CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in SCHENECTADY, New York, CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school, run under NISKAYUNA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It hosts 377 students across grades K through 5.

NISKAYUNA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 4,315 students; CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that White students make up the majority at 60%. Other groups include 20% Asian, 10% multiracial, 6% Black, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 17% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Schenectady County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 68.7%; this one delivers 60.0%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Schenectady County put median household income runs about $79,623, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Schenectady County's 40 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,555 students), CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 49.7%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 9% since 2018, when it stood at 413 (now 377). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.

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