Enrollment
377
Elementary
DISTRICT 376 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NISKAYUNA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362088002955
CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2566 BALLTOWN RD, SCHENECTADY, NY 12309 · (518) 377-0156 · Schenectady County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL377 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 56% 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.
- C+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
11.1:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
65 students
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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 NISKAYUNA 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
64.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
71.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +11.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 11 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 71.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 60.0% |
% 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
60.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% 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 CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (60.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 377 | 17.2% | 60.0% |
| BIRCHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 376 | 15.4% | 71.8% |
| ROSENDALE SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 376 | 17.6% | 74.5% |
| GLEN HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GLEN HEAD | 379 | 18.2% | 85.0% |
| EAST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-PS 267 NEW YORK | 353 | 17.3% | 88.6% |
| TESAGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLIFTON PARK | 361 | 14.7% | 80.6% |
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 CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Schenectady County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #745 of 2,335 | #7 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #678 of 2,342 ▲ 260 | #5 of 24 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #772 of 2,343 ▲ 108 | #7 of 24 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 377 | #1,507 of 2,585 | #12 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #896 of 2,338 | #10 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.0% | #752 of 2,388 | #12 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.2% | #2,296 of 2,534 | #24 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.7% | #1,234 of 1,757 | #11 of 17 |
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
377
-10 (-3%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 425
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 377 | 33.9 | 11.1:1 | 17% (65) |
| 2023-24 | 403 | 31.6 | 12.7:1 | 21% (83) |
| 2022-23 | 392 | 31.7 | 12.3:1 | 21% (82) |
| 2020-21 | 387 | 24 | 16.1:1 | 21% (83) |
| 2017-18 | 413 | 23.8 | 17.4:1 | 13% (54) |
| 2015-16 | 400 | 24 | 16.7:1 | 13% (50) |
| 2010-11 | 396 | 25 | 15.8:1 | 10% (40) |
| 2000-01 | 361 | 22 | 16.4:1 | 6% (23) |
| 1990-91 | 425 | 26 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Federal records list CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as an elementary school in SCHENECTADY, New York. It enrolls 377 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 5.
The district, NISKAYUNA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, has 4,315 students enrolled across 8 schools.
The largest group at CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White students, at 60%. Other groups include 20% Asian, 10% multiracial, 6% Black, and 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Schenectady County residents are about 69% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 59%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 11.1:1. The school has 33.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 11.1:1 compares with an average of 12.8:1 for elementary schools in New York. Federal data show 17% of students (65) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Schenectady County averages 50%, higher than here.
Among New York public elementary schools, CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 56%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
A school with CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in New York is predicted to score 68.7%. CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 60.0%, 8.7 points below that line.
In Schenectady County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $79,623 a year, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Schenectady County has 40 public schools.
Among nearby public schools, NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOL is closest at about 0.9 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on proficiency.
Locale: Rural: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 377, compared with 387 in 2020-21. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.1:1) than in 2020-21 (16.1:1).
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Schenectady County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
160,369
Census ACS
Median income
$79,623
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
40
21,555 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NISKAYUNA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,379 students
- IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 614 students
- VAN ANTWERP MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 442 students
- HILLSIDE SCHOOLElementary · 383 students
- BIRCHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 376 students
- ROSENDALE SCHOOLElementary · 376 students
Other schools in SCHENECTADY
- SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,885 students
- NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,379 students
- MOHONASEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 924 students
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 671 students
- ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 657 students
- DRAPER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 655 students
Other Craig Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Craig Elementary. CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Craig Elementary SchoolLawrenceville, GA · 1,045 students
- CRAIG ELEM.ST LOUIS, MO · 423 students
- Craig ElementaryCraig, AK · 82 students
Nearby schools
- NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 1,379
- JESSIE T ZOLLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 439
- ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 657
- YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 327
- SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 2,885
- VAN ANTWERP MIDDLE SCHOOL1.6 mi · 442
Frequently asked questions
About CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 377 students in grades KG-05.
Is CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
What is the student diversity at CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 60% White, 4% Hispanic, 6% Black, 20% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by NISKAYUNA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Schenectady County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.