DOROTHY NOLAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

DOROTHY NOLAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a K-5 school of reasonably sized scale in SARATOGA SPRINGS, New York, overseen by SARATOGA SPRINGS CITY SD, enrolling 616 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 39% larger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

DOROTHY NOLAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 8 schools operated by SARATOGA SPRINGS CITY SD, a district that teaches 5,750 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, DOROTHY NOLAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that nearly all students (88%) are White. The remainder comes out to 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 2% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Saratoga County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, DOROTHY NOLAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 24% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, DOROTHY NOLAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 66.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 70.8%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Saratoga County indicate median household earnings sit near $100,787, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. DOROTHY NOLAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 50 public schools in Saratoga County (combined enrollment of about 30,097 students).

MAPLE AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DOROTHY NOLAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 65.0%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DOROTHY NOLAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has shrank 20%, going from 773 students in 2018 to 616 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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