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CITIZEN EDMOND GENET SCHOOL
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Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 70% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About CITIZEN EDMOND GENET SCHOOL
Set in EAST GREENBUSH, New York, CITIZEN EDMOND GENET SCHOOL is a moderately sized elementary school, operated by EAST GREENBUSH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It enrolls 493 students across grades pre-K through 5.
EAST GREENBUSH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 4,085 students; CITIZEN EDMOND GENET SCHOOL is among them.
Looking at the student body, CITIZEN EDMOND GENET SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 15% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Rensselaer County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 21% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Rensselaer County's rate of about 46%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, CITIZEN EDMOND GENET SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 69.8%.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Rensselaer County put the typical household earns roughly $87,915 per year, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Rensselaer County's 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,274 students), CITIZEN EDMOND GENET SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: HOWARD L GOFF SCHOOL, around 0.8 miles off. 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), CITIZEN EDMOND GENET SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 54.3%.
CITIZEN EDMOND GENET SCHOOL operates from a suburban location.
Five-year trend. CITIZEN EDMOND GENET SCHOOL's enrollment has edged up 18% since 2018, when it stood at 419 (now 493). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 72% to 66%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.
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