DUANESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

DUANESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the small primary schools in DELANSON, New York, operated by DUANESBURG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 356 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6.

DUANESBURG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 646 students; DUANESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, DUANESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that nearly all students (93%) are White. Other groups include 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Schenectady County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, DUANESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting DUANESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. About 30% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, 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 below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, DUANESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.8%; this one delivers 57.3%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Schenectady County) logs that median household income runs about $79,623, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Schenectady County's 40 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,555 students), DUANESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is DUANESBURG HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, DUANESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 58.5%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 352 students in 2018 compared to 356 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

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