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 66% White, 15% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is CATSKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
CATSKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of CATSKILL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.