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Enrollment
616
Elementary
DISTRICT 413 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SARATOGA SPRINGS CITY SD·NCES 362577003538
DOROTHY NOLAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
221 JONES RD, SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY 12866 · (518) 584-7383 · Saratoga County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL616 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% 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.
- B+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
12.3:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
149 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 110 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 108 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (108).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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 SARATOGA SPRINGS CITY SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
74.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +13.0pp since 2023
Math
83.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 83.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 78.0% |
% 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
70.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 DOROTHY NOLAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DOROTHY NOLAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (70.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOROTHY NOLAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 616 | 24.2% | 70.8% |
| NORTHSIDE SCHOOL FAIRPORT | 580 | 24.8% | 61.8% |
| UNION PLEASANT AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAMBURG | 663 | 23.7% | 37.8% |
| CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLINTON | 563 | 22.6% | 56.0% |
| WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST SENECA | 680 | 24.9% | 57.7% |
| COBBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PENFIELD | 542 | 24.9% | 66.2% |
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 DOROTHY NOLAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Saratoga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.8% | #374 of 2,335 | #7 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #287 of 2,342 ▲ 67 | #4 of 30 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #411 of 2,343 ▲ 87 | #6 of 30 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 616 | #412 of 2,585 | #1 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #1,376 of 2,338 | #15 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.3% | #2,076 of 2,388 | #19 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.2% | #2,121 of 2,534 | #22 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.3% | #608 of 1,757 | #3 of 21 |
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
616
-113 (-16%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 724
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 616 | 50.2 | 12.3:1 | 24% (149) |
| 2023-24 | 638 | 51.6 | 12.4:1 | 22% (141) |
| 2022-23 | 688 | 55.1 | 12.5:1 | 22% (150) |
| 2020-21 | 729 | 66 | 11.1:1 | 21% (154) |
| 2017-18 | 773 | 47 | 16.4:1 | 20% (154) |
| 2015-16 | 739 | 51 | 14.5:1 | 25% (182) |
| 2010-11 | 886 | 62 | 14.3:1 | 16% (140) |
| 2000-01 | 833 | 55 | 15.2:1 | 15% (123) |
| 1990-91 | 724 | 44 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DOROTHY NOLAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About DOROTHY NOLAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DOROTHY NOLAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public elementary school in SARATOGA SPRINGS, New York. It enrolls 616 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 5. That is 39% bigger than the average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
Within SARATOGA SPRINGS CITY SD, DOROTHY NOLAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 8 schools. The district enrolls 5,750 students.
Roughly 88% of students at DOROTHY NOLAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are White. Other groups include 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. Saratoga County residents are about 88% White, a similar share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 21%.
DOROTHY NOLAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 50.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 12.3:1. The ratio is within a point of the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 24%.
DOROTHY NOLAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 80% of New York public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 70.8%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 66.1%.
In Saratoga County, the median household earns about $100,787 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 45%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Across Saratoga County, 50 public schools serve about 30,097 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, MAPLE AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL, is about 1.8 miles. Other public schools within five miles: 6. Compared with its nearest neighbors, DOROTHY NOLAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th of 9 on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Small. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
From 729 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 616 by 2024-25. The number of students per teacher increased from 11.1 to 12.3 over 4 years.
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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 SARATOGA SPRINGS CITY SD
- SARATOGA SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,847 students
- MAPLE AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,426 students
- DIVISION STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 393 students
- LAKE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 382 students
- GREENFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 377 students
- CAROLINE STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 372 students
Other schools in SARATOGA SPRINGS
- SARATOGA SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,847 students
- MAPLE AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,426 students
- DIVISION STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 393 students
- LAKE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 382 students
- CAROLINE STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 372 students
- GEYSER ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 337 students
Nearby schools
- MAPLE AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.8 mi · 1,426
- CAROLINE STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.2 mi · 372
- LAKE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.4 mi · 382
- BALLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.7 mi · 311
- DIVISION STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.0 mi · 393
- SARATOGA SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL4.4 mi · 1,847
Frequently asked questions
About DOROTHY NOLAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is DOROTHY NOLAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DOROTHY NOLAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 616 students in grades KG-05.
Is DOROTHY NOLAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
DOROTHY NOLAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does DOROTHY NOLAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
DOROTHY NOLAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
How diverse is DOROTHY NOLAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DOROTHY NOLAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 88% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is DOROTHY NOLAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
DOROTHY NOLAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of SARATOGA SPRINGS CITY SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.