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Enrollment
498
Elementary
DISTRICT 479 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360594000385
CHARLTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
170 STAGE RD, BALLSTON LAKE, NY 12019 · (518) 399-9141 · Saratoga County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL498 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% 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.
- BBeats 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
13.0:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
78 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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
CHARLTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→RICHARD H O'ROURKE MIDDLE SCHOOL→BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE 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
80.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
72.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.0% | 72.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 70.0% |
% 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
70.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 CHARLTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CHARLTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (70.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHARLTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 498 | 15.7% | 70.1% |
| ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH TONAWANDA | 501 | 16.6% | 67.2% |
| L PEARL PALMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BALDWINSVILLE | 467 | 17.1% | 62.8% |
| VOORHEESVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VOORHEESVILLE | 541 | 15.7% | 70.5% |
| FRANCIS L STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BALLSTON LAKE | 468 | 19.0% | 75.0% |
| HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LANCASTER | 451 | 17.1% | 70.3% |
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 CHARLTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Saratoga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.1% | #397 of 2,335 | #8 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #621 of 2,342 ▼ 54 | #12 of 30 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #253 of 2,343 ▲ 91 | #1 of 30 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 498 | #832 of 2,585 | #11 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #1,624 of 2,338 | #18 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.2% | #2,198 of 2,388 | #23 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.7% | #2,330 of 2,534 | #28 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.9% | #265 of 606 | #2 of 9 |
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
498
+79 (+19%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 532
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 498 | 38.3 | 13.0:1 | 16% (78) |
| 2023-24 | 476 | 34.1 | 13.9:1 | 16% (76) |
| 2022-23 | 481 | 37.3 | 12.9:1 | 14% (69) |
| 2020-21 | 419 | 32 | 13.1:1 | 9% (39) |
| 2017-18 | 453 | 30 | 15.1:1 | 11% (51) |
| 2015-16 | 444 | 30 | 14.8:1 | 6% (28) |
| 2010-11 | 495 | 32 | 15.5:1 | 7% (34) |
| 2000-01 | 465 | 29 | 16.0:1 | 6% (27) |
| 1990-91 | 532 | 28 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CHARLTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CHARLTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CHARLTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school with a street address in BALLSTON LAKE, New York. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 498 students.
In BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, 5 schools enroll a combined 3,105 students.
The share of students at CHARLTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL who are White is 92%. Other groups include 4% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Saratoga County residents are about 88% White, a similar share. A diversity index of 15% means there is a 15% chance two randomly chosen students at CHARLTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
With 38.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.0:1. The ratio is within a point of the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The school has 16% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Saratoga County, the average is 30%.
CHARLTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 75% of New York public elementary schools.
Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 69.2%. CHARLTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 70.1%.
American Community Survey estimates for Saratoga County show that the median household earns about $100,787 a year, roughly 45% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Saratoga County counts 50 public schools with about 30,097 students.
Among nearby public schools, RICHARD H O'ROURKE MIDDLE SCHOOL is closest at about 1.5 miles. There are 7 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, CHARLTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 5th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around CHARLTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 19%.
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Saratoga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
238,284
Census ACS
Median income
$100,787
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
50
30,097 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 965 students
- RICHARD H O'ROURKE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 704 students
- PASHLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 470 students
- FRANCIS L STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 468 students
Other schools in BALLSTON LAKE
- CHANGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 510 students
- FRANCIS L STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 468 students
Nearby schools
- RICHARD H O'ROURKE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.5 mi · 704
- PASHLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 470
- GLENDAAL SCHOOL2.3 mi · 224
- BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.4 mi · 965
- FRANCIS L STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.8 mi · 468
- GLENCLIFF SCHOOL3.8 mi · 368
Frequently asked questions
About CHARLTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is CHARLTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CHARLTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 498 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does CHARLTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CHARLTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does CHARLTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
CHARLTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at CHARLTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At CHARLTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 92% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is CHARLTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
CHARLTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.